PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT, NET

3 Months Ended

Jan. 28, 2024

PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT, NET [Abstract]

PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT, NET

NOTE 5 - PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Presented below are the components of Property, plant, and equipment, net at the balance sheet dates.

	January 28, 2024			October 31, 2023
Land	$	11,537		$	11,378
Buildings and improvements		189,152			185,850
Machinery and equipment		1,968,318			1,922,041
Leasehold improvements		19,572			18,894
Furniture, fixtures, and office equipment		16,985			15,856
Construction in progress		84,356			55,434
		2,289,920			2,209,453
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(1,547,249	)		(1,500,209	)
	$	742,671		$	709,244

Information on ROU assets resulting from finance leases, at the balance sheet dates, is presented below.

	January 28, 2024			October 31, 2023
Machinery and equipment	$	42,817		$	42,820
Accumulated amortization		(8,351	)		(7,655	)
	$	34,466		$	35,165

The following table presents depreciation expense (including the amortization of ROU assets) related to property, plant, and equipment incurred during the reporting periods.

	Three Months Ended
	January 28, 2024			January 29, 2023
Depreciation Expense		$	20,605		$	19,028