Inventories (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2014

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block]

Inventories at October 31, 2014 and 2013 consisted of the following:

	2014		2013
Raw materials	$	25,460	$	20,599
Work-in-process (1)	30,435		35,586
Net inventories	$	55,895	$	56,185

(1) Work-in-process includes the standard components of inventory used to build the typical modules or module components that are intended to be used in future power plant orders or to service our service agreements. Included in Work-in-process at October 31, 2014 and 2013 is $19.2 million and $5.8 million, respectively, of completed standard components.