Inventories (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2015

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block]

The components of inventory as of January 31, 2015 and October 31, 2014 consisted of the following:

	January 31, 2015		October 31, 2014
Raw materials	$	28,962	$	25,460
Work-in-process (1)	27,658		30,435
Inventories	$	56,620	$	55,895

(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 as of January 31, 2015 and October 31, 2014 was $17.0 million and $19.2 million, respectively, of completed standard components.