Accrued Liabilities (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]

Schedule of Accrued Liabilities [Table Text Block]

Accrued liabilities as of January 31, 2016 and October 31, 2015 consisted of the following:

	January 31, 2016		October 31, 2015
Accrued payroll and employee benefits	$	3,302	$	3,914
Accrued product warranty cost (1)	922		964
Accrued material purchase (2)	17,709		7,568
Accrued service agreement costs	3,784		3,437
Accrued taxes, legal, professional and other	3,270		3,292
Accrued liabilities	$	28,987	$	19,175

(1) Activity in the accrued product warranty costs for the three months ended January 31, 2016 included additions for estimates of future warranty obligations of $0.1 million on contracts in the warranty period and reductions related to actual warranty spend of $0.1 million as contracts progress through the warranty period or are beyond the warranty period.

(2) The Company acts as a procurement agent for POSCO Energy under an Integrated Global Supply Chain Agreement whereby the Company procures materials on POSCO's behalf for their production facility. This liability represents amounts received for the purchase of materials on behalf of POSCO. Amounts due to vendors is recorded as Accounts payable.