Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2014	Jul. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2016	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Income (loss) before income tax expense			$ 141,200,000	$ 114,800,000	$ 158,000,000
Increase in effective tax rate			28.00%
Decrease in effective tax rate from foreign tax rates and permanent book-tax differences			15.90%
Effect of change in exchange rate in net income				19,400,000
Net income tax benefit				$ 0
Balance sheet remeasurement rate	0.00%		0.00%	5.90%	0.00%
Goodwill allocated to divestitures and businesses held for sale	$ 21,800,000		$ 17,600,000	$ 11,600,000
Goodwill impairment charge			0	0	$ 50,300,000
Nondeductible goodwill					15.60%
Net operating loss and other carryforwards			83,000,000	80,800,000
Valuation allowance			92,100,000	$ 89,500,000
Increase (decrease) in valuation allowances			$ 2,600,000
Percentage of rate impact in valuation allowance			1.91%	3.00%	12.70%
Undistributed foreign earnings			$ 557,000,000
Accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits			5,600,000	$ 5,400,000
Unrecognized tax benefits	$ 28,000,000		28,500,000	28,500,000	$ 28,000,000
Income taxes paid			51,800,000	73,500,000	78,700,000
Minimum
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Net decrease in unrecognized tax benefits for the next 12 months			0
Maximum
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Net decrease in unrecognized tax benefits for the next 12 months			3,500,000.0
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Goodwill allocated to divestitures and businesses held for sale		$ 13,600,000	17,600,000	11,600,000
Goodwill impairment charge			0	0
Flexible Products & Services
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Goodwill allocated to divestitures and businesses held for sale			0	0
Goodwill impairment charge			0	0
Non-U.S.
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Income (loss) before income tax expense			49,900,000	44,800,000	(17,000,000)
Valuation allowance			89,900,000	87,200,000
Domestic Tax Authority
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Income (loss) before income tax expense			91,300,000	70,000,000	$ 175,000,000
Valuation allowance			$ 2,300,000	$ 2,300,000