Post Retirement Benefit Plans - Number of Participants in Defined Benefit Plans (Detail) - Participant Participant in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2016	Oct. 31, 2015
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Active participants (participant)	1,573	1,869
Vested former employees (participant)	2,149	2,083
Retirees and beneficiaries (participant)	4,114	4,050
United States
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Active participants (participant)	1,405	1,509
Vested former employees (participant)	1,484	1,525
Retirees and beneficiaries (participant)	2,565	2,480
Non-United States | Germany
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Active participants (participant)	95	105
Vested former employees (participant)	60	57
Retirees and beneficiaries (participant)	258	255
Non-United States | United Kingdom
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Active participants (participant)	0	133
Vested former employees (participant)	462	399
Retirees and beneficiaries (participant)	699	718
Non-United States | Netherlands
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Active participants (participant)	73	74
Vested former employees (participant)	89	81
Retirees and beneficiaries (participant)	534	540
Non-United States | Other International
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Active participants (participant)	0	48
Vested former employees (participant)	54	21
Retirees and beneficiaries (participant)	58	57
Postretirement Health Care and Life Insurance Benefits
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Active participants (participant)	22	25
Retirees and beneficiaries (participant)	704	757
Postretirement Health Care and Life Insurance Benefits | United States
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Active participants (participant)	12	12
Retirees and beneficiaries (participant)	616	667
Postretirement Health Care and Life Insurance Benefits | South Africa
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Active participants (participant)	10	13
Retirees and beneficiaries (participant)	88	90