Post Retirement Benefit Plans - Actuarial Assumptions Used to Measure Benefit Obligations and Pension Costs (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2016	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	3.08%	3.71%	3.69%
Expected return on plan assets	5.51%	5.47%	5.73%
Rate of compensation increase	2.87%	3.01%	2.93%
United States
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	3.79%	4.37%	4.22%
Expected return on plan assets	6.25%	6.25%	6.25%
Rate of compensation increase	3.00%	3.00%	3.00%
Non-United States | Germany
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	1.50%	2.10%	2.45%
Rate of compensation increase	2.75%	2.75%	2.75%
Non-United States | United Kingdom
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	2.44%	3.45%	3.72%
Expected return on plan assets	6.00%	6.00%	6.25%
Rate of compensation increase		3.50%	3.25%
Non-United States | Netherlands
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	1.32%	1.98%	2.20%
Expected return on plan assets	1.88%	2.06%	3.25%
Rate of compensation increase	2.25%	2.25%	2.25%
Non-United States | Other International
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	4.31%	4.82%	4.83%
Expected return on plan assets	5.77%	5.99%	6.09%
Rate of compensation increase			2.41%