Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale and Disposals of Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2017
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]
Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale and Disposals of Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	ASSETS AND LIABILITIES HELD FOR SALE AND DISPOSALS OF PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET As of October 31, 2017, there were two asset groups within the Rigid Industrial Packaging Products & Services segment classified as assets and liabilities held for sale. The assets held for sale are being marketed for sale, and it is the Company's intention to complete the sales of these assets within twelve months following their initial classification into assets held for sale. During the third quarter of 2017, one asset group in the Flexible Products & Services segment classified as assets and liabilities held for sale as of October 31, 2016, was reclassified into held and used as of October 31, 2017 and 2016. During the fourth quarter of 2017, one asset group in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment classified as assets and liabilities held for sale beginning in the first quarter of 2017 was reclassified into held and used as of October 31, 2017. The Company's decision not to sell the asset group resulted in a $2.7 million loss as of October 31, 2017 and is included in the (gain) loss on disposal of properties, plants and equipment, net in the Consolidated Statements of Income. During 2017, the Company recorded a gain on disposal of properties, plants and equipment, net of $0.4 million. This included special use property sales that resulted in gains of $2.5 million in the Land Management segment, disposals of assets in the Flexible Products & Services segment that resulted in gains of $0.9 million, partially offset by disposals of assets that resulted in a net loss of $0.2 million in the Rigid Industrial Packaging Services segment, a $2.7 million loss on the reclassification of an asset group from held for sale to held and used in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment, and disposals of assets in the Paper Packaging segment that resulted in a net loss of $0.1 million. For additional information regarding the sale of businesses refer to Note 2 to these consolidated financial statements. For the year ended October 31, 2016, the Company recorded a gain on disposal of properties, plants and equipment, net of $10.3 million. This included insurance recoveries that resulted in gains of $6.4 million in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment, disposals of assets in the Flexible Products & Services segment classified as held for sale that resulted in gains of $1.3 million, sales of surplus properties in the Land Management segment that resulted in gains of $1.6 million, insurance recoveries that resulted in gains of $0.2 million in the Paper Packaging & Services segment, and other net gains totaling an additional $0.8 million. For the year ended October 31, 2015, the Company recorded a gain on disposal of properties, plants and equipment, net of $7.0 million. There were sales of HBU and surplus properties which resulted in gains of $2.7 million in the Land Management segment, a disposal of an asset group previously classified as held for sale in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment that resulted in a gain of $4.4 million, insurance recoveries which resulted in gains of $3.0 million in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment, a $3.0 million loss in the Flexible Products & Services segment resulting from the fair market value adjustment of an asset previously classified as held for sale and other miscellaneous losses of $0.1 million. For the years ended October 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company recorded no gains relating to the sale of timberland. For the year ended October 31, 2015, the Company recorded a gain of $24.3 million relating to the sale of timberland.

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES HELD FOR SALE AND DISPOSALS OF PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

As of October 31, 2017, there were two asset groups within the Rigid Industrial Packaging Products & Services segment classified as assets and liabilities held for sale. The assets held for sale are being marketed for sale, and it is the Company's intention to complete the sales of these assets within twelve months following their initial classification into assets held for sale. During the third quarter of 2017, one asset group in the Flexible Products & Services segment classified as assets and liabilities held for sale as of October 31, 2016, was reclassified into held and used as of October 31, 2017 and 2016. During the fourth quarter of 2017, one asset group in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment classified as assets and liabilities held for sale beginning in the first quarter of 2017 was reclassified into held and used as of October 31, 2017. The Company's decision not to sell the asset group resulted in a $2.7 million loss as of October 31, 2017 and is included in the (gain) loss on disposal of properties, plants and equipment, net in the Consolidated Statements of Income.

During 2017, the Company recorded a gain on disposal of properties, plants and equipment, net of $0.4 million. This included special use property sales that resulted in gains of $2.5 million in the Land Management segment, disposals of assets in the Flexible Products & Services segment that resulted in gains of $0.9 million, partially offset by disposals of assets that resulted in a net loss of $0.2 million in the Rigid Industrial Packaging Services segment, a $2.7 million loss on the reclassification of an asset group from held for sale to held and used in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment, and disposals of assets in the Paper Packaging segment that resulted in a net loss of $0.1 million. For additional information regarding the sale of businesses refer to Note 2 to these consolidated financial statements.

For the year ended October 31, 2016, the Company recorded a gain on disposal of properties, plants and equipment, net of $10.3 million. This included insurance recoveries that resulted in gains of $6.4 million in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment, disposals of assets in the Flexible Products & Services segment classified as held for sale that resulted in gains of $1.3 million, sales of surplus properties in the Land Management segment that resulted in gains of $1.6 million, insurance recoveries that resulted in gains of $0.2 million in the Paper Packaging & Services segment, and other net gains totaling an additional $0.8 million.

For the year ended October 31, 2015, the Company recorded a gain on disposal of properties, plants and equipment, net of $7.0 million. There were sales of HBU and surplus properties which resulted in gains of $2.7 million in the Land Management segment, a disposal of an asset group previously classified as held for sale in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment that resulted in a gain of $4.4 million, insurance recoveries which resulted in gains of $3.0 million in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment, a $3.0 million loss in the Flexible Products & Services segment resulting from the fair market value adjustment of an asset previously classified as held for sale and other miscellaneous losses of $0.1 million.

For the years ended October 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company recorded no gains relating to the sale of timberland. For the year ended October 31, 2015, the Company recorded a gain of $24.3 million relating to the sale of timberland.