Post Retirement Benefit Plans - Actuarial Assumptions Used to Measure Benefit Obligations and Pension Costs (Detail)	Oct. 31, 2017	Oct. 31, 2016	Oct. 31, 2015
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	3.01%	3.08%	3.71%
Expected return on plan assets	5.39%	5.51%	5.47%
Rate of compensation increase	2.87%	2.87%	3.01%
United States
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	3.79%	3.79%	4.37%
Expected return on plan assets	6.25%	6.25%	6.25%
Rate of compensation increase	3.00%	3.00%	3.00%
Foreign Plan | Germany
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	1.72%	1.50%	2.10%
Rate of compensation increase	2.75%	2.75%	2.75%
Foreign Plan | United Kingdom
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	2.37%	2.44%	3.45%
Expected return on plan assets	6.00%	6.00%	6.00%
Rate of compensation increase			3.50%
Foreign Plan | Netherlands
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	1.55%	1.32%	1.98%
Expected return on plan assets	1.20%	1.88%	2.06%
Rate of compensation increase	2.25%	2.25%	2.25%
Foreign Plan | Other International
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	4.46%	4.31%	4.82%
Expected return on plan assets	5.70%	5.77%	5.99%