Business Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2011

Business Segment Information (Tables) [Abstract]

Segment Information

The following segment information is presented for the periods indicated (Dollars in thousands):

	Three months ended					Nine months ended
	July 31,					July 31,
	2011			2010		2011			2010
Net sales
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services	$	804,013		$	681,709	$	2,201,850		$	1,883,017
Flexible Products & Services		141,170			66,938		403,994			128,679
Paper Packaging		172,760			168,758		496,064			444,548
Land Management		3,959			3,928		14,552			11,351
Total net sales	$	1,121,902		$	921,333	$	3,116,460		$	2,467,595
Operating profit:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services	$	71,988		$	71,477	$	184,191		$	184,382
Flexible Products & Services		7,756			2,813		11,182			(1,497	)
Paper Packaging		17,559			18,862		56,555			30,196
Land Management		10,743			2,522		16,120			6,013
Total operating profit		108,046			95,674		268,048			219,094
Restructuring charges:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services		3,411			5,259		7,960			15,933
Flexible Products & Services		683			45		3,914			45
Paper Packaging		(698	)		4,475		(461	)		4,588
Land Management		—			—		(6	)		—
Total restructuring charges		3,396			9,779		11,407			20,566
Restructuring-related inventory charges:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services		—			94		—			131
Total restructuring-related inventory charges		—			94		—			131
Acquisition-related costs:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services		2,132			2,587		6,340			6,390
Flexible Products & Services		531			2,889		12,888			13,729
Total acquisition-related costs		2,663			5,476		19,228			20,119
Non-cash intangible asset impairment charge:
Flexible Products & Services		2,962			—		2,962			—
Total non-cash intangible asset impairment charge		2,962			—		2,962			—
Operating profit before special items:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services		77,531			79,417		198,491			206,836
Flexible Products & Services		11,932			5,747		30,946			12,277
Paper Packaging		16,861			23,337		56,094			34,784
Land Management		10,743			2,522		16,114			6,013
Total operating profit before special items*	$	117,067		$	111,023	$	301,645		$	259,910
Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services	$	22,496		$	18,394	$	64,693		$	59,584
Flexible Products & Services		4,157			902		12,477			1,882
Paper Packaging		7,786			7,801		23,363			21,611
Land Management		476			652		2,084			1,850
Total depreciation, depletion and amortization expense	$	34,915		$	27,749	$	102,617		$	84,927

* Total operating profit before special items represents operating profit before the impact of restructuring charges, restructuring-related inventory charges, acquisition-related costs and a non-cash intangible asset impairment charge.

Net sales to external customers by geographical area

The following table presents net sales to external customers by geographic area (Dollars in thousands):

	Three months ended July 31,				Nine months ended July 31,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Net sales:
North America	$	502,391	$	465,268	$	1,426,171	$	1,247,095
Europe, Middle East and Africa		445,301		313,756		1,196,979		826,674
Asia Pacific and Latin America		174,210		142,309		493,310		393,826
Total net sales	$	1,121,902	$	921,333	$	3,116,460	$	2,467,595

Total assets by segments

The following table presents total assets by segment and geographic area (Dollars in thousands):

		00000000000000		00000000000000
	July 31, 2011		October 31, 2010
Assets:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services	$	2,543,611	$	2,094,244
Flexible Products & Services		380,518		353,715
Paper Packaging		436,286		435,555
Land Management		278,678		274,352
Total segments		3,639,093		3,157,866
Corporate and other		364,799		340,579
Total assets	$	4,003,892	$	3,498,445

Total assets by geographical area

		00000000000000		00000000000000
Assets:
North America	$	1,519,120	$	1,895,475
Europe, Middle East and Africa		1,573,068		1,012,131
Asia Pacific and Latin America		911,704		590,839
Total assets	$	4,003,892	$	3,498,445