Acquisitions, Divestitures and Other Significant Transactions (Details) (Textual) (USD $)	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2011	Oct. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2010
Acquisitions, Divestitures and Other Significant Transactions (Textuals) [Abstract]
Number of acquisitions completed	5	12
Number of rigid industrial packaging companies acquired	4	7
Number of flexible products companies acquired		5
Interest percentage purchased in a Middle Eastern company			51.00%
Estimated fair value of the net tangible assets acquired	$ 62,359,000	$ 108,991,000
Identifiable intangible assets recorded	80,958,000	49,467,000
Excess of the purchase prices over the estimated fair values of the net tangible and intangible assets acquired recorded as goodwill	66,329,000	129,830,000
Reimbursement received from the other joint venture partner		$ 98,200,000