OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2018

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information By Segment [Table Text Block]

Information on the Company’s two operating segments, the FSG and the ETG, for the three months ended January 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):

					Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment (1)			Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG		ETG
Three months ended January 31, 2018:
Net sales		$254,721		$155,658		($5,969	)		$404,410
Depreciation	3,292		2,274		62			5,628
Amortization	4,947		8,104		345			13,396
Operating income	45,869		43,220		(9,529		)	79,560
Capital expenditures	2,297		1,743		3,537			7,577
Three months ended January 31, 2017:
Net sales		$220,901		$126,165		($3,634	)		$343,432
Depreciation	3,148		2,043		53			5,244
Amortization	4,104		5,735		165			10,004
Operating income	41,363		29,084		(5,897		)	64,550
Capital expenditures	3,872		2,504		46			6,422

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

Total assets by operating segment as of January 31, 2018 and October 31, 2017 are as follows (in thousands):

					Other, Primarily Corporate		Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG		ETG
Total assets as of January 31, 2018		$1,051,527		$1,357,992		$160,923		$2,570,442
Total assets as of October 31, 2017	1,042,925		1,339,363		130,143		2,512,431