Details of balance sheet

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2011

Details of balance sheet [Abstract]

Details of balance sheet

Note 5 — Details of balance sheet

	2011			2010
Receivables:
Accounts	$	235,240		$	215,960
Notes		16,082			11,035
Other		6,299			20,148
		257,621			247,143
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(3,311	)		(3,353	)
	$	254,310		$	243,790
Inventories:
Finished goods	$	98,879		$	83,459
Work-in-process		13,971			15,614
Raw materials and finished parts		51,891			43,305
		164,741			142,378
Obsolescence and other reserves		(16,050	)		(16,802	)
LIFO reserve		(6,779	)		(7,855	)
	$	141,912		$	117,721
Property, plant and equipment:
Land	$	7,791		$	7,810
Land improvements		3,392			2,325
Buildings		121,870			115,111
Machinery and equipment		207,734			207,740
Enterprise management system		43,006			37,249
Construction-in-progress		5,623			8,544
Leased property under capitalized leases		16,796			14,879
		406,212			393,658
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(275,329	)		(277,263	)
	$	130,883		$	116,395
Accrued liabilities:
Salaries and other compensation	$	44,068		$	40,334
Pension and retirement		1,030			1,675
Taxes other than income taxes		9,252			8,110
Other		46,944			46,014
	$	101,294		$	96,133