Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Summary of Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Oct. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	$ 381,262	$ 336,133
Accumulated Amortization	89,952	67,060
Net Book Value	291,310us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	269,073us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
Customer Relationships [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	200,028	171,489
Accumulated Amortization	41,910	28,872
Net Book Value	158,118	142,617
Patent/Technology Costs [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	93,799	85,414
Accumulated Amortization	27,030	21,145
Net Book Value	66,769	64,269
Trade Names [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	77,846	67,865
Accumulated Amortization	12,173	7,856
Net Book Value	65,673	60,009
Noncompete Agreements [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	8,220	9,965
Accumulated Amortization	7,600	8,091
Net Book Value	620	1,874
Other [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	1,369	1,400
Accumulated Amortization	1,239	1,096
Net Book Value	$ 130	$ 304

Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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