GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013
Other Intangible Assets
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 165,031	$ 57,556
Accumulated Amortization	(50,852)	(38,608)
Net	114,179	18,948
Total other intangible assets, gross	169,862	62,437
Total other intangible assets, net	119,010	23,829
Change in gross carrying amount of other intangible assets	107,425
Amortization of Intangible Assets	11,438	$ 6,002	$ 5,769
Fiscal 2016	10,353
Fiscal 2017	9,458
Fiscal 2018	7,440
Fiscal 2019	6,562
Fiscal 2020	6,006
After fiscal 2020	$ 74,360
Patents
Other Intangible Assets
Estimated life (Years)	9 years 10 months 24 days	9 years 4 months 24 days
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 15,191	$ 10,711
Accumulated Amortization	(10,175)	(8,942)
Net	$ 5,016	$ 1,769
Non-compete agreements
Other Intangible Assets
Estimated life (Years)	5 years 6 months	5 years 4 months 24 days
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 6,922	$ 7,039
Accumulated Amortization	(6,206)	(5,315)
Net	$ 716	$ 1,724
Customer-related
Other Intangible Assets
Estimated life (Years)	19 years 1 month 6 days	10 years 8 months 12 days
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 84,599	$ 8,650
Accumulated Amortization	(10,316)	(5,517)
Net	$ 74,283	$ 3,133
Developed technology
Other Intangible Assets
Estimated life (Years)	7 years 7 months 6 days	7 years 7 months 6 days
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 28,804	$ 28,841
Accumulated Amortization	(20,530)	(16,869)
Net	$ 8,274	$ 11,972
Trade names
Other Intangible Assets
Estimated life (Years)	19 years 2 months 12 days	5 years
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 28,715	$ 1,515
Accumulated Amortization	(2,825)	(1,165)
Net	25,890	350
Non-amortizable - trade names	4,831	4,881
Other
Other Intangible Assets
Gross Carrying Amount	800	800
Accumulated Amortization	$ (800)	$ (800)