Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 03, 2012

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment



	2012			2011			2010
Net sales: (a)(b)
Custom Sheet and Rollstock	$	604,250		$	577,443		$	579,260
Packaging Technologies	243,102			243,997			221,218
Color and Specialty Compounds	302,003			280,850			222,418
	$	1,149,355		$	1,102,290		$	1,022,896
Operating earnings (loss): (b)
Custom Sheet and Rollstock	$	29,342		$	(16,145	)	$	25,149
Packaging Technologies	18,006			23,580			(30,916		)
Color and Specialty Compounds	7,544			2,000			(17,983		)
Corporate	(39,279		)	(30,721		)	(37,386		)
	$	15,613		$	(21,286	)	$	(61,136	)
Assets:
Custom Sheet and Rollstock	$	271,723		$	268,635		$	304,781
Packaging Technologies	151,327			145,096			140,177
Color and Specialty Compounds	82,601			94,267			81,346
Corporate and other	38,982			41,704			50,837
	$	544,633		$	549,702		$	577,141
Depreciation and amortization: (b)
Custom Sheet and Rollstock	$	14,321		$	14,942		$	15,869
Packaging Technologies	7,173			6,671			8,427
Color and Specialty Compounds	6,360			7,299			8,208
Corporate	3,787			3,912			4,128
	$	31,641		$	32,824		$	36,632
Capital expenditures: (b)
Custom Sheet and Rollstock	$	4,575		$	12,911		$	11,013
Packaging Technologies	9,832			6,993			3,440
Color and Specialty Compounds	4,518			3,965			3,269
Corporate and other	1,042			5,203			3,710
	$	19,967		$	29,072		$	21,432

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets, by Geographical Areas

Geographic financial information for 2012, 2011 and 2010 was as follows:



	Net Sales by Destination (a)(b)						Property, Plant and Equipment, net
	2012		2011		2010		2012		2011		2010
United States	$	923,747	$	878,046	$	837,173	$	166,149	$	175,074	$	183,231
Mexico	102,971		81,498		65,713		16,004		15,716		15,887
Canada	82,127		74,651		78,566		8,587		9,742		10,119
Europe	30,653		59,067		33,731		6,633		7,542		2,607
Asia and other	9,857		9,028		7,713		—		—		—
	$	1,149,355	$	1,102,290	$	1,022,896	$	197,373	$	208,074	$	211,844

Notes to tables:


(a)	In addition to external sales to customers, inter-segment sales were $63,416, $54,396, and $50,344, in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.


(b)	Excludes discontinued operations.

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