Segment And Geographic Information

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2012

Segment And Geographic Information [Abstract]

Segment And Geographic Information

(8) SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

The Company's operations are conducted within one business segment—the production, manufacture and distribution of plastic packaging products, primarily for the food/beverage, industrial and agricultural markets. The Company operates in the United States and Canada.

Operating income includes all costs and expenses directly related to the geographical area.

	For the Three Months Ended April 30, 2012
	United States		Canada		Total
	(in thousands)
Sales—external customers	$	275,932	$	20,731	$	296,663
Intercompany sales		11,620		—		11,620
Gross profit		39,412		3,730		43,142
Operating income		11,238		1,495		12,733

	For the Three Months Ended April 30, 2011
	United States		Canada		Total
	(in thousands)
Sales—external customers	$	228,935	$	19,605	$	248,540
Intercompany sales		10,433		—		10,433
Gross profit		25,600		4,270		29,870
Operating income		2,043		2,308		4,351

	For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2012
	United States		Canada		Total
	(in thousands)
Sales—external customers	$	526,758	$	37,569	$	564,327
Intercompany sales		20,779		—		20,779
Gross profit		71,415		6,381		77,796
Operating income		16,124		1,996		18,120

	For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2011
	United States		Canada		Total
	(in thousands)
Sales—external customers	$	430,995	$	35,272	$	466,267
Intercompany sales		18,407		—		18,407
Gross profit		51,592		7,788		59,380
Operating income		5,932		3,432		9,364

Net sales by product line are as follows:

	For the Three Months Ended April 30,				For the Six Months Ended April 30,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
	(in thousands)
Custom films	$	89,106	$	85,607	$	170,397	$	158,367
Stretch (pallet) wrap		85,391		81,672		165,169		154,681
Food contact		49,758		33,117		95,102		65,904
Canliners		31,083		11,200		61,300		22,894
PROformance® films		19,204		21,463		36,831		38,201
Printed and converted films		5,750		2,788		9,154		5,256
Other products and specialty films		16,371		12,693		26,374		20,964
Total	$	296,663	$	248,540	$	564,327	$	466,267

The Company has revised the above three and six months ended April 30, 2011 presentation to conform with the three and six months ended April 30, 2012 presentation to rename the product line of polyvinyl chloride wrap to food contact, to add the product line of canliners previously included within other products and specialty films, and to reclassify a product line contained within the previously named polyvinyl chloride wrap to other products and specialty films. The product lines added from the acquisition of Webster are food contact and canliners.