PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

3 Months Ended

Jan. 27, 2019

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET [Abstract]

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

NOTE 3 - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Property, plant and equipment, net consists of the following:

	January 27, 2019			October 31, 2018
Land	$	11,246		$	11,139
Buildings and improvements		125,180			124,771
Machinery and equipment		1,571,858			1,566,163
Leasehold improvements		19,632			19,577
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment		12,668			12,415
Construction in progress		230,391			128,649
		1,970,975			1,862,714
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(1,314,102	)		(1,290,933	)
	$	656,873		$	571,781

Depreciation and amortization expense for property, plant and equipment was $17.6 million and $21.1 million for the three month periods ended January 27, 2019 and January 28, 2018, respectively.

In January 2017, we entered into a noncash transaction with a customer which resulted in the acquisition of equipment with fair values of approximately $6.7 million during the three month period ended January 28, 2018.