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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
 9 Months Ended
Aug. 02, 2020
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT [Abstract]  
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
NOTE 3 - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT


Property, plant and equipment consists of the following:

  
August 2,
2020
    
October 31,
2019
  
             
Land
  
$
12,090
    
$
12,085
  
Buildings and improvements
    
173,918
      
172,340
  
Machinery and equipment
    
1,767,245
      
1,748,483
  
Leasehold improvements
    
20,660
      
19,921
  
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment
    
14,745
      
14,404
  
Construction in progress
    
61,277
      
28,135
  
                 
     
2,049,935
      
1,995,368
  
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
    
(1,426,688
)
    
(1,362,927
)
                 
   
$
623,247
    
$
632,441
  


Depreciation and amortization expense for property, plant and equipment was $22.1 million and $67.6 million for the three and nine-month periods ended August 2, 2020, respectively, and $20.7 million and $56.9 million for the three and nine-month periods ended July 28, 2019, respectively.