PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

3 Months Ended

Jan. 30, 2022

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET [Abstract]

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

NOTE 3 - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Property, plant and equipment consists of the following:

	January 30, 2022			October 31, 2021
Land	$	12,279		$	12,442
Buildings and improvements		181,174			181,922
Machinery and equipment		1,950,583			1,961,474
Leasehold improvements		21,709			21,751
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment		15,770			15,534
Construction in progress		47,008			35,009
		2,228,523			2,228,132
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(1,536,234	)		(1,531,579	)
	$	692,289		$	696,553

ROU assets resulting from finance leases are included in the table above as follows:

	January 30, 2022			October 31, 2021
Machinery and equipment	$	42,760		$	42,760
Accumulated amortization		(2,644	)		(1,933	)
	$	40,116		$	40,827

Depreciation and amortization expense for property, plant and equipment (including amortization expense for ROU assets) was $20.7 million and $22.6 million for the three-month periods ended January 30, 2022, and January 31, 2021.