Debt and Leases (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2013

Debt Instrument [Line Items]

Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block]

Debt at October 31, 2013 and 2012, consisted of the following:

	2013			2012
Revolving credit facility	$	6,500		$	4,000
Senior Unsecured Convertible Notes	38,000			—
Connecticut Development Authority Note	3,246			3,466
Connecticut Clean Energy Fund Note	—			847
Connecticut Clean Energy and Finance Investment Authority Note	5,744			—
Capitalized lease obligations	497			234
Total debt	$	53,987		$	8,547
Less: Unamortized debt discount (1)	(3,106		)	—
	50,881			8,547
Less: Current portion of long-term debt	(6,931		)	(5,161		)
Long-term debt	$	43,950		$	3,386

(1) The debt discount recorded in connection with the issuance of the Company’s unsecured convertible notes relates to the fair value of the embedded derivatives at June 25, 2013 and is recorded on the consolidated balance sheets as a reduction to associated debt balance. The Company is amortizing the debt discount to interest expense over the term of the debt.

schedule of future minimum debt and lease payments [Text Block]

Aggregate annual principal payments under our loan agreements, excluding payments relating to the revolving credit facility, and capital lease obligations for the years subsequent to October 31, 2013 are as follows:

Year 1	430
Year 2	381
Year 3	313
Year 4	256
Year 5	40,363
Thereafter	5,744
	$	47,487