Inventories (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2016

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block]

Inventories at October 31, 2016 and 2015 consisted of the following (in thousands):

	2016		2015
Raw materials	$	25,286	$	29,103
Work-in-process (1)	48,520		36,651
Inventories	$	73,806	$	65,754

(1) Work-in-process includes the standard components of inventory used to build the typical modules or module components that are intended to be used in future power plant orders or to service our service agreements. Included in Work-in-process at October 31, 2016 and 2015 is $40.6 million and $13.3 million, respectively, of completed standard components.