Asset Impairment and Restructuring Charges	9 Months Ended
Asset Impairment and Restructuring Charges	Jul. 31, 2011
Asset Impairment and Restructuring Charges [Abstract]
Restructuring and Related Activities Disclosure [Text Block]	Asset Impairment and Restructuring Charges During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010, the Board of Directors approved the Company’s plan to purchase a plant site in Bowling Green, Kentucky for the manufacture of first operation precision blanks and other complementary products that are currently manufactured at the Company’s plant in Mansfield, Ohio. The plan also includes the transfer of other Mansfield business to the Company’s Medina Blanking facility in Valley City, Ohio. The Company will, therefore, close the operations of its Mansfield Blanking Division during fiscal 2011 as its work is relocated to these other plants. The Company is relocating certain machinery and equipment to Bowling Green or Valley City to support the ongoing business and to service the new business in the Kentucky area. As a result, during the 4^th quarter of fiscal year 2010, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $2,480 to reduce long lived assets that will not be transferred to their estimated fair value. The fair value of machinery and equipment, as determined using level 3 inputs, was zero as the items are old equipment for which the Company has no further use and which have limited use and limited value in the used equipment market. The Mansfield real property was reduced by $2,095 to a fair value of $3,300 based on an independent assessment by a real estate firm that considered recent sales of similar properties, tax valuation, and replacement cost value. The Company also recorded a restructuring charge of $309 representing the curtailment of the retirement plan of Mansfield Blanking employees. The Bowling Green, Kentucky plant facility started operations in April 2011. During the third quarter of fiscal 2011, the Company recorded a restructuring charge of $352 based on a negotiated settlement for approximately 90 employees for severance and health insurance related to the previously announced planned closure of the Company's plant in Mansfield, Ohio. For the first nine months of fiscal 2011, the Company recorded impairment recoveries of $230 for cash received upon the sale of assets that were previously impaired.

The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled.

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