Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2012

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block]

	Years Ended October 31,
	2012			2011
Domestic	$	23,139		$	13,719
Foreign	(632		)	(638		)
Total	$22,507			$13,081

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

		Years Ended October 31,
		2012		2011
Current:
	Federal	$	5,733	$	2,336
	State and local	1,114		794
	Foreign	150		69
Total current		6,997		3,199
Deferred:
	Federal	1,885		1,784
	State and local	97		188
	Foreign	2		65
Total deferred		1,984		2,037
		$	8,981	$	5,236

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

		Years Ended October 31,
		2012			2011
Deferred tax assets:
	Accrued compensation and benefits	$	936		$	783
	Inventory	558			569
	State income credits and loss carryforwards	1,115			1,080
	Pension obligations and post retirement benefits	12,365			9,555
	Foreign net operating loss	2,033			2,246
	Tax credits in foreign countries	677			786
	Other accruals and reserves	2,206			2,308
		19,890			17,327
Less: Valuation allowance		(4,401)			(4,263)
Total deferred tax assets		15,489			13,064
Deferred tax liabilities:
	Fixed assets	(9,690)			(9,551)
	Prepaid expenses and other	(352)			(367)
Net deferred tax asset		$	5,447		$	3,146
Change in net deferred tax asset:
		$	(1,984	)	$	(2,037	)
		86			117
Components of other comprehensive income:
	Pension and post retirement benefits	4,199			1,003
	Total change in net deferred tax asset	$	2,301		$	(917	)

Summary of Income Tax Contingencies [Table Text Block]

	Years Ended October 31,
	2012			2011
Balance at beginning of year	$	1,069		$	851
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year	126			63
Additions for tax positions of prior years	89			120
Reductions for tax positions of prior years	(13		)	(7		)
Reductions as result of lapse of applicable statute of limitations	(24		)	42
Balance at end of year	$	1,247		$	1,069

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

	Years Ended October 31,
	2012		2011
Federal income tax at statutory rate	34.9	%	34.0	%
State and local income taxes, net of federal benefit	3.0		4.1
Valuation allowance change	0.4		(0.4	)
Net operating loss benefit and reversal of contingencies	0.3		(0.1	)
Domestic production activities deduction	(2.7	)	(2.4	)
Foreign operations	1.6		2.2
Stock option expense	0.8		1.4
Adjustment of uncertain tax positions	1.0		2.1
Adjustments of previous tax filings	0.5		(0.1	)
Other	0.1		(0.8	)
Effective income tax rate	39.9	%	40.0	%