Albany-Chicago Company LLC (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		4 Months Ended		3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012	Apr. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012	Apr. 30, 2013 Pleasant Prairie [Member]	Apr. 15, 2013 Pleasant Prairie [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Pleasant Prairie [Member]	Dec. 28, 2012 Pleasant Prairie [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Goodwill [Member] Pleasant Prairie [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Noncompete Agreements [Member]	Dec. 28, 2012 Noncompete Agreements [Member]	Apr. 30, 2013 Customer Relationships [Member]	Dec. 28, 2012 Customer Relationships [Member]	Dec. 28, 2012 Trade Names [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred						$ (57,173)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Net								56,792
Net of Cash Acquired								56,337
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Financial Assets						381
Cash Acquired Placed In Escrow								3,000
Cash And Cash Equivalents						455
Accounts Receivable						9,179
Inventory						2,711
Prepaid Assets And Other						1,851
Property, Plant, and Equipment						28,688
Intangibles						11,524					741		8,906	1,877
Other Non-Current Assets						67
Goodwill						9,137
Financial Liabilities						(6,439)
Goodwill Deductible for Tax Purposes								20,711
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life					15 years				15 years	2 years		13 years
Business Combinations, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangibles Deductible for Tax Purposes								11,524
Revenues	182,146	162,831	327,529	295,202	17,181		22,709
Net income	$ 7,249	$ 5,905	$ 9,832	$ 7,484	$ 367		$ 379