Common Stock, Percentage Owned by Related Party

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Goodwill as Percentage of Total Assets

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Number of employees receiving post-retirement benefits

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Number of Subsidiaries

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Percent of employees participating in a discretionary profit sharing plan

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 350

-SubTopic 20

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Describes the periods of time over which an entity anticipates to receive utility from its property, plant and equipment (that is, the periods of time over which an entity allocates the initial cost of its property, plant and equipment).

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Basis of Presentation (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2014 Subsidiaries employee employees	Oct. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of Subsidiaries	28shlo_NumberOfSubsidiaries
Percent of employees participating in a discretionary profit sharing plan	70.00%
Number of employees receiving post-retirement benefits	16
Goodwill	$ 30,887us-gaap_Goodwill	$ 6,768us-gaap_Goodwill	$ 0us-gaap_Goodwill
Goodwill as a percentage of total assets	4.90%shlo_GoodwillasPercentageofTotalAssets	1.70%shlo_GoodwillasPercentageofTotalAssets
Furniture & Fixtures, Machinery & Equip, Assets specificall for Customer Programs [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	P3Y
Furniture & Fixtures, Machinery & Equip, Assets specificall for Customer Programs [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	P12Y
Land Improvements [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	P10Y
Land Improvements [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	P20Y
Building and Building Improvements [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	P20Y
Building and Building Improvements [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	P40Y
MTD Holdings Inc. [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Common Stock, Percentage Owned by Related Party	49.80%