Business Segment Information

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2015

Business Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

Business Segment Information

The Company conducts its business and reports its information as one operating segment-Automotive and Commercial Vehicles. The chief operating decision maker of the Company has been identified as the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), which includes all Vice President’s plus the CEO as this team has the final authority over performance assessment and resource allocation decisions. In determining that one operating segment is appropriate, the Company considered the nature of the business activities, the existence of managers responsible for the operating activities and information presented to the Board of Directors for its consideration and advice. Furthermore, the Company is a leading global supplier of lightweighting and noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) solutions to the automotive, commercial vehicle and other industrial segments, capable of delivering solutions in alumimum, magnesium, steel and high-strength steel alloys to original equipment manufacturers and suppliers

Revenues of foreign geographic regions are attributed to external customers based upon the location of the entity recording the sale. These foreign revenues represent 14.8% and 15.9% for the three and nine months ended July 31, 2015, respectively and 9.8% and 7.2% of total revenues for three and nine months ended July 31, 2014, respectively. Long-lived assets consist primarily of net property, plant and equipment, goodwill and intangibles.

	Three Months Ended July 31,										Nine Months Ended July 31,
	Revenues				Foreign Currency (Gain) Loss						Revenues				Foreign Currency (Gain)
Geographic Region:	2015		2014		2015			2014			2015		2014		2015		2014
Europe	$	30,682	$	9,087	$	(207	)	$	12		$	97,425	$	9,087	$	622	$	11
Mexico	$	10,125	$	12,061	$	147		$	(38	)	$	31,494	$	34,869	$	193	$	(97	)
United States	$	234,394	$	195,241							$	683,366	$	564,944
Total Company	$	275,201	$	216,389							$	812,285	$	608,900

	Long-Lived Assets
Geographic Region:	July 31, 2015		October 31, 2014
Europe	$	41,470	$	44,151
Mexico	$	23,338	$	24,611
United States	$	266,128	$	267,001
Total Company	$	330,936	$	335,763

The foreign currency gain or loss is included as a component of other income in the condensed consolidated statements of income.