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Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Excludes cash and cash equivalents within disposal group and discontinued operation.

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Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences from undistributed earnings of subsidiaries and other recognized entities not within the country of domicile of the entity.

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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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Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to repatriation of foreign earnings.

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Basis of Presentation (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Basis of Presentation (Details) $ in Thousands	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($) Subsidiaries	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2015 employee	Oct. 31, 2015 employees	Oct. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of Subsidiaries \| Subsidiaries	28
Percent of employees participating in a discretionary profit sharing plan		95.00%
Number of employees receiving post-retirement benefits			16	16
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Undistributed Foreign Earnings	$ 3,384
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Repatriation of Foreign Earnings, Amount	1,184
Goodwill	$ 28,843				$ 30,887	$ 6,768
Goodwill as a percentage of total assets		4.30%			4.90%
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
China JV [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Common Stock, Percentage Owned by Related Party		55.00%
MTD Holdings Inc. [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Common Stock, Percentage Owned by Related Party		48.50%
Foreign Subsidiary [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Cash	$ 13,907				$ 11,921
Other Current Assets [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Prior Period Reclassification Adjustment	$ 29,460