Business Segment Information

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Business Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

Business Segment Information

For the six months ended April 30,2016, the Company conducted its business and reported its information as one operating segment - Automotive and Commercial Vehicles. The Chief Operating Decision Maker has been identified as the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), which includes all Vice Presidents plus the Chief Executive Officer of the Company 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. Customers and suppliers are substantially the same in the automotive and commercial vehicle industry.

Revenues of foreign geographic regions are attributed to external customers based upon the location of the entity recording the sale. These foreign revenues represent 17.1% for both the three and six months ended April 30, 2016 and 16.8% and 16.6% for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015, respectively.

	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
	Revenues				Revenues
Geographic Region:	2016		2015		2016		2015
Europe	$	41,545	$	35,062	$	74,537	$	65,804
Mexico	$	6,950	$	10,618	$	16,744	$	20,072
United States	$	235,769	$	226,620	$	444,038	$	432,289
Total Company	$	284,264	$	272,300	$	535,319	$	518,165

	Three Months Ended April 30,						Six Months Ended April 30,
	Foreign Currency (Gain) Loss						Foreign Currency (Gain) Loss
Geographic Region:	2016			2015			2016			2015
Europe	$	(780	)	$	(560	)	$	(82	)	$	(828	)
Mexico	$	31		$	9		$	55		$	(47	)

The foreign currency loss is included as a component of other (income) expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Long-lived assets consist primarily of net property, plant and equipment, goodwill and intangibles.

	Long-Lived Assets
Geographic Region:	April 30, 2016		October 31, 2015
Europe	$	46,783	$	43,247
Mexico	$	20,482	$	20,501
United States	$	265,573	$	276,407
Total Company	$	332,838	$	340,155