Business Segment Information Business Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Business Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Revenue from External Customers by Geographic Areas [Table Text Block]

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

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

	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 by Geographic Areas [Table Text Block]

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