Business Segment Information Business Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2016

Segments, Geographical Areas [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 16.6% and 16.9% for the three and nine months ended July 31, 2016, respectively, and 15.0% and 16.1% for the three and nine months ended July 31, 2015, respectively.

	Three Months Ended July 31,				Nine Months Ended July 31,
	Revenues				Revenues
Geographic Region:	2016		2015		2016		2015
United States	$	207,485	$	226,038	$	651,526	$	658,326
Europe	$	32,766	$	30,387	$	105,571	$	96,154
Rest of World	$	8,581	$	9,646	$	27,054	$	29,756
Total Company	$	248,832	$	266,071	$	784,151	$	784,236

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

	Three Months Ended July 31,					Nine Months Ended July 31,
	Foreign Currency (Gain) Loss					Foreign Currency (Gain) Loss
Geographic Region:	2016		2015			2016		2015
Europe	$	230	$	206		$	189	$	(622	)
Rest of World	$	245	$	(146	)	$	258	$	(193	)

The foreign currency (gain) 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:	July 31, 2016		October 31, 2015
United States	$	261,206	$	276,407
Europe	$	50,405	$	43,166
Rest of World	$	20,217	$	20,582
Total Company	$	331,828	$	340,155