Business Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2016

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 16.7%, 15.9%, and 10.8% of total revenues for fiscal years 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Long-lived assets consist primarily of net property, plant and equipment, goodwill and intangibles.



	Revenues						Long-Lived Assets
	2016		2015		2014		2016		2015		2014
United States	$	888,164	$	901,182	$	740,836	$	253,160	$	275,556	$	265,975
Europe	143,281		132,094		48,414		48,716		43,166		43,875
Rest of World	34,389		39,776		42,817		20,631		19,545		21,602
Total Company	$	1,065,834	$	1,073,052	$	832,067	$	322,507	$	338,267	$	331,452

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

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



	Foreign Currency Gain (Loss)
	2016			2015			2014
Europe	$	(802	)	$	(23	)	$	109
Rest of World	$	(772	)	$	(483	)	$	(111	)

Schedule of Revenue by Major Customers by Reporting Segments [Table Text Block]

The following details customers that accounted for more than 10% of the Company's revenues in fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014:



	Revenues
Customer	2016		2015		2014
FCA	17.1	%	17.4	%	13.9	%
General Motors	18.2	%	15.5	%	16.4	%