Business Segment Information Business Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

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 18.1% for both the three and six months ended April 30, 2017 and 17.0% and 17.1%three and six months ended April 30, 2016, respectively.

	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
	Revenues				Revenues
Geographic Region:	2017		2016		2017		2016
United States	$	223,563	$	235,855	$	426,763	$	444,041
Europe	$	42,503	$	39,806	78,172		72,805
Rest of World	$	6,965	$	8,603	16,034		18,473
Total Company	$	273,031	$	284,264	$	520,969	$	535,319

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:	2017			2016			2017			2016
Europe	$	(173	)	$	805		$	(32	)	$	(30	)
Rest of World	$	(131	)	$	(56	)	$	(404	)	$	57

The foreign currency gain (loss) is included as a component of other 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, 2017		October 31, 2016
United States	$	237,086	$	243,225
Europe	51,789		48,709
Rest of World	19,106		18,672
Total Company	$	307,981	$	310,606