Business Segment Information Business Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 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 19.3% and 18.5% for the three and nine months ended July 31, 2017, respectively and 16.6% and 16.9% for the three and nine months ended July 31, 2016, respectively.

	Three Months Ended July 31,				Nine Months Ended July 31,
	Revenues				Revenues
Geographic Region:	2017		2016		2017		2016
United States	$	207,187	$	207,485	$	633,950	$	651,526
Europe	$	41,808	$	32,766	119,980		105,571
Rest of World	$	7,852	$	8,581	23,886		27,054
Total Company	$	256,847	$	248,832	$	777,816	$	784,151

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:	2017			2016		2017			2016
Europe	$	(143	)	$	230	$	(175	)	$	189
Rest of World	$	314		$	245	$	(90	)	$	258

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:	July 31, 2017		October 31, 2016
United States	$	237,195	$	243,225
Europe	54,680		48,709
Rest of World	19,309		18,672
Total Company	$	311,184	$	310,606