Business Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2018

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

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

Revenues of foreign geographic regions in the table below are attributed to external customers based upon the location of the entity recording the sale. These foreign revenues represent 27.0%, 19.5% and 16.7% of total revenues for fiscal years 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Long-lived assets in the table below consist primarily of property, plant and equipment, net, goodwill and intangible assets.

	Revenues						Long-Lived Assets
	2018		2017		2016		2018		2017		2016
United States	$	831,782	$	839,013	$	888,164	$	234,690	$	235,663	$	243,225
Europe	266,679		169,398		143,281		95,763		53,569		48,709
Rest of World	41,483		33,575		34,389		28,038		20,543		18,672
Total Company	$	1,139,944	$	1,041,986	$	1,065,834	$	358,491	$	309,775	$	310,606

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

The foreign currency gain (loss) in the table below is included as a component of other expense, net in the consolidated statements of operations.    

	Foreign Currency Gain (Loss)
	2018			2017			2016
Europe	$	(82	)	$	(473	)	$	(802	)
Rest of World	$	514		$	(622	)	$	(772	)

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

The table below details customers that accounted for more than 10% of our revenues in fiscal 2018, 2017 and 2016:

	Revenues
Customer	2018		2017		2016
General Motors	18.8	%	17.9	%	18.2	%
FCA	15.8	%	15.0	%	17.1	%