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RETIREMENT PLANS AND POST RETIREMENT PENSION PLANS (Assumptions) (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2015 | Oct. 31, 2014
U.S. Defined Benefit Plan |  |
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating net periodic benefit cost [Abstract] |  |
Discount rate - net periodic rate (in hundredths) | 4.00% | 4.00%
Average increasee in compensation levels - net periodic costs (in hundredths) | 3.50% | 3.50%
Expected long-term return on assets - net periodic costs (in hundredths) | 8.00% | 8.00%
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating benefit obligation [Abstract] |  |
Discount rate - benefit obligation (in hundredths) | 4.00% | 4.00%
Average increase in compensation levels - net periodic costs (in hundredths) | 3.00% | 3.50%
Non-U.S. Defined Benefit Plan |  |
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating net periodic benefit cost [Abstract] |  |
Discount rate minimum - net periodic cost (in hundredths) | 1.50% | 1.75%
Discount rate maximum - net periodic costs (in hundredths) | 4.00% | 4.25%
Average increase in compensation levels - net periodic costs - minimum (in hundredths) | 2.50% | 2.50%
Average increase in compensation levels - net periodic costs - maximum (in hundredths) | 3.25% | 3.25%
Expected long-term return on assets - net periodic costs - minimum (in hundredths) | 4.00% | 4.00%
Expected long-term return on assets - net periodic costs - maximum (in hundredths) | 6.50% | 6.50%
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating benefit obligation [Abstract] |  |
Discount rate minimum - benefit obligation (in hundredths) | 0.76% | 1.50%
Discount rate maximum - benefit obligation (in hundredths) | 3.80% | 4.00%
Average increase in compensation levels minimum - benefit obligation (in hundredths) | 2.50% | 2.50%
Average increase in compensation levels maximum - benefit obligation (in hundredths) | 3.50% | 3.25%
U.S. Post-Retirement Benefit Plan |  |
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating net periodic benefit cost [Abstract] |  |
Discount rate - net periodic rate (in hundredths) | 3.75% | 4.00%
Expected long-term return on assets - net periodic costs (in hundredths) | 8.00% | 8.00%
Current medical cost trend rate (in hundredths) | 8.00% | 8.00%
Ultimate medical cost trend rate (in hundredths) | 3.50% | 3.50%
Medical cost trend rate decreases to ultimate rate in year | 2028 | 2028
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating benefit obligation [Abstract] |  |
Discount rate - benefit obligation (in hundredths) | 4.00% | 3.75%
Current medical cost trend rate - benefit obligation (in hundredths) | 7.00% | 8.00%
Ultimate medical cost trend rate - benefit obligation (in hundredths) | 3.50% | 3.50%
Medical cost trend rate decreases to ultimate rate in year - benefit obligation | 2028 | 2028

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