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OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2012
Operating Segments (Tables) [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information By Segment [Table Text Block] | Segment revenues and consolidated segment reporting income for the six and three months ended April 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Other, |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Primarily |  |  |  |
|  | Segment |  |  | Corporate and |  |  | Consolidated |
|  | FSG |  |  | ETG |  |  | Intersegment |  |  | Totals |
Six months ended April 30, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  | $ | 279,893 |  |  | $ | 150,743 |  |  | ($ | 1,667 | ) |  | $ | 428,969 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 5,141 |  |  |  | 8,847 |  |  |  | 450 |  |  |  | 14,438 |
Operating income |  |  | 52,141 |  |  |  | 31,522 |  |  |  | (8,430 | ) |  |  | 75,233 |
Capital expenditures |  |  | 3,218 |  |  |  | 4,062 |  |  |  | 868 |  |  |  | 8,148 |
Six months ended April 30, 2011: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  | $ | 254,445 |  |  | $ | 105,311 |  |  | ($ | 1,051 | ) |  | $ | 358,705 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 5,014 |  |  |  | 3,687 |  |  |  | 190 |  |  |  | 8,891 |
Operating income |  |  | 43,834 |  |  |  | 29,183 |  |  |  | (7,732 | ) |  |  | 65,285 |
Capital expenditures |  |  | 2,963 |  |  |  | 878 |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | 3,845 |
Three months ended April 30, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  | $ | 141,026 |  |  | $ | 76,272 |  |  | ($ | 984 | ) |  | $ | 216,314 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 2,455 |  |  |  | 4,816 |  |  |  | 192 |  |  |  | 7,463 |
Operating income |  |  | 26,634 |  |  |  | 15,317 |  |  |  | (4,350 | ) |  |  | 37,601 |
Capital expenditures |  |  | 1,563 |  |  |  | 1,984 |  |  |  | 813 |  |  |  | 4,360 |
Three months ended April 30, 2011: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  | $ | 133,804 |  |  | $ | 51,372 |  |  | ($ | 690 | ) |  | $ | 184,486 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 2,636 |  |  |  | 1,853 |  |  |  | 95 |  |  |  | 4,584 |
Operating income |  |  | 23,405 |  |  |  | 13,645 |  |  |  | (4,137 | ) |  |  | 32,913 |
Capital expenditures |  |  | 1,678 |  |  |  | 527 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 2,208 |
Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated [Table Text Block] | Total assets by operating segment as of April 30, 2012 and October 31, 2011 are as follows (in thousands):
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Other, |  |  |  |
|  | Segment |  |  | Primarily |  |  | Consolidated |
|  | FSG |  |  | ETG |  |  | Corporate |  |  | Totals |
Total assets as of April 30, 2012 |  | $ | 463,204 |  |  | $ | 637,696 |  |  | $ | 70,615 |  |  | $ | 1,171,515 |
Total assets as of October 31, 2011 |  |  | 458,624 |  |  |  | 429,869 |  |  |  | 52,576 |  |  |  | 941,069 |

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