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OPERATING SEGMENTS | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2015
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block] | OPERATING SEGMENTS Information on the Company’s two operating segments, the FSG and the ETG, for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):
|  |  |  |  |  | Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment |  | Consolidated Totals
|  | Segment |  |
|  | FSG |  | ETG |  |
Nine months ended July 31, 2015: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  |  | $591,431 |  |  |  | $277,439 |  |  |  | ($8,894 | ) |  |  | $859,976 |
Depreciation and amortization |  | 17,563 |  |  | 16,895 |  |  | 608 |  |  | 35,066 |
Operating income |  | 107,498 |  |  | 65,996 |  |  | (12,790 | ) |  | 160,704 |
Capital expenditures |  | 9,000 |  |  | 4,457 |  |  | 310 |  |  | 13,767 |
Nine months ended July 31, 2014: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  |  | $568,038 |  |  |  | $279,298 |  |  |  | ($7,248 | ) |  |  | $840,088 |
Depreciation and amortization |  | 14,883 |  |  | 20,782 |  |  | 605 |  |  | 36,270 |
Operating income |  | 103,323 |  |  | 62,495 |  |  | (16,149 | ) |  | 149,669 |
Capital expenditures |  | 7,339 |  |  | 4,364 |  |  | 558 |  |  | 12,261 |
Three months ended July 31, 2015: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  |  | $206,599 |  |  |  | $97,223 |  |  |  | ($3,452 | ) |  |  | $300,370 |
Depreciation and amortization |  | 6,402 |  |  | 5,317 |  |  | 206 |  |  | 11,925 |
Operating income |  | 39,250 |  |  | 24,372 |  |  | (5,112 | ) |  | 58,510 |
Capital expenditures |  | 2,523 |  |  | 1,600 |  |  | 184 |  |  | 4,307 |
Three months ended July 31, 2014: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  |  | $191,561 |  |  |  | $102,065 |  |  |  | ($2,596 | ) |  |  | $291,030 |
Depreciation and amortization |  | 5,020 |  |  | 6,911 |  |  | 200 |  |  | 12,131 |
Operating income |  | 34,234 |  |  | 21,455 |  |  | (5,576 | ) |  | 50,113 |
Capital expenditures |  | 3,083 |  |  | 1,605 |  |  | 88 |  |  | 4,776 |
Total assets by operating segment as of July 31, 2015 and October 31, 2014 are as follows (in thousands):
|  |  |  |  |  | Other, Primarily Corporate |  | Consolidated Totals
|  | Segment |  |
|  | FSG |  | ETG |  |
Total assets as of July 31, 2015 |  |  | $790,103 |  |  |  | $672,910 |  |  |  | $125,401 |  |  |  | $1,588,414 |
Total assets as of October 31, 2014 |  | 676,824 |  |  | 703,144 |  |  | 109,246 |  |  | 1,489,214 |

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