OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2015

Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information By Segment [Table Text Block]

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

Schedule of Assets from Segment to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

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