OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2017

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, 2017 and 2016, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):



					Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment ⁽¹⁾			Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG		ETG
Nine months ended July 31, 2017:
Net sales		$710,676		$405,194		($12,281	)		$1,103,589
Depreciation	9,654		6,304		160			16,118
Amortization	13,088		17,158		548			30,794
Operating income	132,771		106,453		(22,010		)	217,214
Capital expenditures	12,305		7,920		220			20,445

Nine months ended July 31, 2016:
Net sales		$647,419		$372,933		($7,393	)		$1,012,959
Depreciation	8,973		5,854		166			14,993
Amortization	12,414		16,700		496			29,610
Operating income	118,757		89,280		(18,768		)	189,269
Capital expenditures	13,449		9,257		407			23,113

Three months ended July 31, 2017:
Net sales		$257,966		$137,860		($4,326	)		$391,500
Depreciation	3,378		2,168		54			5,600
Amortization	4,885		5,722		204			10,811
Operating income	46,664		38,543		(9,085		)	76,122
Capital expenditures	3,745		3,086		76			6,907

Three months ended July 31, 2016:
Net sales		$222,553		$136,215		($2,684	)		$356,084
Depreciation	3,049		1,878		54			4,981
Amortization	4,169		6,105		165			10,439
Operating income	41,969		33,609		(5,724		)	69,854
Capital expenditures	5,034		2,516		17			7,567

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

Total assets by operating segment as of July 31, 2017 and October 31, 2016 are as follows (in thousands):



					Other, Primarily Corporate		Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG		ETG
Total assets as of July 31, 2017		$1,040,802		$1,015,645		$167,276		$2,223,723
Total assets as of October 31, 2016	878,674		1,017,827		142,974		2,039,475