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OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2018
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of Segment Reporting Information by Segment [Table Text Block] | Information on the Company’s two operating segments, the FSG and the ETG, for each of the last three fiscal years ended October 31 is as follows (in thousands):
|  | Segment |  | Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment (1) |  | Consolidated Totals
|  | FSG |  | ETG |  |
Year ended October 31, 2018: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  |  | $1,097,937 |  |  |  | $701,827 |  |  |  | ($22,043 | ) |  |  | $1,777,721 |
Depreciation |  | 13,322 |  |  | 9,225 |  |  | 692 |  |  | 23,239 |
Amortization |  | 19,530 |  |  | 33,339 |  |  | 1,083 |  |  | 53,952 |
Operating income |  | 206,623 |  |  | 204,508 |  |  | (34,886 | ) |  | 376,245 |
Capital expenditures |  | 13,074 |  |  | 9,531 |  |  | 19,266 |  |  | 41,871 |
Total assets |  | 1,093,858 |  |  | 1,391,997 |  |  | 167,541 |  |  | 2,653,396 |
Year ended October 31, 2017: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  |  | $967,540 |  |  |  | $574,261 |  |  |  | ($16,988 | ) |  |  | $1,524,813 |
Depreciation |  | 13,042 |  |  | 8,609 |  |  | 227 |  |  | 21,878 |
Amortization |  | 18,026 |  |  | 24,167 |  |  | 752 |  |  | 42,945 |
Operating income |  | 179,278 |  |  | 157,451 |  |  | (30,071 | ) |  | 306,658 |
Capital expenditures |  | 15,665 |  |  | 10,100 |  |  | 233 |  |  | 25,998 |
Total assets |  | 1,042,925 |  |  | 1,339,363 |  |  | 130,143 |  |  | 2,512,431 |
Year ended October 31, 2016: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  |  | $875,870 |  |  |  | $511,272 |  |  |  | ($10,884 | ) |  |  | $1,376,258 |
Depreciation |  | 12,113 |  |  | 8,030 |  |  | 218 |  |  | 20,361 |
Amortization |  | 16,590 |  |  | 22,664 |  |  | 662 |  |  | 39,916 |
Operating income |  | 163,427 |  |  | 126,031 |  |  | (24,113 | ) |  | 265,345 |
Capital expenditures |  | 18,434 |  |  | 11,962 |  |  | 467 |  |  | 30,863 |
Total assets |  | 877,672 |  |  | 1,015,696 |  |  | 105,044 |  |  | 1,998,412 |
(1) Intersegment activity principally consists of net sales from the ETG to the FSG. |  |
Schedule of Product Information [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the Company’s net sales to external customers by product lines included in each operating segment (in thousands):
|  | Year ended October 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Flight Support Group: |  |  |  |  |  |
Aftermarket replacement parts (1) |  |  | $582,562 |  |  |  | $489,644 |  |  |  | $405,108 |
Repair and overhaul parts and services (2) |  | 286,454 |  |  | 270,482 |  |  | 251,357 |
Specialty products (3) |  | 228,921 |  |  | 207,414 |  |  | 219,405 |
Total net sales |  | 1,097,937 |  |  | 967,540 |  |  | 875,870 |
Electronic Technologies Group: |  |  |  |  |  |
Electronic component parts for defense, space and aerospace equipment (4) |  | 547,088 |  |  | 420,991 |  |  | 371,297 |
Electronic component parts for equipment in various other industries (5) |  | 154,739 |  |  | 153,270 |  |  | 139,975 |
Total net sales |  | 701,827 |  |  | 574,261 |  |  | 511,272 |
Other, primarily corporate and intersegment |  | (22,043 | ) |  | (16,988 | ) |  | (10,884 | )
Total consolidated net sales |  |  | $1,777,721 |  |  |  | $1,524,813 |  |  |  | $1,376,258 |
(1) | Includes various jet engine and aircraft component replacement parts.
(2) | Includes primarily the sale of parts consumed in various repair and overhaul services on selected jet engine and aircraft components, avionics, instruments, composites and flight surfaces of commercial and military aircraft.
(3) | Includes primarily the sale of specialty components such as thermal insulation blankets, renewable/reusable insulation systems, advanced niche components, complex composite assemblies, and expanded foil mesh.
(4) | Includes various component parts such as electro-optical infrared simulation and test equipment, electro-optical laser products, electro-optical, microwave and other power equipment, high-speed interface products, power conversion products, underwater locator beacons, emergency locator transmission beacons, traveling wave tube amplifiers, microwave power modules, three-dimensional microelectronic and stacked memory products, crashworthy and ballistically self-sealing auxiliary fuel systems, radio frequency (RF) and microwave amplifiers, transmitters and receivers, high performance communications and electronic intercept receivers and tuners and high performance active antenna systems.
(5) Includes various component parts such as electromagnetic and radio interference shielding, high voltage interconnection devices, high voltage advanced power electronics, harsh environment connectivity products and custom molded cable assemblies.
Schedule of Revenue from External Customers Attributed to Foreign Countries by Geographic Area [Table Text Block] | The following table also summarizes the Company’s long-lived assets held within and outside of the United States as of October 31 of the last three fiscal years (in thousands). Long-lived assets consist of net property, plant and equipment.
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Net Sales: |  |  |  |  |
United States of America |  | $1,127,998 |  |  |  | $1,007,491 |  |  |  | $904,670 |
Other countries | 649,723 |  |  | 517,322 |  |  | 471,588 |
Total net sales |  | $1,777,721 |  |  |  | $1,524,813 |  |  |  | $1,376,258 |
Long-lived assets: |  |  |  |  |
United States of America |  | $124,225 |  |  |  | $97,367 |  |  |  | $94,889 |
Other countries | 30,514 |  |  | 32,516 |  |  | 26,722 |
Total long-lived assets |  | $154,739 |  |  |  | $129,883 |  |  |  | $121,611 |

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