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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2018
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block] | Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during fiscal 2018 and 2017 by operating segment are as follows (in thousands):
| Segment |  | Consolidated
| FSG |  | ETG |  | Totals
Balances as of October 31, 2016 |  | $336,681 |  |  |  | $529,036 |  |  |  | $865,717 |
Goodwill acquired | 48,960 |  |  | 160,903 |  |  | 209,863 |
Foreign currency translation adjustments | 2,965 |  |  | 2,761 |  |  | 5,726 |
Balances as of October 31, 2017 | 388,606 |  |  | 692,700 |  |  | 1,081,306 |
Goodwill acquired | 10,586 |  |  | 27,734 |  |  | 38,320 |
Adjustments to goodwill | 972 |  |  | (3,003 | ) |  | (2,031 | )
Foreign currency translation adjustments | (1,470 | ) |  | (1,293 | ) |  | (2,763 | )
Balances as of October 31, 2018 |  | $398,694 |  |  |  | $716,138 |  |  |  | $1,114,832 |
Schedule Of Identifiable Intangible Assets [Table Text Block] | Identifiable intangible assets consist of the following (in thousands):
| As of October 31, 2018 |  | As of October 31, 2017
| Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount
Amortizing Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships |  | $373,946 |  |  |  | ($135,359 | ) |  |  | $238,587 |  |  |  | $379,966 |  |  |  | ($117,069 | ) |  |  | $262,897 |
Intellectual property | 185,983 |  |  | (56,055 | ) |  | 129,928 |  |  | 181,811 |  |  | (44,861 | ) |  | 136,950 |
Licenses | 6,559 |  |  | (3,522 | ) |  | 3,037 |  |  | 6,559 |  |  | (2,928 | ) |  | 3,631 |
Patents | 927 |  |  | (609 | ) |  | 318 |  |  | 870 |  |  | (551 | ) |  | 319 |
Non-compete agreements | 814 |  |  | (814 | ) |  | — |  |  | 817 |  |  | (817 | ) |  | — |
Trade names | 466 |  |  | (157 | ) |  | 309 |  |  | 466 |  |  | (118 | ) |  | 348 |
| 568,695 |  |  | (196,516 | ) |  | 372,179 |  |  | 570,489 |  |  | (166,344 | ) |  | 404,145 |
Non-Amortizing Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade names | 134,181 |  |  | — |  |  | 134,181 |  |  | 133,936 |  |  | — |  |  | 133,936 |
|  | $702,876 |  |  |  | ($196,516 | ) |  |  | $506,360 |  |  |  | $704,425 |  |  |  | ($166,344 | ) |  |  | $538,081 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the carrying value of intangible assets both subject to and not subject to amortization, excluding goodwill, in total and by major class. A major class is composed of intangible assets that can be grouped together because they are similar, either by their nature or by their use in the operations of the company. + References No definition available. + Details
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