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OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2024
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, 2024: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  | $2,639,354 |  |  | $1,263,626 |  |  | ($45,311) |  |  | $3,857,669 |
Depreciation |  | 25,153 |  |  | 22,731 |  |  | 1,244 |  |  | 49,128 |
Amortization |  | 73,640 |  |  | 50,994 |  |  | 1,569 |  |  | 126,203 |
Operating income |  | 593,074 |  |  | 288,193 |  |  | (56,812) |  |  | 824,455 |
Capital expenditures |  | 27,498 |  |  | 29,864 |  |  | 899 |  |  | 58,261 |
Year ended October 31, 2023: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  | $1,770,185 |  |  | $1,225,222 |  |  | ($27,302) |  |  | $2,968,105 |
Depreciation |  | 18,699 |  |  | 20,478 |  |  | 1,101 |  |  | 40,278 |
Amortization |  | 36,957 |  |  | 51,296 |  |  | 1,512 |  |  | 89,765 |
Operating income |  | 387,297 |  |  | 285,053 |  |  | (47,011) |  |  | 625,339 |
Capital expenditures |  | 22,775 |  |  | 26,493 |  |  | 166 |  |  | 49,434 |
Year ended October 31, 2022: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  | $1,255,212 |  |  | $972,475 |  |  | ($19,365) |  |  | $2,208,322 |
Depreciation |  | 15,656 |  |  | 13,602 |  |  | 999 |  |  | 30,257 |
Amortization |  | 24,268 |  |  | 40,690 |  |  | 1,118 |  |  | 66,076 |
Operating income |  | 267,167 |  |  | 269,473 |  |  | (39,796) |  |  | 496,844 |
Capital expenditures |  | 15,588 |  |  | 15,530 |  |  | 864 |  |  | 31,982 |
(1) Intersegment activity principally consists of net sales from the ETG to the FSG.
Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated [Table Text Block] | Total assets by operating segment are as follows (in thousands):
|  |  |  |  |  | Other, Primarily Corporate |  | Consolidated Totals
|  | Segment |  |
As of October 31, |  | FSG |  | ETG |  |
2024 |  | $4,264,360 |  |  | $2,981,326 |  |  | $347,136 |  |  | $7,592,822 |
2023 |  | 4,006,748 |  |  | 2,915,300 |  |  | 273,015 |  |  | 7,195,063 |
Schedule of Revenue and Long-lived Assets by Geographic Area [Table Text Block] | The Company markets its products and services in approximately 135 countries. The following table summarizes the Company’s net sales to customers located in the United States and to those in other countries for each of the last three fiscal years ended October 31 (in thousands). Net sales are attributed to countries based on the location of the customer. Net sales to any one customer or originating from any one foreign country did not account for 10% or more of the Company’s consolidated net sales during any of the last three fiscal years. The following table also summarizes the Company’s long-lived assets held within and outside of the United States as of October 31 for each of the last three fiscal years (in thousands). Long-lived assets consist of net property, plant and equipment and operating lease ROU assets.
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Net sales: |  |  |  |  |
United States of America | $2,420,892 |  |  | $1,963,451 |  |  | $1,443,581 |
Other countries | 1,436,777 |  |  | 1,004,654 |  |  | 764,741 |
Total net sales | $3,857,669 |  |  | $2,968,105 |  |  | $2,208,322 |
Long-lived assets: |  |  |  |  |
United States of America | $357,303 |  |  | $349,085 |  |  | $271,477 |
Other countries (1) | 113,567 |  |  | 94,136 |  |  | 44,154 |
Total long-lived assets | $470,870 |  |  | $443,221 |  |  | $315,631 |
(1) As a result of our acquisition of Exxelia in fiscal 2023 and ongoing investments in our French operations, France was the only foreign country where long-lived assets exceeded 10% of the Company’s total long-lived assets. Long-lived assets held in France totaled $54.2 million and $53.3 million as of October 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

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