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Operating Segments - Reportable Segments (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2016 | Jul. 31, 2015 | Jul. 31, 2016 | Jul. 31, 2015
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net external sales | $ 489,899 |  | $ 462,731 |  | $ 1,299,711 |  | $ 1,242,466 |
Operating profit (loss) | 123,686 |  | 102,850 |  | 277,568 |  | 242,082 |
Operating Segments [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net external sales | 489,899 |  | 462,731 |  | 1,299,711 |  | 1,242,466 |
Operating profit (loss) | 123,686 |  | 102,850 |  | 277,568 |  | 242,082 |
Operating Segments [Member] | Adhesive Dispensing Systems [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net external sales | 220,800 |  | 211,649 |  | 645,269 |  | 609,135 |
Operating profit (loss) | 60,423 | [1] | 54,854 |  | 173,760 | [1] | 148,963 |
Operating Segments [Member] | Advanced Technology Systems [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net external sales | 205,372 |  | 184,888 |  | 481,787 |  | 446,588 |
Operating profit (loss) | 63,115 |  | 44,633 | [2] | 109,819 | [3] | 96,221 | [2]
Operating Segments [Member] | Industrial Coating Systems [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net external sales | 63,727 |  | 66,194 |  | 172,655 |  | 186,743 |
Operating profit (loss) | 10,612 | [4] | 12,326 |  | 25,082 | [4] | 27,604 |
Corporate [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating profit (loss) | $ (10,464) |  | $ (8,963) |  | $ (31,093) |  | $ (30,706) |
[1] | Includes $759 and $2,230 of severance and restructuring costs in the three and nine months ended July 31, 2016, respectively.
[2] | Includes $2,319 of severance and restructuring costs in the three and nine months ended July 31, 2015, respectively.
[3] | Includes $680 of severance and restructuring costs in the nine months ended July 31, 2016, respectively.
[4] | Includes $955 and $1,454 of severance and restructuring costs in the three and nine months ended July 31, 2016, respectively.

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