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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2020
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Useful Lives of Property, Plant and Equipment and Depreciation Useful lives are as follows:
Land improvements
15-25 years
Buildings
20-40 years
Machinery and equipment
3-18 years
Enterprise management systems
5-13 years
Weighted Average Useful Lives for Each Major Category of Amortizable Intangible Assets At October 31, 2020, the weighted-average useful lives for each major category of amortizable intangible assets were:
Patent/technology costs12 years
Customer relationships14 years
Noncompete agreements4 years
Trade names15 years
Summary of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Accumulated other comprehensive loss at October 31, 2020 and 2019 consisted of:
Cumulative
translation
adjustments		Pension and
postretirement benefit
plan adjustments		Accumulated
other comprehensive
loss
Balance at October 31, 2019$(53,332)$(178,549)$(231,881)
Pension and postretirement plan changes, net of tax of $(2,404)
— (7,147)(7,147)
Currency translation losses12,910 — 12,910 
Balance at October 31, 2020$(40,422)$(185,696)$(226,118)
Reconciliation of Product Warranty Liability
Following is a reconciliation of the product warranty liability for 2020 and 2019:
 20202019
Balance at beginning of year$11,006 $12,195 
Accruals for warranties11,662 9,670 
Warranty payments(12,330)(10,881)
Currency adjustments212 22 
Balance at end of year$10,550 $11,006