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Post Retirement Benefit Plans - Actuarial Assumptions Used to Measure Benefit Obligations and Pension Costs (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2011	Oct. 31, 2010
Pension Plans, Defined Benefit [Member]
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	3.92%	4.94%	5.20%
Expected return on plan assets	6.46%	7.20%	7.50%
Rate of compensation increase	2.99%	3.13%	3.11%
USA [Member]
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	4.00%	4.90%	5.50%
Expected return on plan assets	6.75%	8.25%	8.25%
Rate of compensation increase	3.00%	3.00%	3.00%
Germany [Member]
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	3.50%	5.25%	5.00%
Rate of compensation increase	2.75%	2.75%	2.75%
United Kingdom [Member]
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	4.25%	5.00%	5.25%
Expected return on plan assets	6.75%	7.50%	7.50%
Rate of compensation increase	3.50%	4.00%	4.00%
Netherlands [Member]
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	3.25%	5.00%	4.25%
Expected return on plan assets	5.00%	4.25%	6.00%
Rate of compensation increase	2.25%	2.25%	2.25%
Other International [Member]
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	4.89%	5.55%	5.44%
Expected return on plan assets	6.55%	6.60%	6.68%
Rate of compensation increase	2.29%	2.70%	3.01%