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Inventories (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2012
Inventories [Abstract] |
Summarization of inventories |
|  | July 31, |  |  | October 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Finished Goods |  | $ | 101.5 |  |  | $ | 105.4 |
Raw materials and work-in-process |  |  | 296.7 |  |  |  | 326.4 |
|  | $ | 398.2 |  |  | $ | 431.8 |

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