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Inventories (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2014
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract] |
Summarization of Inventories | Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market and are summarized as follows (Dollars in millions):
|  | January 31, 2014 |  |  | October 31, 2013 |
Finished Goods |  | $ | 100.4 |  |  | $ | 98.5 |
Raw materials |  |  | 263.8 |  |  |  | 240.4 |
Work-in-process |  |  | 33.9 |  |  |  | 36.4 |
|  | $ | 398.1 |  |  | $ | 375.3 |

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