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Restructuring Charges (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2014
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Restructuring Reserve Balances | The following is a reconciliation of the beginning and ended restructuring reserve balances for the years ended October 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 (Dollars in millions):
|  | Employee Separation Costs |  |  | Other costs |  |  | Total |
Balance at October 31, 2012 |  | $ | 6.2 |  |  | $ | 1.8 |  |  | $ | 8.0 |
Costs incurred and charged to expense |  |  | 2.8 |  |  |  | 2.0 |  |  |  | 4.8 |
Costs paid or otherwise settled |  |  | (7.2 | ) |  |  | (2.6 | ) |  |  | (9.8 | )
Balance at October 31, 2013 |  | $ | 1.8 |  |  | $ | 1.2 |  |  | $ | 3.0 |
Costs incurred and charged to expense |  |  | 12.0 |  |  |  | 4.1 |  |  |  | 16.1 |
Costs paid or otherwise settled |  |  | (10.9 | ) |  |  | (4.1 | ) |  |  | (15.0 | )
Balance at October 31, 2014 |  | $ | 2.9 |  |  | $ | 1.2 |  |  | $ | 4.1 |
Reconciliation of Total Amounts Expected to be Incurred from Open Restructuring Plans Anticipated to be Realized | The following is a reconciliation of the total amounts expected to be incurred from open restructuring plans or plans that are being formulated and have not been announced as of the date of this Form 10-K. Remaining amounts expected to be incurred were $9.2 million and $6.6 million as of October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The increase was due to the formulation of new plans during the period offset by the realization of expenses from plans formulated in prior periods. (Dollars in millions):
|  | Amounts expected to be incurred |  |  | Amounts Incurred in 2014 |  |  | Amounts remaining to be incurred |
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee separation costs |  | $ | 11.4 |  |  | $ | 7.5 |  |  | $ | 3.9 |
Other restructuring costs |  |  | 5.0 |  |  |  | 2.1 |  |  |  | 2.9 |
|  |  | 16.4 |  |  |  | 9.6 |  |  |  | 6.8 |
Flexible Products & Services: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee separation costs |  |  | 4.7 |  |  |  | 4.5 |  |  |  | 0.2 |
Other restructuring costs |  |  | 4.2 |  |  |  | 2.0 |  |  |  | 2.2 |
|  |  | 8.9 |  |  |  | 6.5 |  |  |  | 2.4 |
|  | $ | 25.3 |  |  | $ | 16.1 |  |  | $ | 9.2 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. This element may also include a description of any reversal and other adjustment made during the period to the amount of an accrued liability for restructuring activities. This element may be used to encapsulate the roll forward presentations of an entity's restructuring reserve by type of cost and in total, and explanation of changes that occurred in the period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB Topic 5.P.4(b)(2)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140904-122747 + Details
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