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Inventories (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2014
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract] |
Summarization of Inventories | The inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market and summarized as follows as of October 31 for each year (Dollars in millions):
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Finished goods |  | $ | 100.9 |  |  | $ | 98.5 |
Raw materials |  |  | 235.9 |  |  |  | 239.5 |
Work-in process |  |  | 44.3 |  |  |  | 36.4 |
|  | $ | 381.1 |  |  | $ | 374.4 |

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