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Post Retirement Benefit Plans - Actuarial Assumptions Used to Measure Benefit Obligations and Pension Costs (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	3.71%	3.69%	4.30%
Expected return on plan assets	5.47%	5.73%	5.70%
Rate of compensation increase	3.01%	2.93%	2.99%
USA [Member]
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	4.37%	4.22%	4.75%
Expected return on plan assets	6.25%	6.25%	6.00%
Rate of compensation increase	3.00%	3.00%	3.00%
Germany [Member] | Non-United States [Member]
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	2.10%	2.45%	3.40%
Rate of compensation increase	2.75%	2.75%	2.75%
United Kingdom [Member] | Non-United States [Member]
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	3.45%	3.72%	4.25%
Expected return on plan assets	6.00%	6.25%	6.50%
Rate of compensation increase	3.50%	3.25%	3.50%
Netherlands [Member] | Non-United States [Member]
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	1.98%	2.20%	3.25%
Expected return on plan assets	2.06%	3.25%	3.25%
Rate of compensation increase	2.25%	2.25%	2.25%
Other International [Member] | Non-United States [Member]
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Discount rate	4.82%	4.83%	5.28%
Expected return on plan assets	5.99%	6.09%	5.82%
Rate of compensation increase		2.41%	2.35%

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