BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company has eight operating segments, which are aggregated into four reportable business segments: Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services; Paper Packaging & Services; Flexible Products & Services; and Land Management.

The Company’s reportable business segments offer different products and services. The accounting policies of the reportable business segments are substantially the same as those described in the “Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” note in the 2017 Form 10-K. The measure of segment profitability that is used by the Company is operating profit.

The following segment information is presented for the periods indicated:



	Three Months Ended July 31,				Nine Months Ended July 31,
(in millions)	2018		2017		2018		2017
Net sales:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services	$	687.6	$	674.4	$	1,965.7	$	1,860.2
Paper Packaging & Services	236.0		206.3		653.7		577.9
Flexible Products & Services	82.6		73.9		246.7		210.2
Land Management	5.9		7.2		20.0		21.8
Total net sales	$	1,012.1	$	961.8	$	2,886.1	$	2,670.1

Operating profit:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services	$	62.0	$	65.3	$	140.4	$	164.2
Paper Packaging & Services	44.1		19.4		105.0		59.7
Flexible Products & Services	5.8		3.1		14.0		5.5
Land Management	2.1		2.7		7.8		8.2
Total operating profit	$	114.0	$	90.5	$	267.2	$	237.6

Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services	$	20.5	$	16.8	$	62.2	$	56.7
Paper Packaging & Services	8.9		7.8		25.6		23.7
Flexible Products & Services	1.8		1.8		5.4		5.2
Land Management	1.2		1.3		3.3		3.8
Total depreciation, depletion and amortization expense	$	32.4	$	27.7	$	96.5	$	89.4

The following table presents net sales to external customers by geographic area:



	Three Months Ended July 31,				Nine Months Ended July 31,
(in millions)	2018		2017		2018		2017
Net sales:
United States	$	506.0	$	463.7	$	1,402.2	$	1,306.2
Europe, Middle East and Africa	372.6		359.4		1,074.6		970.8
Asia Pacific and other Americas	133.5		138.7		409.3		393.1
Total net sales	$	1,012.1	$	961.8	$	2,886.1	$	2,670.1

The following table presents total assets by segment and total properties, plants and equipment, net by geographic area:



(in millions)	July 31, 2018		October 31, 2017
Assets:
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services	$	2,067.8	$	1,976.7
Paper Packaging & Services	466.8		459.8
Flexible Products & Services	164.3		163.2
Land Management	346.3		345.4
Total segments	3,045.2		2,945.1
Corporate and other	254.2		287.2
Total assets	$	3,299.4	$	3,232.3

Properties, plants and equipment, net:
United States	$	776.7	$	730.1
Europe, Middle East and Africa	280.5		322.0
Asia Pacific and other Americas	124.4		136.3
Total properties, plants and equipment, net	$	1,181.6	$	1,188.4