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RESTRUCTURING CHARGES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2023
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Schedule of Reconciliation of Beginning and Ended Restructuring Reserve Balances | The following is a reconciliation of the beginning and ending restructuring reserve balances for the years ended October 31, 2023 and 2022:
(in millions) | Employee Separation Costs |  | Other Costs |  | Total
Balance at October 31, 2021 | $ | 18.6 |  |  | $ | 1.7 |  |  | $ | 20.3 |
Costs incurred and charged to expense | 6.3 |  |  | 6.7 |  |  | 13.0 |
Costs paid or otherwise settled | (13.7) |  |  | (7.3) |  |  | (21.0) |
Balance at October 31, 2022 | $ | 11.2 |  |  | $ | 1.1 |  |  | $ | 12.3 |
Costs incurred and charged to expense | 11.8 |  |  | 6.9 |  |  | 18.7 |
Costs paid or otherwise settled | (6.6) |  |  | (7.6) |  |  | (14.2) |
Balance at October 31, 2023 | $ | 16.4 |  |  | $ | 0.4 |  |  | $ | 16.8 |
Schedule of 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 filing date of this Form 10-K. Remaining amounts expected to be incurred were $12.0 million as of October 31, 2023:
(in millions) | Total Amounts Expected to be Incurred |  | Amounts Incurred During the year ended October 31, 2023 |  | Amounts Remaining to be Incurred
Global Industrial Packaging: |  |  |  |  |
Employee separation costs | $ | 8.8 |  |  | $ | 3.0 |  |  | 5.8 |
Other restructuring costs | 2.5 |  |  | 1.2 |  |  | 1.3 |
| 11.3 |  |  | 4.2 |  |  | 7.1 |
Paper Packaging & Services: |  |  |  |  |
Employee separation costs | 10.2 |  |  | 8.8 |  |  | 1.4 |
Other restructuring costs | 9.2 |  |  | 5.7 |  |  | 3.5 |
| 19.4 |  |  | 14.5 |  |  | 4.9 |
Total | $ | 30.7 |  |  | $ | 18.7 |  |  | $ | 12.0 |

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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://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b)(2) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482017/420-10-50-1 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB Topic 5.P.4(b)(2)) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147479823/420-10-S99-2 + Details
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