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Property, Plant, and Equipment
12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2017
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]  
Property, Plant, and Equipment

4.     Property, Plant, and Equipment

 

Property, plant, and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 31, 

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land

    

$

11,569

    

$

7,023

 

Buildings and improvements

 

 

44,338

 

 

22,480

 

Leasehold improvements

 

 

25,030

 

 

8,918

 

Equipment

 

 

79,023

 

 

66,109

 

Information systems - hardware and software

 

 

10,264

 

 

8,089

 

Construction in progress

 

 

7,487

 

 

25,456

 

 

 

 

177,711

 

 

138,075

 

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

 

(57,639)

 

 

(50,238)

 

 

 

$

120,072

 

$

87,837

 

 

Depreciation expense was $9.5 million, $7.3 million and $6.4 million for fiscal years 2017, 2016, and 2015, of which $0.5 million was related to depreciation on capital leases for fiscal year 2017, 2016, and 2015. 

 

Property, plant, and equipment include various capital leases which total $3.4 million and $3.2 million, less accumulated depreciation of $3.0 million and $2.5 million as of October 31, 2017 and 2016.

 

The decrease in construction in progress from $25.5 million as of October 31, 2016, to $7.5 million as of October 31, 2017, is due to the Avocados de Jalisco packinghouse beginning operations in June 2017, leasehold improvements to the facility in Jacksonville, Florida, and leasehold improvements to the facility in Houston, Texas.