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Accrued Liabilities

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2015

Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]

Accrued Liabilities

Accrued Liabilities

Accrued liabilities as of July 31, 2015 and October 31, 2014 consisted of the following:



	July 31, 2015				October 31, 2014
Accrued payroll and employee benefits	$	4,151			$	4,432
Accrued contract and operating costs	34				34
Accrued product warranty cost ⁽¹⁾	698				1,156
Accrued material purchase ⁽²⁾	4,512				—
Accrued service agreement costs	5,644				3,882
Accrued taxes, legal, professional and other	2,239				2,562
Accrued Liabilities	$	17,278			$	12,066


(1)	Activity in the accrued product warranty costs for the nine months ended July 31, 2015 included additions for estimates of potential future warranty obligations of $0.4 million on contracts in the warranty period and reductions related to actual warranty spend of $0.9 million as contracts progress through the warranty period or are beyond the warranty period.


(2)	The Company acts as a procurement agent for POSCO Energy under an Integrated Global Supply Chain Agreement whereby the Company procures materials on POSCO's behalf for their production facility. This liability represents amounts received for the purchase of materials on behalf of POSCO. Amounts due to vendors is recorded as Accounts Payable.