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Inventories (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block]

Inventories at October 31, 2015 and 2014 consisted of the following (in thousands):

		2015				2014
Raw materials		$	29,103			$	25,460
Work-in-process (1)		36,651				30,435
Inventories		$	65,754			$	55,895

(1) Work-in-process includes the standard components of inventory used to build the typical modules or module components that are intended to be used in future power plant orders or to service our service agreements. Included in Work-in-process at October 31, 2015 and 2014 is $13.3 million and $19.2 million, respectively, of completed standard components.

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Tabular disclosure of the carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of merchandise, goods, commodities, or supplies held for future sale or to be used in manufacturing, servicing or production process.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6361739&loc=d3e7789-107766

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-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 2
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