Line of credit facility, covenant, amount minimum tangible net worth.

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Line of credit facility, covenant, amount minimum working capital.

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Line of credit facility, covenant, amount of allowable Investment.

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Line of credit facility, covenant, maximum allowable dividends.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(22))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03(16))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03(16))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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Date the credit facility terminates, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Description of the interest rate for the amounts borrowed under the credit facility, including the terms and the method for determining the interest rate (for example, fixed or variable, LIBOR plus a percentage, increasing rate, timing of interest rate resets, remarketing provisions).

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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CREDIT AGREEMENTS AND BORROWINGS (Narrative) (Details) € in Millions, ¥ in Millions, £ in Millions, TWD in Millions, $ in Millions			12 Months Ended
	Dec. 06, 2016 USD ($)	May 12, 2015	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 05, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2016 EUR (€)	Oct. 31, 2016 GBP (£)	Oct. 31, 2016 CNY (¥)	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 05, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 04, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 05, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 04, 2014 USD ($)	May 12, 2014 TWD	May 09, 2014 USD ($)	May 08, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 07, 2012 USD ($)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit, maturity date			Dec. 07, 2016
Borrowings available under credit facility			$ 19.8
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| United Kingdom [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity \| £						£ 1.0
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Germany [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity \| €					€ 1.5
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Taiwan [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity \| TWD													TWD 100.0
Line of credit, maturity date		May 12, 2015
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| China [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity			$ 5.9				¥ 40.0
Line of credit, maturity date			Feb. 16, 2017
Line of credit amount outstanding			$ 1.5					$ 1.6
Interest rate			4.60%		4.60%	4.60%	4.60%
Prior Credit Facility [Member] \| Letter of Credit [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity																$ 3.0
New Credit Facility [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of Credit, interest rate description			The floating rate equals the greatest of (a) a one month LIBOR-based rate plus 1.00% per annum, (b) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.50% per annum, (c) the prevailing prime rate, and (d) 0.00%.
New Credit Facility [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate spread			0.00%
New Credit Facility [Member] \| Letter of Credit [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity														$ 5.0	$ 3.0
New Credit Facility [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity																$ 12.5
Maximum dividends allowable			$ 4.0					$ 4.0	$ 4.0	$ 3.0	$ 3.0	$ 1.0
Minimum working capital requirement			90.0
Minimum tangible net worth requirement			$ 120.0
Percentage fee on portion that is not utilized			0.05%
Allowable investments in subsidiaries			$ 5.0
New Credit Facility [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 15.0			$ 12.5
Maximum dividends allowable	5.0			$ 4.0
Minimum working capital requirement	105.0
Minimum tangible net worth requirement	$ 125.0
Line of credit, maturity date	Dec. 31, 2018