PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET
 3 Months Ended
Jan. 30, 2022
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET [Abstract]  
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET
NOTE 3 - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Property, plant and equipment consists of the following:

 
January 30,
2022
    
October 31,
2021
  
                 
Land
  
$
12,279
    
$
12,442
  
Buildings and improvements
    
181,174
      
181,922
  
Machinery and equipment
    
1,950,583
      
1,961,474
  
Leasehold improvements
    
21,709
      
21,751
  
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment
    
15,770
      
15,534
  
Construction in progress
    
47,008
      
35,009
  
                 
     
2,228,523
      
2,228,132
  
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
    
(1,536,234
)
    
(1,531,579
)
                 
   
$
692,289
    
$
696,553
  

ROU assets resulting from finance leases are included in the table above as follows:

 
  
January 30,
2022
    
October 31,
2021
  
                 
Machinery and equipment
  
$
42,760
    
$
42,760
  
Accumulated amortization
    
(2,644
)
    
(1,933
)
                 
 
  
$
40,116
    
$
40,827
  

Depreciation and amortization expense for property, plant and equipment (including amortization expense for ROU assets) was $20.7 million and $22.6 million for the three-month periods ended January 30, 2022, and January 31, 2021.