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SEGMENT INFORMATION
6 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2019
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
SEGMENT INFORMATION
SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Company has two reportable operating segments, Medical and Industrial, which align with how its Chief Executive Officer views and measures the Company's business performance. The Company's Chief Executive Officer is the Chief Operating Decision Maker and allocates resources to and evaluates the financial performance of each operating segment primarily based on revenues and gross margin.
Description of Segments
The Medical segment designs, manufactures, sells and services X-ray imaging components for use in a range of applications, including radiographic or fluoroscopic imaging, mammography, special procedures, computed tomography, radiation therapy and computer-aided detection. The Company provides a broad range of X-ray imaging components for Medical customers including X-ray tubes, digital detectors, high voltage connectors, image-processing software and workstations, computer-aided diagnostic software, collimators, automatic exposure control devices, generators, ionization chambers and buckys. The Company’s X-ray imaging components are primarily sold to imaging system OEM customers that incorporate them into their medical diagnostic, radiation therapy, dental, veterinary and industrial imaging systems. The Company also sells its X-ray imaging components to independent service companies, distributors and directly to end-users for replacement purposes.
The Industrial segment designs, manufactures, sells and services security and inspection products, which include Linatron X‑ray accelerators, X-ray tubes, digital detectors, high voltage connectors, image processing software and image detection products for security and inspection purposes, such as cargo screening at ports and borders, airports, and nondestructive examination in a variety of applications. The Company generally sells its Industrial products to OEM customers that incorporate its products into their inspection systems.
The following segment information may not be indicative of the financial results of the reported segments were they independent organizations. In addition, comparisons of the Company’s operations to similar operations of other companies may not be meaningful.
Information related to the Company’s segments is as follows:

Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
(In millions)
March 29, 2019
 
March 30, 2018
 
March 29, 2019
 
March 30, 2018
Revenues
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Medical
$
148.9

 
$
158.5

 
$
292.8


$
297.7

Industrial
46.9

 
42.7

 
88.7


79.7

Total revenues
195.8

 
201.2

 
$
381.5


$
377.4

Gross margin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Medical
46.1

 
53.5

 
$
91.2

 
$
99.9

Industrial
18.3

 
16.6

 
33.2

 
31.7

Total gross margin
$
64.4

 
$
70.1

 
$
124.4

 
$
131.6

Total operating expenses
49.9

 
52.9

 
99.5

 
100.9

Interest and other income (expenses), net
(6.7
)
 
(1.5
)
 
(13.0
)
 
(7.9
)
Earnings before taxes
7.8

 
15.7

 
11.9

 
22.8

Taxes on earnings
1.9

 
3.4

 
3.0

 
(1.1
)
Net earnings
5.9

 
12.3

 
8.9

 
23.9

Less: Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests
0.1

 
0.1

 
0.1

 
0.3

Net earnings attributable to Varex
$
5.8

 
$
12.2

 
$
8.8

 
$
23.6


The following table summarizes the Company’s total assets by its reportable segments:
(In millions)
March 29, 2019
 
September 28, 2018
Identifiable assets
 
 
 
Medical
$
743.5


$
770.6

Industrial
222.1


217.3

Total reportable segments
$
965.6


$
987.9