Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Schedule of sales and income (loss) from operations

The following table provides net sales and income (loss) from operations for our operating segments (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	March 31, 2012			April 2, 2011			March 31, 2012			April 2, 2011
Net sales:
Commercial Lasers and Components	$	54,969		$	72,236		$	110,120		$	133,594
Specialty Laser Systems	138,315			128,644			273,931			250,397
Total net sales	$	193,284		$	200,880		$	384,051		$	383,991

Income (loss) from operations:
Commercial Lasers and Components	$	1,150		$	8,993		$	5,170		$	17,318
Specialty Laser Systems	30,069			29,397			61,099			58,258
Corporate and other	(10,882		)	(12,103		)	(20,619		)	(23,598		)
Total income from operations	$	20,337		$	26,287		$	45,650		$	51,978

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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