PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and equipment consisted of the following components (amounts in thousands):



	Asset Life	September 30, 2012			October 2, 2011
Buildings	20-40 years	$	39,310		$	38,571
Machinery and equipment	3-10 years	284,925			163,566
Furniture and fixtures	5-10 years	9,908			5,902
Leasehold improvements	Shorter of asset life or life of lease	30,516			21,221
		364,659			229,260
Accumulated depreciation		(257,563		)	(148,090		)
Land		1,725			1,725
Construction in progress		7,325			7,027
		$	116,146		$	89,922

Depreciation expense was $31.3 million, $29.1 million and $19.3 million in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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