SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Net Sales, End Market and Long Lived Assets by Geographic Area

Net sales by geographic area based on a customer's ship-to location and by estimated end market are as follows (amounts in thousands):



	Quarter Ended				Six Months Ended
	March 31, 2013		April 1, 2012		March 31, 2013		April 1, 2012
Net Sales:
United States	$	134,486	$	126,471	$	255,214	$	244,218
Europe	31,735		40,045		72,164		88,348
Asia	64,051		76,465		145,716		145,877
Other	5,061		6,325		9,837		11,783
Total	$	235,333	$	249,306	$	482,931	$	490,226

Communications	$	64,383	$	77,231	$	141,121	$	152,355
Defense & Security	79,445		71,466		155,067		140,581
Aerospace	44,185		52,879		92,409		102,002
Industrial	47,320		47,730		94,334		95,288
Total	$	235,333	$	249,306	$	482,931	$	490,226

Property and equipment, net by geographic area are as follows (amounts in thousands):



	March 31, 2013		September 30, 2012
United States	$	94,282	$	93,496
Europe	13,254		13,253
Asia	8,768		7,912
Other	1,396		1,485
Total	$	117,700	$	116,146

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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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