SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 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				Nine Months Ended
	June 30, 2013		July 1, 2012		June 30, 2013		July 1, 2012
Net Sales:
United States	$	124,411	$	122,744	$	379,625	$	366,963
Europe	34,445		40,408		106,609		128,756
Asia	75,900		90,047		221,616		235,924
Other	7,874		5,996		17,711		17,778
Total	$	242,630	$	259,195	$	725,561	$	749,421

Communications	$	67,769	$	79,187	$	208,890	$	231,542
Defense & Security	76,302		72,555		231,369		213,136
Aerospace	45,075		55,555		137,484		157,557
Industrial	53,484		51,898		147,818		147,186
Total	$	242,630	$	259,195	$	725,561	$	749,421

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



	June 30, 2013		September 30, 2012
United States	$	101,297	$	93,496
Europe	12,972		13,253
Asia	10,085		7,912
Other	1,290		1,485
Total	$	125,644	$	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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