PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

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



	Asset Life	September 29, 2013			September 30, 2012
Buildings	20-40 years	$	37,773		$	39,310
Machinery and equipment	3-10 years	328,652			284,925
Furniture and fixtures	5-10 years	10,918			9,908
Leasehold improvements	Shorter of asset life or life of lease	38,698			30,516
		416,041			364,659
Accumulated depreciation		(303,529		)	(257,563		)
Land		1,725			1,725
Construction in progress		10,921			7,325
		$	125,158		$	116,146

Depreciation expense was $28.8 million, $31.3 million and $29.1 million in 2013, 2012 and 2011, 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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