SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 29, 2014

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 29, 2014		June 30, 2013		June 29, 2014		June 30, 2013
United States	$	155,475	$	124,411	$	439,477	$	379,625
Europe	42,461		34,445		121,021		106,609
Asia	85,767		75,900		251,012		221,616
Other	8,598		7,874		23,438		17,711
Total	$	292,301	$	242,630	$	834,948	$	725,561

Aerospace	$	43,399	$	45,075	$	125,807	$	137,484
Communications	100,181		67,769		297,068		208,890
Defense & Security	79,947		76,302		221,959		231,369
Industrial	68,774		53,484		190,114		147,818
Total	$	292,301	$	242,630	$	834,948	$	725,561

Non-current assets comprised of property and equipment, net, by geographic area are as follows (amounts in thousands):



	June 29, 2014		September 29, 2013
United States	$	115,617	$	100,736
Europe	11,755		12,558
Asia	15,759		10,209
Other	1,768		1,655
Total	$	144,899	$	125,158

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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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