INVENTORIES (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 29, 2015

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of inventories

Inventories are summarized as follows (amounts in thousands): 

	March 29, 2015		September 28, 2014
Raw materials	$	49,785	$	55,280
Work in process	102,586		94,044
Finished goods	52,064		55,681
	$	204,435	$	205,005