Property, Plant And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consists of:



	September 29, 2012			October 1, 2011
Land	$	27,154		$	27,286
Buildings and improvements	386,101			341,716
Machinery and equipment	693,780			648,021
Property, plant and equipment, at cost	1,107,035			1,017,023
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	(560,856		)	(513,151		)
Property, plant and equipment	$	546,179		$	503,872

- 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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