Segment Information

6 Months Ended

Mar. 30, 2013

Segment Reporting, Disclosure of Entity's Reportable Segments [Abstract]

Segment Information

Segment Information

Below are sales and operating profit by segment for the three and six months endedMarch 30, 2013 and

March 31, 2012 and a reconciliation of segment operating profit to earnings before income taxes. Operating profit is net sales less cost of sales and other operating expenses, excluding interest expense, equity-based compensation expense and other corporate expenses. Cost of sales and other operating expenses are directly identifiable to the respective segment or allocated on the basis of sales, number of employees or profit.

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	March 30, 2013			March 31, 2012			March 30, 2013			March 31, 2012
Net sales:
Aircraft Controls	$	258,860		$	236,388		$	511,141		$	467,468
Space and Defense Controls	105,688			89,811			192,153			178,205
Industrial Systems	144,201			168,015			292,177			326,100
Components	98,804			95,643			198,079			183,790
Medical Devices	35,470			35,113			70,276			70,025
Net sales	$	643,023		$	624,970		$	1,263,826		$	1,225,588
Operating profit and margins:
Aircraft Controls	$	31,518		$	22,783		$	62,593		$	47,610
	12.2		%	9.6		%	12.2		%	10.2		%
Space and Defense Controls	7,671			9,903			15,899			22,646
	7.3		%	11.0		%	8.3		%	12.7		%
Industrial Systems	7,837			19,272			16,884			35,098
	5.4		%	11.5		%	5.8		%	10.8		%
Components	15,342			13,479			34,188			28,508
	15.5		%	14.1		%	17.3		%	15.5		%
Medical Devices	1,306			1,489			2,908			3,087
	3.7		%	4.2		%	4.1		%	4.4		%
Total operating profit	63,674			66,926			132,472			136,949
	9.9		%	10.7		%	10.5		%	11.2		%
Deductions from operating profit:
Interest expense	6,442			8,636			15,038			17,182
Equity-based compensation expense	833			685			4,724			4,790
Corporate expenses and other	6,439			7,816			13,679			12,239
Earnings before income taxes	$	49,960		$	49,789		$	99,031		$	102,738