Segment Information

6 Months Ended

Mar. 29, 2014

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 29, 2014 and

March 30, 2013 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 29, 2014			March 30, 2013			March 29, 2014			March 30, 2013
Net sales:
Aircraft Controls	$	274,810		$	258,860		$	540,226		$	511,141
Space and Defense Controls	95,305			105,688			194,755			192,153
Industrial Systems	151,198			144,201			295,277			292,177
Components	101,160			98,804			203,845			198,079
Medical Devices	27,405			35,470			59,160			70,276
Net sales	$	649,878		$	643,023		$	1,293,263		$	1,263,826
Operating profit and margins:
Aircraft Controls	$	25,867		$	31,518		$	57,638		$	62,593
	9.4		%	12.2		%	10.7		%	12.2		%
Space and Defense Controls	9,006			7,671			16,859			15,899
	9.4		%	7.3		%	8.7		%	8.3		%
Industrial Systems	14,899			7,837			27,185			16,884
	9.9		%	5.4		%	9.2		%	5.8		%
Components	13,546			15,342			29,735			34,188
	13.4		%	15.5		%	14.6		%	17.3		%
Medical Devices	1,377			1,306			5,005			2,908
	5.0		%	3.7		%	8.5		%	4.1		%
Total operating profit	64,695			63,674			136,422			132,472
	10.0		%	9.9		%	10.5		%	10.5		%
Deductions from operating profit:
Interest expense	2,444			6,442			7,573			15,038
Equity-based compensation expense	1,218			833			4,992			4,724
Corporate expenses and other	7,422			6,439			23,389			13,679
Earnings before income taxes	$	53,611		$	49,960		$	100,468		$	99,031