Business Segment Information

3 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2012

Business Segment Information [Abstract]

Business Segment Information

6. Business Segment Information

The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and management regularly review financial information for the Company’s two operating segments, “Test” and “Sensors.” Test provides testing equipment, systems, and services to the ground vehicles, materials and structures markets. Sensors provides high-performance position sensors for a variety of industrial and mobile hydraulic applications.

The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those described in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements found in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 29, 2012. In evaluating each segment’s performance, management focuses on income from operations. This measure excludes interest income and expense, income taxes and other non-operating items. Corporate expenses, including costs associated with various support functions such as human resources, information technology, finance and accounting, and general and administrative costs, are allocated to the reportable segments primarily on the basis of revenue.

Financial information by reportable segment for the three-fiscal month periods ended December 29, 2012 and December 31, 2011 was as follows:

	Three Fiscal Months Ended
		December 29,		December 31,
		2012		2011
	(expressed in thousands)
Revenue by Segment:
Test	$	121,103	$	108,628
Sensors		21,565		25,069
Total revenue	$	142,668	$	133,697
Income from Operations by Segment:
Test	$	16,391	$	17,773
Sensors		3,666		5,776
Total income from operations	$	20,057	$	23,549