Note 17 - Major Customers

12 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Concentration Risk Disclosure [Text Block]

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. MAJOR CUSTOMERS

The largest of our medical customers are distributors who sell our products to acute care hospitals and long - term care facilities throughout the United States and Canada. Sales to

one

customer were

17%

of total net sales in fiscal

2016

and

2014

and

18%

of total net sales in fiscal

2015.

We have a business relationship with other customers to distribute certain of our consumer products, which are part of our custom products segment. Sales to a former customer amounted to

6%

of total net sales in

2016

and

10%

of total net sales in fiscal

2015.

Sales to another consumer customer amounted to

18%,

7%

and

16%

of total net sales in fiscal

2016,

2015

and

2014,

respectively.

See Note

18

for further information about sales to major customers.