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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Jul. 30, 2011
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
Income Taxes


The difference between the Company's U.S. federal statutory and the Company's effective tax rate for the three months ended July 30, 2011 was primarily attributable to a change in state tax law which resulted in a one-time write-off of a $1,469 deferred tax asset established in 2008 as tax expense.  This was partially offset by $790 of discrete credits and other items including research and development tax credits from 2010 and state tax incentives related to the expansion of our Wichita, Kansas facility.


The difference between the Company's U.S. federal statutory and the Company's effective tax rate for the nine months ended July 30, 2011 was primarily attributable to a reorganization of the Company's legal entities which resulted in a one-time $810 deferred benefit, coupled with the reinstatement of the research and development tax credit, both of which occurred in the first quarter of 2011.  These benefits were partially offset by adjustments to the Company's tax contingency reserves, a change in state tax law as noted above, and the effects of permanent items. 


In the first quarter of 2010, the Company initiated a tax restructuring of its Donchery, France entity and in the second quarter of 2010, the Company's Canadian entity used $18,500 to recapitalize the Company's French operations.  These transactions resulted in income tax benefits to the Company of $2,770 and $1,631 in the first and second quarter of 2010, respectively.  The difference between the Company's U.S. federal statutory rate and the Company's effective rate for the nine months ended July 31, 2010 was primarily attributable to these transactions.  Items impacting the Company's third quarter 2010 effective tax rate include the negative impact of state income taxes offset by foreign losses and the domestic manufacturing deduction.