Reportable Segments, Geographic Information And Major Customers (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

Information about the Company’s three reportable segments for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010 were as follows (in thousands):

	2012			2011				2010
Net sales:
AMER	$	1,255,851		$	1,304,885			$	1,244,720
APAC	1,110,365			1,063,079				925,391
EMEA	95,360			92,269				72,627
Elimination of inter-segment sales	(154,844		)	(229,001		)		(229,345		)
	$	2,306,732		$	2,231,232			$	2,013,393
Depreciation:
AMER	$	14,486		$	15,045			$	13,658
APAC	23,428			20,723			*	18,404			*
EMEA	3,438			2,947				1,957
Corporate	6,566			7,919				6,001
	$	47,918		$	46,634			$	40,020
Operating income (loss):
AMER	$	91,087		$	68,725			$	74,409
APAC	101,903			118,063				114,760
EMEA	(2,325		)	(2,955		)		(1,806		)
Corporate and other costs	(86,506		)	(82,654		)		(87,711		)
	$	104,159		$	101,179			$	99,652
Capital expenditures:
AMER	$	11,532		$	12,578			$	16,483
APAC	39,321			44,890			*	28,308			*
EMEA	9,863			10,233				1,884
Corporate	2,981			3,118				18,398
	$	63,697		$	70,819			$	65,073
* See Note 16 - "Revision of Prior Period Financial Statements".
	September 29, 2012			October 1, 2011
Total assets:
AMER	$	400,643		$	451,044
APAC	771,781			631,054
EMEA	88,420			76,365
Corporate	147,355			146,062
	$	1,408,199		$	1,304,525

Net Sales To Unaffiliated Customers And Long-Lived Assets

Net sales to unaffiliated customers were based on the Company’s location providing product or services (in thousands):

	2012			2011				2010
Net sales:
United States	$	1,156,347		$	1,192,389			$	1,150,207
Malaysia	872,733			836,808				788,189
China	237,632			226,271				137,202
United Kingdom	60,313			75,771				71,519
Mexico	99,504			112,496				94,513
Romania	33,835			16,498				1,108
Germany	1,212			—				—
Elimination of inter-segment sales	(154,844		)	(229,001		)		(229,345		)
	$	2,306,732		$	2,231,232			$	2,013,393
	September 29, 2012			October 1, 2011
Long-lived assets:
United States	$	61,269		$	55,580
Malaysia	95,907			92,590			*
China	36,737			26,534			*
United Kingdom	9,256			9,259
Mexico	7,368			9,762
Romania	13,586			7,101
Germany	623			643
Other Foreign	5,540			5,479
Corporate	34,905			40,868
	$	265,191		$	247,816
* See Note 16 - "Revision of Prior Period Financial Statements".

Concentration Of Risk

The percentages of net sales to customers representing 10 percent or more of total net sales for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010 were as follows:

	2012	2011	2010
Juniper Networks, Inc. (“Juniper”)	16%	17%	16%

Schedule Of Percentages Of Accounts Receivable From Customers

the percentage of accounts receivable from customers representing 10 percent or more of total accounts receivable as of October 1, 2011 were as follows:

	October 1, 2011
Juniper	23%