Reportable Segments, Geographic Information And Major Customers (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 03, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

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

Information about the Company’s three reportable segments for fiscal 2015, 2014 and 2013 is as follows (in thousands):

	2015			2014			2013
Net sales:
AMER	$	1,389,017		$	1,238,225		$	1,062,758
APAC	1,285,905			1,132,503			1,146,299
EMEA	140,292			115,893			122,566
Elimination of inter-segment sales	(160,924		)	(108,372		)	(103,592		)
	$	2,654,290		$	2,378,249		$	2,228,031
Operating income (loss):
AMER	$	68,585		$	79,211		$	70,863
APAC	160,217			135,539			116,350
EMEA	(8,129		)	(11,923		)	(3,096		)
Corporate and other costs	(105,237		)	(102,220		)	(87,494		)
	$	115,436		$	100,607		$	96,623
Other income (expense):
Interest expense	(13,964		)	(12,295		)	(12,638		)
Interest income	3,499			2,934			1,640
Miscellaneous	1,324			2,079			(642		)
Income before income taxes	$	106,295		$	93,325		$	84,983
Depreciation:
AMER	$	17,753		$	16,452		$	13,474
APAC	18,176			20,587			23,560
EMEA	8,339			7,509			4,644
Corporate	4,110			2,713			5,732
	$	48,378		$	47,261		$	47,410
Capital expenditures:
AMER	$	17,595		$	53,135		$	60,507
APAC	9,590			4,096			12,345
EMEA	6,976			6,351			30,836
Corporate	915			1,702			4,434
	$	35,076		$	65,284		$	108,122
	October 3, 2015			September 27, 2014
Total assets:
AMER	$	573,437		$	521,259
APAC	1,011,622			881,426
EMEA	128,306			135,841
Corporate and eliminations	(10,977		)	70,500
	$	1,702,388		$	1,609,026

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):

Net sales:	2015			2014			2013
United States	$	1,303,106		$	1,188,068		$	1,004,153
Malaysia	926,059			798,447			877,748
China	359,846			334,056			268,551
Mexico	85,911			50,157			58,605
United Kingdom	70,335			72,443			81,657
Romania	65,338			39,030			38,117
Germany	4,619			4,420			2,792
Elimination of inter-segment sales	(160,924		)	(108,372		)	(103,592		)
	$	2,654,290		$	2,378,249		$	2,228,031
Long-lived assets:	October 3, 2015			September 27, 2014
United States	$	101,712		$	116,900
Malaysia	72,327			73,568
China	24,236			29,909
Mexico	39,002			33,671
United Kingdom	11,506			14,211
Romania	30,553			33,549
Germany	405			507
Other Foreign	4,689			5,280
Corporate	32,921			27,331
	$	317,351		$	334,926

Concentration Of Risk

As a percentage of consolidated net sales, net sales attributable to customers representing 10.0 percent or more of consolidated net sales for fiscal 2015, 2014 and 2013 were as follows:

	2015	2014	2013
ARRIS Group, Inc. ("Arris")	12.6%	12.5%	*
General Electric Company ("GE")	10.6%	11.2%	*
Juniper Networks, Inc. (“Juniper”)	*	*	12.8%
* Net sales attributable to the customer were less than 10.0 percent of consolidated net sales for the period.