Reportable Segments, Geographic Information And Major Customers (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

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

Information about the Company’s three reportable segments for fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014 is as follows (in thousands):

	2016			2015			2014
Net sales:
AMER	$	1,328,760		$	1,389,017		$	1,238,225
APAC	1,161,851			1,285,905			1,132,503
EMEA	170,450			140,292			115,893
Elimination of inter-segment sales	(105,057		)	(160,924		)	(108,372		)
	$	2,556,004		$	2,654,290		$	2,378,249
Operating income (loss):
AMER	$	64,921		$	68,585		$	79,211
APAC	155,501			160,217			135,539
EMEA	(3,746		)	(8,129		)	(11,923		)
Corporate and other costs	(117,237		)	(105,237		)	(102,220		)
	$	99,439		$	115,436		$	100,607
Other income (expense):
Interest expense	(14,635		)	(13,964		)	(12,295		)
Interest income	4,242			3,499			2,934
Miscellaneous	(1,652		)	1,324			2,079
Income before income taxes	$	87,394		$	106,295		$	93,325
Depreciation:
AMER	$	19,937		$	17,753		$	16,452
APAC	16,874			18,176			20,587
EMEA	6,106			8,339			7,509
Corporate	4,497			4,110			2,713
	$	47,414		$	48,378		$	47,261
Capital expenditures:
AMER	$	14,389		$	17,595		$	53,135
APAC	10,786			9,590			4,096
EMEA	3,399			6,976			6,351
Corporate	2,549			915			1,702
	$	31,123		$	35,076		$	65,284
	October 1, 2016			October 3, 2015
Total assets:
AMER	$	590,850		$	573,437
APAC	1,009,917			1,011,622
EMEA	136,636			128,306
Corporate and eliminations	28,416			(21,605		)
	$	1,765,819		$	1,691,760

Net Sales To Unaffiliated Customers And Long-Lived Assets

Net sales were based on the Company’s location providing the product or service (in thousands):

	2016			2015			2014
Net sales:
United States	$	1,134,342		$	1,303,106		$	1,188,068
Malaysia	844,501			926,059			798,447
China	317,350			359,846			334,056
Mexico	194,418			85,911			50,157
United Kingdom	81,894			70,335			72,443
Romania	83,712			65,338			39,030
Germany	4,844			4,619			4,420
Elimination of inter-segment sales	(105,057		)	(160,924		)	(108,372		)
	$	2,556,004		$	2,654,290		$	2,378,249
	October 1, 2016			October 3, 2015
Long-lived assets:
United States	$	92,152		$	101,712
Malaysia	71,596			72,327
China	19,197			24,236
Mexico	39,155			39,002
United Kingdom	6,594			11,506
Romania	30,408			30,553
Germany	307			405
Other Foreign	4,940			4,689
Corporate	26,876			32,921
	$	291,225		$	317,351

Concentration Of Risk

As a percentage of consolidated net sales, net sales attributable to customers representing 10.0% or more of consolidated net sales for fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:

	2016	2015	2014
General Electric Company (“GE”)	11.1%	10.6%	11.2%
Micron Technology, Inc. (“Micron”)	10.4%	*	*
ARRIS Group, Inc. (“Arris”)	10.1%	12.6%	12.5%
* Net sales attributable to the customer were less than 10.0% of consolidated net sales for the period.