Property, Plant and Equipment

9 Months Ended

Jul. 02, 2011

NOTE 3 - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following categories (in thousands):

	July 2, 2011	October 2, 2010
Land, buildings and improvements	$ 156,276	$ 138,230
Machinery and equipment	271,569	255,138
Computer hardware and software	82,902	79,108
Construction in progress	24,281	22,145
	535,028	494,621
Less: accumulated depreciation	(287,243)	(258,907)
	$ 247,785	$ 235,714

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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