GEOGRAPHIC AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION

12 Months Ended

Nov. 01, 2015

GEOGRAPHIC AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION [Abstract]

GEOGRAPHIC AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION

NOTE 15 - GEOGRAPHIC AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION

The Company operates as a single operating segment as a manufacturer of photomasks, which are high precision quartz plates containing microscopic images of electronic circuits for use in the fabrication of IC's and FPDs. Geographic net sales are based primarily on where the Company's manufacturing facility is located.

The Company's 2015, 2014 and 2013 net sales by geographic area and of ICs and FPDs, and long-lived assets by geographic area were as follows:

	Year Ended
	November 1, 2015		November 2, 2014		November 3, 2013
Net sales
Taiwan	$	205,141	$	167,075	$	117,364
Korea		147,921		140,386		134,300
United States		132,792		106,740		127,054
Europe		35,792		38,726		41,126
All other Asia		2,560		2,600		2,336
	$	524,206	$	455,527	$	422,180
IC	$	420,833	$	352,679	$	320,579
FPD		103,373		102,848		101,601
	$	524,206	$	455,527	$	422,180

	As of
	November 1, 2015		November 2, 2014		November 3, 2013
Long-lived assets
Taiwan	$	185,087	$	207,324	$	66,836
Korea		167,618		176,141		153,878
United States		184,282		158,325		191,518
Europe		10,287		8,259		10,471
All other Asia		10		20		37
	$	547,284	$	550,069	$	422,740

One customer accounted for 18%, 16% and 18% of the Company's net sales in fiscal years 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and another customer accounted for 15% and 11% of the Company’s net sales in fiscal 2015 and 2014, respectively.