13. Segment information

Electronic Components (“EC”) and Premier Farnell (“PF”) are the Company’s reportable segments (“operating groups”). EC markets and sells semiconductors and interconnect, passive and electromechanical devices and integrated components to a diverse customer base serving many end-markets. PF distributes electronic components and related products to the electronic system design community utilizing multi-channel sales and marketing resources.


	First Quarters Ended
	September 30,		October 1,
	2017		2016
	(Thousands)
Sales:
Electronic Components	$	4,307,251	$	4,118,104
Premier Farnell		353,692		—
		4,660,943		4,118,104
Operating income (loss):
Electronic Components	$	139,601	$	185,051
Premier Farnell		34,795		—
		174,396		185,051
Corporate (1)		(32,462)		(23,690)
Restructuring, integration and other expenses		(46,394)		(29,469)
Amortization of acquired intangible assets and other		(25,585)		(2,378)
Operating Income	$	69,955	$	129,514

Sales, by geographic area:
Americas (2)	$	1,185,485	$	1,250,508
EMEA (3)		1,692,985		1,265,294
Asia/Pacific (4)		1,782,473		1,602,302
Sales	$	4,660,943	$	4,118,104

(1)Corporate is not a reportable segment and represents certain centrally incurred overhead expenses and assets that are not included in the EC and PF measures of profitability or assets. Corporate amounts represent a reconciling item between segment measures and total Avnet amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements.

(2)Includes sales from the United States of $1.10 billion and $1.17 billion for the first quarters ended September 30, 2017, and October 1, 2016, respectively.

(3)Includes sales from Germany and Belgium of $681.0 million and $262.5 million, respectively, for the first quarter ended September 30, 2017. Includes sales from Germany and Belgium of $521.4 million and $202.7 million, respectively, for the first quarter ended October 1, 2016.

(4)Includes sales from China (including Hong Kong) and Taiwan of $655.4 million and $657.5 million, respectively, for the first quarter ended September 30, 2017. Includes sales from China (including Hong Kong) and Taiwan of $624.8 million and $589.5 million, respectively, for the first quarter ended October 1, 2016.


	September 30,		July 1,
	2017		2017
	(Thousands)
Property, plant, and equipment, net, by geographic area:
Americas (1)	$	278,435	$	296,038
EMEA (2)		193,756		186,127
Asia/Pacific		38,112		37,410
Property, plant, and equipment, net	$	510,303	$	519,575

(1)Includes property, plant and equipment, net, of $272.5 million and $289.1 million as of September 30, 2017, and July 1, 2017, respectively, in the United States.

(2)Includes property, plant and equipment, net, of $91.9 million, $52.2 million and $40.6 million in Germany, UK and Belgium, respectively, as of September 30, 2017, and $85.6 million, $52.1 million and $39.8 million in Germany, UK and Belgium, respectively, as of July 1, 2017.