Note 9 Business Segment, Geographic and Customer Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2012

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

The following table presents information for the following periods:



	Three Months Ended
	December 29, 2012			December 31, 2011
	(In thousands)
Gross sales:
IMS	$	1,203,635		$	1,234,686
CPS	327,617			303,969
Intersegment revenue	(36,307		)	(36,289		)
Net sales	$	1,494,945		$	1,502,366

Gross profit:
IMS	$	69,919		$	84,539
CPS	31,369			25,497
Total	101,288			110,036
Unallocated items (1)	(4,360		)	(1,011		)
Total	$	96,928		$	109,025

(1) Represents amounts associated with items that management excludes from its measure of gross profit. These items include stock-based compensation expense, amortization of intangible assets, charges or credits resulting from distressed customers and similar items that either occur infrequently or are of a non-operational nature.

Net sale

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers Attributed to Foreign Countries by Geographic Area [Text Block]



	Three Months Ended
	December 29, 2012			December 31, 2011
	(In thousands)
Net sales
Domestic	$	259,654		$	277,874
Mexico	343,022			289,637
China	414,977			451,237
Other international	477,292			483,618
Total	$	1,494,945		$	1,502,366

Percentage of net sales represented by ten largest customers	49		%	49		%
Number of customers representing 10% or more of net sales	—			1

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the names of foreign countries from which revenue is material and the amount of revenue from external customers attributed to those countries. An entity may also provide subtotals of geographic information about groups of countries.

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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