Note 10 Business Segment, Geographic and Customer Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 28, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

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

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	June 28, 2014			June 29, 2013			June 28, 2014			June 29, 2013
	(In thousands)
Gross sales:
IMS	$	1,275,159		$	1,201,170		$	3,571,478		$	3,560,789
CPS	390,986			336,699			1,126,460			986,300
Intersegment revenue	(61,418		)	(48,655		)	(169,001		)	(135,288		)
Net sales	$	1,604,727		$	1,489,214		$	4,528,937		$	4,411,801
Gross profit:
IMS	$	85,688		$	76,092		$	246,309		$	212,405
CPS	43,171			39,630			116,152			106,521
Total	128,859			115,722			362,461			318,926
Unallocated items (1)	(1,946		)	(1,471		)	(5,796		)	(7,443		)
Total	$	126,913		$	114,251		$	356,665		$	311,483

(1) Represents amounts associated with items that management excludes from its measure of gross profit shown above. 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.

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

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 28, 2014		June 29, 2013		June 28, 2014		June 29, 2013
	(In thousands)
Net sales
United States	$	246,900	$	275,893	$	795,497	$	796,458
Mexico	467,324		372,060		1,164,952		1,059,473
China	405,606		364,703		1,145,156		1,130,916
Other international	484,897		476,558		1,423,332		1,424,954
Total	$	1,604,727	$	1,489,214	$	4,528,937	$	4,411,801

Percentage of net sales represented by ten largest customers	51.2	%	51.4	%	49.8	%	50.1	%
Number of customers representing 10% or more of net sales	—		1		1		1