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

3 Months Ended

Dec. 27, 2014

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



	Three Months Ended
	December 27, 2014			December 28, 2013
	(In thousands)
Gross sales:
IMS	$	1,376,834		$	1,149,710
CPS	352,337			349,223
Intersegment revenue	(58,009		)	(51,435		)
Net sales	$	1,671,162		$	1,447,498

Gross profit:
IMS	$	100,907		$	81,023
CPS	31,567			31,637
Total	132,474			112,660
Unallocated items (1)	(6,128		)	(1,875		)
Total	$	126,346		$	110,785

(1) For purposes of evaluating segment performance, management excludes certain items from its measures 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.

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



	Three Months Ended
	December 27, 2014		December 28, 2013
	(In thousands)
Net sales
United States	$	240,287	$	269,921
Mexico	531,454		333,275
China	412,807		371,054
Other international	486,614		473,248
Total	$	1,671,162	$	1,447,498



Percentage of net sales represented by ten largest customers	50.0	%	49.2	%
Number of customers representing 10% or more of net sales	—		1

- 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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