SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2012

Net Sales, End Market and Long Lived Assets by Geographic Area

Net sales by the originating geographic area and by estimated end market are as follows (amounts in thousands):



	Quarter Ended
	December 30, 2012		January 1, 2012
Net Sales:
United States	$	97,673	$	153,281
Europe	74,078		33,228
Asia	75,847		54,411
Total	$	247,598	$	240,920

Communications	$	76,738	$	75,124
Defense & Security	75,622		69,115
Aerospace	48,224		49,123
Industrial	47,014		47,558
Total	$	247,598	$	240,920

by geographic area are as follows (amounts in thousands):



	December 30, 2012		September 30, 2012
United States	$	93,458	$	93,496
Europe	13,642		13,253
Asia	8,118		7,912
Other	1,391		1,485
Total	$	116,609	$	116,146

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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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