PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and equipment consisted of the following components (dollar amounts in thousands):



	Asset Life	September 28, 2014			September 29, 2013
Buildings	20-40 years	$	40,109		$	37,773
Machinery and equipment	3-10 years	339,800			328,652
Furniture and fixtures	5-10 years	9,917			10,918
Leasehold improvements	Shorter of asset life or life of lease	46,967			38,698
		436,793			416,041
Accumulated depreciation		(303,758		)	(303,529		)
Land		2,084			1,725
Construction in progress		13,593			10,921
		$	148,712		$	125,158

Depreciation expense was $32.9 million, $28.8 million and $31.3 million in 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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