SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2014

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

Property and equipment, net by geographic area are as follows (amounts in thousands):



	2014		2013		2012
United States	$	117,867	$	100,736	$	93,496
Europe	12,167		12,558		13,253
Asia	16,766		10,209		7,912
Other	1,912		1,655		1,485
Total	$	148,712	$	125,158	$	116,146

Net sales based on a customer's ship-to location and by estimated end market are as follows (amounts in thousands):



	2014		2013		2012
Net Sales:
United States	$	604,358	$	514,632	$	501,257
Europe	163,669		142,343		165,942
Asia	338,448		292,589		320,430
Other	31,788		26,380		24,866
Total	$	1,138,263	$	975,944	$	1,012,495

Aerospace	$	169,613	$	187,006	$	212,293
Communications	407,593		278,126		311,952
Defense & Security	302,714		306,311		286,430
Industrial	258,343		204,501		201,820
Total	$	1,138,263	$	975,944	$	1,012,495

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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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