Capital Assets (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 02, 2016

Capital Assets [Abstract]

Property And Equipment

		April 2,		October 3,
(in thousands)		2016		2015
Land and improvements	$	1,706	$	1,705
Buildings and improvements		53,528		53,097
Machinery and equipment		171,599		162,472
Property and equipment, gross		226,833		217,274
Less accumulated depreciation		(144,247)		(136,820)
Property and equipment, net	$	82,586	$	80,454

Goodwill

(in thousands)		Test		Sensors		Total
Balance, October 3, 2015	$	26,243	$	1,434	$	27,677
Adjustment related to finalization
of purchase accounting1		(530)		-		(530)
Currency translation gain (loss)		(244)		14		(230)
Balance, April 2, 2016	$	25,469	$	1,448	$	26,917

1Goodwill from our acquisition of Instrument and Calibration Sweden AB (ICS) was determined to be customer lists and reclassified to intangible assets. Refer to Note 16 for information related to our acquisition of ICS.

Other Intangible Assets

		April 2, 2016
							Weighted
							Average
		Gross Carrying		Accumulated		Net Carrying	Useful Life
(in thousands)		Amount		Amortization		Value	(in Years)
Software development costs	$	21,235	$	(14,492)	$	6,743	6.1
Patents		11,677		(5,503)		6,174	14.5
Trademarks and trade names		6,073		(1,755)		4,318	29.4
Customer lists		3,116		(792)		2,324	7.5
Land-use rights		1,207		(183)		1,024	47.8
Total	$	43,308	$	(22,725)	$	20,583	12.9

		October 3, 2015
							Weighted
							Average
		Gross Carrying		Accumulated		Net Carrying	Useful Life
(in thousands)		Amount		Amortization		Value	(in Years)
Software development costs	$	19,546	$	(14,046)	$	5,500	6.2
Patents		11,838		(5,141)		6,697	14.5
Trademarks and trade names		6,163		(1,659)		4,504	29.4
Customer lists		2,561		(610)		1,951	8.1
Land-use rights		1,227		(173)		1,054	47.8
Total	$	41,335	$	(21,629)	$	19,706	13.4

Estimated Future Amortization Expense On Other Intangible Assets

Fiscal Year	Amortization Expense (in thousands)
Remainder of 2016	$	1,199
2017	$	2,398
2018	$	1,537
2019	$	1,276
2020	$	1,245
2021	$	1,134