Property, Plant And Equipment

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following categories (in thousands):



	June 30, 2012		October 1, 2011
Land, buildings and improvements	$	169,793	$	143,254
Machinery and equipment	298,337		278,807
Computer hardware and software	87,511		83,373
Construction in progress	20,633		40,553
	576,274		545,987
Less: accumulated depreciation	323,273		298,171
	$	253,001	$	247,816

Note certain fiscal 2011 property, plant and equipment amounts have been revised as described in Note 16, "Revision of Prior Period Financial Statements."

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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