Property, Plant And Equipment (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]

Schedule Of Property, Plant And Equipment

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

	December 29, 2012		September 29, 2012
Land, buildings and improvements	$	186,193	$	170,557
Machinery and equipment	301,489		295,548
Computer hardware and software	87,888		85,433
Construction in progress	41,931		39,894
	617,501		591,432
Less: accumulated depreciation	336,261		326,241
	$	281,240	$	265,191