Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 29, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income	$ 57,795	$ 61,361
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash flows from operating activities:
Depreciation	35,732	36,119
Amortization of intangibles	1,549	779
Gain on sale of property, plant and equipment	(72)	(1,228)
Deferred income taxes	(79)	1,636
Stock based compensation expense	9,012	9,588
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, excluding effects of acquisitions
Accounts receivable	(11,287)	(28,643)
Inventories	18,287	(6,400)
Prepaid expenses and other	(7,350)	(4,598)
Accounts payable	(39,133)	58,009
Customer deposits	69,301	4,286
Accrued liabilities and other	(16,853)	(14,090)
Cash flows provided by operating activities	116,902	116,819
Cash flows from investing activities
Payments for property, plant and equipment	(84,259)	(45,068)
Proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment	520	2,753
Sale of long-term investments	0	2,000
Payments for business acquisition, net of cash acquired	0	(34,155)
Cash flows used in investing activities	(83,739)	(74,470)
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from debt issuance, net of deferred finance costs	0	89,082
Payments on debt and capital lease obligations	(9,929)	(102,977)
Repurchases of common stock	(36,047)	0
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	725	6,087
Adjustments Related to Tax Withholding for Share-based Compensation	(350)	(310)
Income tax benefit of stock option exercises	0	1,717
Cash flows used in financing activities	(45,601)	(6,401)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	423	(146)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(12,015)	35,802
Cash and cash equivalents:
Beginning of period	297,619	242,107
End of period	$ 285,604	$ 277,909