Property, Plant And Equipment (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 28, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]

Schedule Of Property, Plant And Equipment

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

	December 28, 2013		September 28, 2013
Land, buildings and improvements	$	267,611	$	212,195
Machinery and equipment	315,223		312,941
Computer hardware and software	93,567		91,565
Construction in progress	27,183		67,518
	703,584		684,219
Less: accumulated depreciation	369,599		359,158
	$	333,985	$	325,061