Property, Plant And Equipment (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 29, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]

Schedule Of Property, Plant And Equipment

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

	March 29, 2014		September 28, 2013
Land, buildings and improvements	$	263,848	$	212,195
Machinery and equipment	326,470		312,941
Computer hardware and software	95,819		91,565
Construction in progress	21,191		67,518
	707,328		684,219
Less: accumulated depreciation	374,013		359,158
	$	333,315	$	325,061