Reportable Segments, Geographic Information And Major Customers (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 27, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

Information about the Company’s three reportable segments for fiscal 2014, 2013 and 2012 were as follows (in thousands):

	2014			2013			2012
Net sales:
AMER	$	1,238,225		$	1,062,758		$	1,255,851
APAC	1,132,503			1,146,299			1,110,365
EMEA	115,893			122,566			95,360
Elimination of inter-segment sales	(108,372		)	(103,592		)	(154,844		)
	$	2,378,249		$	2,228,031		$	2,306,732
Depreciation:
AMER	$	16,452		$	13,474		$	14,486
APAC	20,587			23,560			23,428
EMEA	7,509			4,644			3,438
Corporate	2,713			5,732			6,566
	$	47,261		$	47,410		$	47,918
Operating income (loss):
AMER	$	74,891		$	70,863		$	91,087
APAC	135,539			116,350			101,903
EMEA	(11,923		)	(3,096		)	(2,325		)
Corporate and other costs	(97,900		)	(87,494		)	(86,506		)
	$	100,607		$	96,623		$	104,159
Capital expenditures:
AMER	$	53,135		$	60,507		$	11,532
APAC	4,096			12,345			39,321
EMEA	6,351			30,836			9,863
Corporate	1,702			4,434			2,981
	$	65,284		$	108,122		$	63,697
	September 27, 2014			September 28, 2013
Total assets:
AMER	$	521,259		$	423,048
APAC	881,426			828,672
EMEA	135,841			111,977
Corporate	70,500			83,987
	$	1,609,026		$	1,447,684

Net Sales To Unaffiliated Customers And Long-Lived Assets

Net sales to unaffiliated customers were based on the Company’s location providing product or services (in thousands):

	2014			2013			2012
Net sales:
United States	$	1,188,068		$	1,004,153		$	1,156,347
Malaysia	798,447			877,748			872,733
China	334,056			268,551			237,632
United Kingdom	72,443			81,657			60,313
Mexico	50,157			58,605			99,504
Romania	39,030			38,117			33,835
Germany	4,420			2,792			1,212
Elimination of inter-segment sales	(108,372		)	(103,592		)	(154,844		)
	$	2,378,249		$	2,228,031		$	2,306,732
	September 27, 2014			September 28, 2013
Long-lived assets:
United States	$	116,900		$	110,548
Malaysia	73,568			83,732
China	29,909			35,230
United Kingdom	14,211			14,645
Mexico	33,671			5,610
Romania	33,549			37,188
Germany	507			616
Other Foreign	5,280			5,463
Corporate	27,331			32,029
	$	334,926		$	325,061

Concentration Of Risk

As a percentage of consolidated net sales, net sales attributable to customers representing 10.0 percent or more of consolidated net sales for fiscal 2014, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:

	2014	2013	2012
ARRIS Group, Inc. ("Arris")	12.5%	*	*
General Electric Company ("GE")	11.2%	*	*
Juniper Networks, Inc. (“Juniper”)	*	12.8%	16.0%
* Net sales attributable to the customer were less than 10.0 percent of consolidated net sales for the period.