Description Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 03, 2015

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule Of Cash And Cash Equivalents

As of October 3, 2015 and September 27, 2014, cash and cash equivalents were the following (in thousands):

	2015		2014
Cash	$	179,339	$	150,512
Money market funds and other	177,767		196,079
Total cash and cash equivalents	$	357,106	$	346,591

Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives

Estimated useful lives for major classes of depreciable assets are as follows:

Buildings and improvements	15-50 years
Machinery and equipment	3-10 years
Computer hardware and software	3-10 years

Property, plant and equipment as of October 3, 2015 and September 27, 2014 consisted of the following (in thousands):

	2015			2014
Land, buildings and improvements	$	278,637		$	283,569
Machinery and equipment	334,257			331,981
Computer hardware and software	102,763			95,780
Construction in progress	9,175			9,694
Total property, plant and equipment, gross	724,832			721,024
Less: accumulated depreciation	(407,481		)	(386,098		)
Total property, plant and equipment, net	$	317,351		$	334,926

Schedule Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income consists of the following as of October 3, 2015 and September 27, 2014 (in thousands):

	2015			2014
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	2,398		$	16,228
Cumulative change in fair value of derivative instruments, net of tax	(8,869		)	2,354
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	$	(6,471	)	$	18,582