Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2019

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment as of September 28, 2019 and September 29, 2018 consisted of the following (in thousands):

	2019			2018
Land, buildings and improvements	$	289,051		$	267,809
Machinery and equipment	381,656			364,034
Computer hardware and software	136,227			130,645
Capital assets in progress	49,599			38,469
Total property, plant and equipment, gross	856,533			800,957
Less: accumulated depreciation	(472,309		)	(459,651		)
Total property, plant and equipment, net	$	384,224		$	341,306

Assets held under capital leases and included in property, plant and equipment as of September 28, 2019 and September 29, 2018 consisted of the following (in thousands): 

	2019			2018
Buildings and improvements	$	23,717		$	23,717
Machinery and equipment	12,293			10,995
Capital assets in progress	11,831			7,747
Total property, plant and equipment held under capital leases, gross	47,841			42,459
Less: accumulated amortization	(8,762		)	(6,123		)
Total property, plant and equipment held under capital leases, net	$	39,079		$	36,336

Amortization of assets held under capital leases totaled $3.8 million, $3.4 million and $3.0 million for fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Capital lease additions totaled $6.7 million, $11.8 million, and $20.5 million for fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

As of September 28, 2019, September 29, 2018 and September 30, 2017, accounts payable included approximately $10.0 million, $11.2 million and $10.8 million, respectively, related to the purchase of property, plant and equipment, which have been treated as non-cash transactions for purposes of the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.