GEOGRAPHIC AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION

12 Months Ended

Oct. 30, 2011

Geographic Information [Abstract]

GEOGRAPHIC AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION

NOTE 17 - GEOGRAPHIC AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION

The Company operates as a single operating segment as a manufacturer of photomasks, which are high precision quartz plates containing microscopic images of electronic circuits for use in the fabrication of IC's and FPDs. Geographic net sales are based primarily on where the Company's manufacturing facility is located. The Company's 2011, 2010 and 2009 net sales by geographic area and for ICs and FPDs, and total long-lived assets by geographic area were as follows:

	Year Ended
	October 30, 2011		October 31, 2010		November 1, 2009
Net sales
Asia	$	307,402	$	259,951	$	223,138
Europe		46,613		41,850		38,344
North America		158,005		123,753		99,871
	$	512,020	$	425,554	$	361,353
IC	$	391,158	$	329,767	$	272,866
FPD		120,862		95,787		88,487
	$	512,020	$	425,554	$	361,353
	October 30, 2011		October 31, 2010		November 1, 2009
Long-lived assets
Asia	$	197,956	$	221,283	$	199,179
Europe		10,879		14,182		9,579
North America		159,845		134,349		139,131
	$	368,680	$	369,814	$	347,889

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. accounted for approximately 20%, 19% and 19% of the Company's net sales in fiscal years 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.