PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Oct. 30, 2011

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT [Abstract]

NOTE 2 - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consists of the following:

	October 30, 2011		October 31, 2010

Land	$	7,330	$	7,983
Buildings and improvements		90,455		80,458
Machinery and equipment		1,195,007		1,115,371
Leasehold improvements		8,778		7,647
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment		13,988		15,273
Construction in progress		4,694		26,265
		1,320,252		1,252,997
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		951,572		883,183
	$	368,680	$	369,814

Property under capital leases are included in above property, plant and equipment as follows:

	October 30, 2011		October 31, 2010

Buildings and improvements	$	33,621	$	33,621
Machinery and equipment		21,327		19,912
		54,948		53,533
Less accumulated amortization		24,660		21,082
	$	30,288	$	32,451

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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