GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

9 Months Ended

Jul. 29, 2012

NOTE 11 – GEOGRAPHIC 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 ICs and FPDs. Geographic net sales are based primarily on where the Company's manufacturing facility is located. The Company's net sales by geographic area and for ICs and FPDs for the three and nine month periods ended July 29, 2012 and July 31, 2011, and its long-lived assets by geographic area as of July 29, 2012, and October 30, 2011, are presented below.

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 29, 2012		July 31, 2011		July 29, 2012		July 31, 2011
Net sales
Asia	$	71,707	$	80,051	$	211,880	$	238,224
Europe		10,639		11,833		31,372		35,643
North America		34,270		44,051		102,968		115,994
	$	116,616	$	135,935	$	346,220	$	389,861

IC	$	90,269	$	104,891	$	266,185	$	294,691
FPD		26,347		31,044		80,035		95,170
	$	116,616	$	135,935	$	346,220	$	389,861

	As of
	July 29, 2012		October 30, 2011
Long-lived assets
Asia	$	191,506	$	197,956
Europe		9,534		10,879
North America		183,752		159,845

	$	384,792	$	368,680

The Company is typically impacted during its first fiscal quarter by the North American and European holiday periods, as some customers reduce their effective workdays and orders during these periods. Additionally, the Company can be impacted during its first or second quarter by the Asian New Year holiday period, which may also reduce customer orders.