PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

6 Months Ended

May 04, 2014

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT [Abstract]

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

NOTE 4 - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consists of the following:

	May 4, 2014		November 3, 2013
Land	$	8,797	$	8,692
Buildings and improvements		128,766		103,676
Machinery and equipment		1,354,470		1,225,091
Leasehold improvements		20,309		4,179
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment		12,196		11,546
Construction in progress		67,603		97,319
		1,592,141		1,450,503
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		1,058,076		1,027,763
	$	534,065	$	422,740

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

	May 4, 2014		November 3, 2013
Machinery and equipment	$	56,245	$	21,327
Construction in progress		-		34,918
		56,245		56,245
Less accumulated amortization		7,618		4,932
	$	48,627	$	51,313

Depreciation expense for property, plant and equipment (excluding equipment under capital leases) was $15.7 million and $30.4 million for the three and six month periods ended May 4, 2014, respectively, and $16.1 million and $33.1 million for the three and six month periods ended April 28, 2013, respectively. Amortization expense for equipment under capital leases was $1.4 million and $2.7 million for the three and six month periods ended May 4, 2014, respectively, and $0.5 million and $1.0 million for the three and six month periods ended April 28, 2013, respectively.