GEOGRAPHIC AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION

12 Months Ended

Oct. 30, 2016

GEOGRAPHIC AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION [Abstract]

GEOGRAPHIC AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION

NOTE 15 - 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 2016, 2015 and 2014 net sales by geographic area and of ICs and FPDs, and long-lived assets by geographic area were as follows:

	Year Ended
	October 30, 2016		November 1, 2015		November 2, 2014
Net sales
Taiwan	$	193,216	$	205,141	$	167,075
Korea		141,017		147,921		140,386
United States		113,670		132,792		106,740
Europe		33,384		35,792		38,726
All other Asia		2,169		2,560		2,600
	$	483,456	$	524,206	$	455,527
IC	$	364,531	$	420,833	$	352,679
FPD		118,925		103,373		102,848
	$	483,456	$	524,206	$	455,527

	As of
	October 30, 2016		November 1, 2015		November 2, 2014
Long-lived assets
Taiwan	$	176,644	$	185,087	$	207,324
United States		173,658		184,282		158,325
Korea		146,515		167,618		176,141
Europe		9,617		10,287		8,259
All other Asia		-		10		20
	$	506,434	$	547,284	$	550,069

One customer accounted for 19%, 18% and 16% of the Company's net sales in fiscal years 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and another customer accounted for 17%, 15%, and 11% of the Company’s net sales in fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.