<ARTICLE> 5
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000

                             
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   9-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          SEP-30-2000
<PERIOD-START>                             OCT-03-1999
<PERIOD-END>                               JUL-01-2000
<CASH>                                         397,273
<SECURITIES>                                   342,954
<RECEIVABLES>                                  566,482
<ALLOWANCES>                                    24,001
<INVENTORY>                                    480,496
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                             1,834,945
<PP&E>                                       1,278,841
<DEPRECIATION>                                 674,316
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                               2,786,197
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                          585,076
<BONDS>                                        660,995
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                0
<PREFERRED>                                          0
<COMMON>                                         1,511
<OTHER-SE>                                   1,538,615
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                 2,786,197
<SALES>                                      2,639,580
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                             2,639,580
<CGS>                                        2,235,849
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                2,235,849
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                               225,830
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                12,137
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                             (4,310)
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                173,591
<INCOME-TAX>                                    73,416
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                            100,175
<DISCONTINUED>                                       0
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                      0
<CHANGES>                                            0
<NET-INCOME>                                   100,175
<EPS-BASIC>                                       0.69
<EPS-DILUTED>                                     0.65

<F1>INTEREST EXPENSE IS NET OF INTEREST INCOME, THE POSITIVE AMOUNT IS INCOME AND
THE NEGATIVE IS INTEREST EXPENSE.
<F2>EPS IS REPORTED AS "BASIC EPS" AS PRESCRIBED BY SFAS 128.
<F3>EPS IS REPORTED AS "DILUTED EPS" AS PRESCRIBED BY SFAS 128.