Note 10 Business Segment, Geographic and Customer Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 29, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	March 29, 2014			March 30, 2013			March 29, 2014			March 30, 2013
	(In thousands)
Gross sales:
IMS	$	1,146,609		$	1,157,554		$	2,296,319		$	2,359,619
CPS	386,251			319,490			735,474			649,601
Intersegment revenue	(56,148		)	(49,402		)	(107,583		)	(86,633		)
Net sales	$	1,476,712		$	1,427,642		$	2,924,210		$	2,922,587
Gross profit:
IMS	$	79,598		$	66,424		$	160,621		$	136,313
CPS	41,344			35,492			72,981			66,891
Total	120,942			101,916			233,602			203,204
Unallocated items (1)	(1,975		)	(1,612		)	(3,850		)	(5,972		)
Total	$	118,967		$	100,304		$	229,752		$	197,232

(1) Represents amounts associated with items that management excludes from its measure of gross profit shown above. These items include stock-based compensation expense, amortization of intangible assets, charges or credits resulting from distressed customers and similar items that either occur infrequently or are of a non-operational nature.

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers Attributed to Foreign Countries by Geographic Area [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	March 29, 2014		March 30, 2013		March 29, 2014		March 30, 2013
	(In thousands)
Net sales
United States	$	278,676	$	260,911	$	548,597	$	520,565
Mexico	364,353		344,391		697,628		687,413
China	368,496		351,236		739,550		766,213
Other international	465,187		471,104		938,435		948,396
Total	$	1,476,712	$	1,427,642	$	2,924,210	$	2,922,587

Percentage of net sales represented by ten largest customers	49.1	%	50.3	%	49.1	%	49.5	%
Number of customers representing 10% or more of net sales	1		1		1		—