Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2012

Segment Reporting, Disclosure of Entity's Reportable Segments [Abstract]

Segment Information And Reconciliations To Consolidated Amounts



	2012			2011			2010
Net sales:
Aircraft Controls	$	963,421		$	850,490		$	756,550
Space and Defense Controls	358,755			355,762			325,474
Industrial Systems	633,713			629,312			545,672
Components	374,081			353,142			359,992
Medical Devices	139,566			141,974			126,564
Net sales	$	2,469,536		$	2,330,680		$	2,114,252
Operating profit (loss) and margins:
Aircraft Controls	$	104,582		$	83,776		$	76,374
	10.9		%	9.9		%	10.1		%
Space and Defense Controls	42,854			49,245			35,844
	11.9		%	13.8		%	11.0		%
Industrial Systems	63,243			62,805			48,109
	10.0		%	10.0		%	8.8		%
Components	57,303			50,353			60,159
	15.3		%	14.3		%	16.7		%
Medical Devices	5,443			241			(4,044		)
	3.9		%	0.2		%	(3.2		%)
Total operating profit	273,425			246,420			216,442
	11.1		%	10.6		%	10.2		%
Deductions from operating profit:
Interest expense	(34,312		)	(35,666		)	(38,742		)
Equity-based compensation expense	(6,226		)	(6,952		)	(5,445		)
Corporate and other expenses, net	(24,046		)	(20,017		)	(22,819		)
Earnings before income taxes	$	208,841		$	183,785		$	149,436
Depreciation and amortization:
Aircraft Controls	$	42,774		$	40,945		$	37,211
Space and Defense Controls	11,996			11,349			10,690
Industrial Systems	23,408			23,194			24,461
Components	9,123			7,409			6,605
Medical Devices	11,101			11,472			10,655
	98,402			94,369			89,622
Corporate	2,414			1,958			1,594
Total depreciation and amortization	$	100,816		$	96,327		$	91,216
Identifiable assets:
Aircraft Controls	1,194,742			$	1,110,771		$	1,028,213
Space and Defense Controls	423,838			342,093			349,987
Industrial Systems	760,829			731,193			684,021
Components	457,254			384,409			362,417
Medical Devices	234,431			243,283			246,606
	3,071,094			2,811,749			2,671,244
Corporate	34,813			31,218			40,890
Total assets	$	3,105,907		$	2,842,967		$	2,712,134

Sales, Based On The Customer's Location, And Property, Plant And Equipment By Geographic Area



	2012		2011		2010
Net sales:
United States	$	1,363,892	$	1,293,058	$	1,185,743
Germany	210,842		185,840		150,427
China	121,338		144,586		157,501
United Kingdom	117,336		113,253		115,944
Japan	118,484		81,999		96,431
Other	537,644		511,944		408,206
Net sales	$	2,469,536	$	2,330,680	$	2,114,252
Property, plant and equipment, net:
United States	$	310,390	$	288,647	$	274,591
Philippines	68,993		70,159		74,720
United Kingdom	58,329		35,468		27,866
Germany	23,720		24,177		25,899
Other	84,747		85,421		83,868
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	546,179	$	503,872	$	486,944

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of information concerning material long-lived assets (excluding financial instruments, customer relationships with financial institutions, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred taxes assets) located in identified geographic areas and/or the amount of revenue from external customers attributed to that country from which revenue is material. An entity may also provide subtotals of geographic information about groups of countries.

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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