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Note 15 Employee Benefit Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 01, 2016
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items] |
Schedule of Changes in Projected Benefit Obligations [Table Text Block] |
|  | As of October 1, 2016 |  | As of October 3, 2015 |  | As of September 27, 2014
Change in Benefit Obligations |  | U.S. |  | Non-U.S. |  | U.S. |  | Non-U.S. |  | U.S. |  | Non-U.S.
Beginning projected benefit obligation |  | $ | 26,441 |  |  | $ | 48,816 |  |  | $ | 27,351 |  |  | $ | 49,053 |  |  | $ | 26,702 |  |  | $ | 44,590 |
Service cost |  | — |  |  | 1,569 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,143 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,172 |
Interest cost |  | 871 |  |  | 1,341 |  |  | 819 |  |  | 1,498 |  |  | 966 |  |  | 1,771 |
Actuarial loss |  | 3,456 |  |  | 3,244 |  |  | 492 |  |  | 4,625 |  |  | 1,998 |  |  | 4,187 |
Benefits paid |  | (718 | ) |  | (1,266 | ) |  | (660 | ) |  | (942 | ) |  | (660 | ) |  | (912 | )
Other (1) |  | (1,675 | ) |  | (48 | ) |  | (1,561 | ) |  | (6,561 | ) |  | (1,655 | ) |  | (1,755 | )
Ending projected benefit obligation |  | $ | 28,375 |  |  | $ | 53,656 |  |  | $ | 26,441 |  |  | $ | 48,816 |  |  | $ | 27,351 |  |  | $ | 49,053 |
Ending accumulated benefit obligation |  | $ | 28,375 |  |  | $ | 48,371 |  |  | $ | 26,441 |  |  | $ | 45,129 |  |  | $ | 27,351 |  |  | $ | 44,363 |
(1) | Includes miscellaneous items such as settlements, curtailments, foreign exchange rate movements, etc.
Schedule of Changes in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Table Text Block] |
|  | As of October 1, 2016 |  | As of October 3, 2015 |  | As of September 27, 2014
Change in Plan Assets |  | U.S. |  | Non-U.S. |  | U.S. |  | Non-U.S. |  | U.S. |  | Non-U.S.
Beginning fair value |  | $ | 18,646 |  |  | $ | 27,079 |  |  | $ | 21,472 |  |  | $ | 29,049 |  |  | $ | 20,767 |  |  | $ | 28,255 |
Actual return |  | 1,341 |  |  | (461 | ) |  | (605 | ) |  | 2,231 |  |  | 3,020 |  |  | 2,719 |
Employer contributions |  | — |  |  | 607 |  |  | — |  |  | 422 |  |  | — |  |  | 394 |
Benefits paid |  | (718 | ) |  | (1,266 | ) |  | (660 | ) |  | (942 | ) |  | (660 | ) |  | (912 | )
Other (1) |  | (1,675 | ) |  | 86 |  |  | (1,561 | ) |  | (3,681 | ) |  | (1,655 | ) |  | (1,407 | )
Ending fair value |  | $ | 17,594 |  |  | $ | 26,045 |  |  | $ | 18,646 |  |  | $ | 27,079 |  |  | $ | 21,472 |  |  | $ | 29,049 |
Underfunded status |  | $ | (10,781 | ) |  | $ | (27,611 | ) |  | $ | (7,795 | ) |  | $ | (21,737 | ) |  | $ | (5,879 | ) |  | $ | (20,004 | )
(1) | Includes miscellaneous items such as settlements, foreign exchange rate movements, etc.
Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets [Table Text Block] |
| U.S. |  | Non-U.S.
| Level 1 |  | Level 1
| As of |  | As of
| Target |  | October 1, 2016 |  | October 3, 2015 |  | Target |  | October 1, 2016 |  | October 3, 2015
Equity securities | 51 | % |  | 51.1 | % |  | 50.8 | % |  | 20 | % |  | 26.4 | % |  | 15.4 | %
Debt securities | 49 | % |  | 48.9 | % |  | 49.2 | % |  | 80 | % |  | 72.3 | % |  | 77.7 | %
Cash | — | % |  | — | % |  | — | % |  | — | % |  | 1.3 | % |  | 6.9 | %
Total | 100 | % |  | 100 | % |  | 100 | % |  | 100 | % |  | 100 | % |  | 100 | %
Schedule of Amounts Recognized in Balance Sheet [Table Text Block] |
|  | As of October 1, 2016 |  | As of October 3, 2015 |  | As of September 27, 2014
|  | U.S. |  | Non-U.S. |  | U.S. |  | Non-U.S. |  | U.S. |  | Non-U.S.
Components of net amount recognized on consolidated balance sheets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current liabilities |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1,260 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1,067 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (894 | )
Non-current liabilities |  | (10,781 | ) |  | (26,351 | ) |  | (7,795 | ) |  | (20,670 | ) |  | (5,879 | ) |  | (19,110 | )
Net liability recognized on consolidated balance sheets |  | $ | (10,781 | ) |  | $ | (27,611 | ) |  | $ | (7,795 | ) |  | $ | (21,737 | ) |  | $ | (5,879 | ) |  | $ | (20,004 | )
Schedule of Defined Benefit Plan Amounts Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block] |
|  | As of October 1, 2016 |  | October 3, 2015 |  | As of September 27, 2014
|  | U.S. |  | Non-U.S. |  | U.S. |  | Non-U.S. |  | U.S. |  | Non-U.S.
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |  | $ | 7,801 |  |  | $ | 16,841 |  |  | $ | 6,550 |  |  | $ | 12,958 |  |  | $ | 5,255 |  |  | $ | 11,827 |
Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments [Table Text Block] |
| Pension Benefits
| (In thousands)
2017 | $ | 8,769 |
2018 | $ | 4,184 |
2019 | $ | 4,075 |
2020 | $ | 3,912 |
2021 | $ | 4,260 |
Years 2022 through 2026 | $ | 22,375 |
Projected Benefit Obligation [Member] |
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items] |
Schedule of Assumptions Used [Table Text Block] |
| U.S. Pensions |  | Non-U.S. Pensions
| As of |  | As of
| October 1, 2016 |  | October 3, 2015 |  | October 1, 2016 |  | October 3, 2015
Discount rate | 2.71 | % |  | 3.45 | % |  | 2.32 | % |  | 2.79 | %
Rate of compensation increases | — | % |  | — | % |  | 2.72 | % |  | 2.58 | %
Benefit Costs [Member] |
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items] |
Schedule of Assumptions Used [Table Text Block] |
| U.S. Pensions |  | Non-U.S. Pensions
| October 1, 2016 |  | October 3, 2015 |  | October 1, 2016 |  | October 3, 2015
Discount rate | 3.45 | % |  | 3.12 | % |  | 2.79 | % |  | 3.58 | %
Expected return on plan assets | 4.50 | % |  | 4.50 | % |  | 1.30 | % |  | 2.90 | %
Rate of compensation increases | — | % |  | — | % |  | 2.58 | % |  | 2.59 | %

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