Property, Plant And Equipment

6 Months Ended

Mar. 29, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following categories (in thousands):



	March 29, 2014		September 28, 2013
Land, buildings and improvements	$	263,848	$	212,195
Machinery and equipment	326,470		312,941
Computer hardware and software	95,819		91,565
Construction in progress	21,191		67,518
	707,328		684,219
Less: accumulated depreciation	374,013		359,158
	$	333,315	$	325,061

The reduction in the construction in progress balance at March 29, 2014 was primarily due to the capitalization of assets related to the construction of the Company's new manufacturing facility in Neenah, Wisconsin that opened in the fiscal first quarter of 2014. The most significant component of the construction in progress balance at March 29, 2014 is related to footprint expansion in Guadalajara, Mexico whereas the major component of the construction in progress balance at September 28, 2013 was related to facility construction in Neenah.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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