Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2018

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, plant and equipment as of September 29, 2018 and September 30, 2017 consisted of the following (in thousands):



	2018			2017
Land, buildings and improvements	$	267,809		$	262,428
Machinery and equipment	364,034			348,593
Computer hardware and software	130,645			117,404
Capital assets in progress	38,469			12,790
Total property, plant and equipment, gross	800,957			741,215
Less: accumulated depreciation	(459,651		)	(426,550		)
Total property, plant and equipment, net	$	341,306		$	314,665

Assets held under capital leases and included in property, plant and equipment as of September 29, 2018 and September 30, 2017 consisted of the following (in thousands):



	2018			2017
Buildings and improvements	$	23,717		$	23,717
Machinery and equipment	10,995			10,631
Capital assets in progress	7,747			439
Total property, plant and equipment held under capital leases, gross	42,459			34,787
Less: accumulated amortization	(6,123		)	(6,465		)
Total property, plant and equipment held under capital leases, net	$	36,336		$	28,322

During fiscal 2018, the Company capitalized $7.2 million of certain leased property, plant, and equipment related to the construction of a second manufacturing facility in Guadalajara, Mexico, which is included in the "Capital assets in progress" line in the table above.

Amortization of assets held under capital leases totaled $3.4 million, $3.0 million and $1.9 million for fiscal 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Capital lease additions totaled $11.8 million, $20.5 million, and $2.9 million for fiscal 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

As of September 29, 2018, September 30, 2017 and October 1, 2016, accounts payable included approximately $11.2 million, $10.8 million and $3.5 million, respectively, related to the purchase of property, plant and equipment, which have been treated as non-cash transactions for purposes of the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.