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GEOGRAPHIC AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION
 12 Months Ended
Nov. 03, 2013
GEOGRAPHIC AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION [Abstract]  
GEOGRAPHIC AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION
NOTE 17 - GEOGRAPHIC AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION

The Company operates as a single operating segment as a manufacturer of photomasks, which are high precision quartz plates containing microscopic images of electronic circuits for use in the fabrication of IC's and FPDs. Geographic net sales are based primarily on where the Company's manufacturing facility is located.

The Company's 2013, 2012 and 2011 net sales by geographic area and of ICs and FPDs, and long-lived assets by geographic area were as follows:

 
 
Year Ended
 
 
 
November 3,
2013
  
October 28,
2012
  
October 30,
2011
 
Net sales
 
  
  
 
Korea
 
$
134,300
  
$
161,154
  
$
171,327
 
United States
  
127,054
   
135,170
   
158,005
 
Taiwan
  
117,364
   
109,232
   
122,070
 
Europe
  
41,126
   
40,653
   
46,613
 
All other
  
2,336
   
4,230
   
14,005
 
 
 
$
422,180
  
$
450,439
  
$
512,020
 
 
            
IC
 
$
320,579
  
$
350,105
  
$
391,158
 
FPD
  
101,601
   
100,334
   
120,862
 
 
 
$
422,180
  
$
450,439
  
$
512,020
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of
 
 
 
November 3,
2013
  
October 28,
2012
  
October 30,
2011
 
Long-lived assets
            
United States
 
$
191,518
  
$
177,614
  
$
159,845
 
Korea
  
153,878
   
120,628
   
119,855
 
Taiwan
  
66,836
   
72,185
   
77,367
 
Europe
  
10,471
   
10,262
   
10,879
 
All other
  
37
   
119
   
734
 
 
 
$
422,740
  
$
380,808
  
$
368,680
 

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. accounted for 18%, 22% and 20% of the Company's net sales in fiscal years 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.