<ARTICLE> 5
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000

                             
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   3-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          SEP-30-2000
<PERIOD-START>                             OCT-03-1999
<PERIOD-END>                               JAN-01-2000
<CASH>                                          52,355
<SECURITIES>                                   301,960
<RECEIVABLES>                                  288,366
<ALLOWANCES>                                    10,640
<INVENTORY>                                    279,849
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                               946,135
<PP&E>                                         439,825
<DEPRECIATION>                                 219,935
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                               1,298,939
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                          274,358
<BONDS>                                        357,890
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                0
<PREFERRED>                                          0
<COMMON>                                           591
<OTHER-SE>                                     666,100
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                 1,298,939
<SALES>                                        459,685
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                               459,685
<CGS>                                          381,722
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                  381,722
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                                22,809
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                 1,857
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                               1,390<F1>
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                 56,544
<INCOME-TAX>                                    20,356
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                             36,188
<DISCONTINUED>                                       0
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                      0
<CHANGES>                                            0
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<EPS-BASIC>                                       0.61<F2>
<EPS-DILUTED>                                     0.58<F3>
<FN>
<F1>INTEREST EXPENSE IS NET OF INTEREST INCOME, THE POSITIVE AMOUNT IS INCOME AND
THE NEGATIVE IS INTEREST EXPENSE.
<F2>EPS IS REPORTED AS "BASIC EPS" AS PRESCRIBED BY SFAS 128.
<F3>EPS IS REPORTED AS "DILUTED EPS" AS PRESCRIBED BY SFAS 128.
</FN>