<ARTICLE> 5 <MULTIPLIER> 1,000 <PERIOD-TYPE> 9-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> SEP-30-1998 <PERIOD-START> OCT-01-1997 <PERIOD-END> JUN-27-1998 <CASH> 25,357 <SECURITIES> 109,522 <RECEIVABLES> 95,058 <ALLOWANCES> 4,478 <INVENTORY> 70,874 <CURRENT-ASSETS> 313,325 <PP&E> 235,608 <DEPRECIATION> 124,497 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 443,363 <CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 117,276 <BONDS> 98,568 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 0 <COMMON> 421 <OTHER-SE> 227,519 <TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 443,363 <SALES> 528,392 <TOTAL-REVENUES> 528,392 <CGS> 412,658 <TOTAL-COSTS> 412,658 <OTHER-EXPENSES> 38,311 <LOSS-PROVISION> 1,216 <INTEREST-EXPENSE> (615)<F1> <INCOME-PRETAX> 76,808 <INCOME-TAX> 28,046 <INCOME-CONTINUING> 48,762 <DISCONTINUED> 0 <EXTRAORDINARY> 0 <CHANGES> 0 <NET-INCOME> 48,762 <EPS-PRIMARY> 1.17<F2> <EPS-DILUTED> 1.02<F3> <FN> <F1>INTEREST EXPENSE IS NET OF INTEREST INCOME; THE NET AMOUNT IS INTEREST EXPENSE. <F2>EPS IS REPORTED AS "BASIC EPS" AS PRESCRIBED BY SFAS NO. 128. <F3>EPS IS REPORTED AS "DILUTED EPS" AS PRESCRIBED BY SFAS NO. 128. </FN>