<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>