<ARTICLE> 5
<RESTATED> 
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
       
                             
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   6-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          SEP-30-1998
<PERIOD-START>                             OCT-01-1997
<PERIOD-END>                               MAR-28-1998
<CASH>                                          30,600
<SECURITIES>                                    89,006
<RECEIVABLES>                                   87,203
<ALLOWANCES>                                     3,758
<INVENTORY>                                     75,621
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                               295,398
<PP&E>                                         212,475
<DEPRECIATION>                                 105,708
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                 423,580
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                          122,503
<BONDS>                                         98,998
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                0
<PREFERRED>                                          0
<COMMON>                                           208
<OTHER-SE>                                     202,079
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                   423,580
<SALES>                                        331,253
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                               331,253
<CGS>                                          258,950
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                  258,950
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                                25,700
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                   205
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                               (317)<F1>
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                 46,286
<INCOME-TAX>                                    16,905
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                             29,381
<DISCONTINUED>                                       0
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                      0
<CHANGES>                                            0
<NET-INCOME>                                    29,381
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                     0.71<F2>
<EPS-DILUTED>                                     0.62<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>