<ARTICLE> 5
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
       
                             
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   6-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          OCT-02-1999
<PERIOD-START>                             OCT-01-1998
<PERIOD-END>                               APR-03-1999
<CASH>                                          71,590
<SECURITIES>                                    58,441
<RECEIVABLES>                                  160,665
<ALLOWANCES>                                     8,014
<INVENTORY>                                    126,037
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                               449,688
<PP&E>                                         371,934
<DEPRECIATION>                                 183,987
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                 712,295
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                          166,380
<BONDS>                                         20,729
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                0
<PREFERRED>                                          0
<COMMON>                                           581
<OTHER-SE>                                     524,605
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                   712,295
<SALES>                                        556,673
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                               556,673
<CGS>                                          442,774
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                  442,774
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                                72,696
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                   346
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                               3,547<F1>
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                 44,750
<INCOME-TAX>                                    16,540
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                             28,210
<DISCONTINUED>                                       0
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                      0
<CHANGES>                                            0
<NET-INCOME>                                    28,210
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                     0.49<F2>
<EPS-DILUTED>                                     0.46<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>