Operating Segments

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

9. Operating Segments

Effective January 1, 2012 the Company reorganized its flexible films businesses, which included the Tapes, Bags and Coatings and Specialty Films divisions, into two new operating divisions; Flexible Packaging and Engineered Materials. The Company's operations are organized into four reporting segments: Rigid Open Top, Rigid Closed Top, Engineered Materials, and Flexible Packaging. The prior year amounts have been restated for the new operating segments. The Company has manufacturing and distribution centers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Belgium, Australia, Brazil, Malaysia, Germany and India. The United States operation represents 93% of the Company's net sales and 94% of the long-lived assets. The Canadian operations represent 2% of net sales and 2% of long-lived assets. Mexican operations represent 1% of net sales and 2% of long-lived assets. Belgium operations represent 2% of net sales. All other jurisdictions represent less than 1% of net sales or long-lived assets. Selected information by reportable segment is presented in the following table:


	Quarterly Period Ended					Three Quarterly Periods Ended
	June 30, 2012		July 2, 2011			June 30, 2012			July 2, 2011
Net sales:
Rigid Open Top	$	329	$	340		$	912		$	905
Rigid Closed Top		374		266			1,085			746
Engineered Materials		345		378			1,010			1,083
Flexible Packaging		194		203			555			598
Total net sales	$	1,242	$	1,187		$	3,562		$	3,332
Operating income (loss):
Rigid Open Top	$	46	$	47		$	122		$	102
Rigid Closed Top		31		20			58			57
Engineered Materials		19		15			39			14
Flexible Packaging		2		(3	)		(1	)		(24	)
Total operating income	$	98	$	79		$	218		$	149
Depreciation and amortization:
Rigid Open Top	$	24	$	25		$	70		$	74
Rigid Closed Top		31		23			99			69
Engineered Materials		16		17			50			55
Flexible Packaging		15		18			44			55
Total depreciation and amortization	$	86	$	83		$	263		$	253


	June 30, 2012		October 1, 2011
Total assets:
Rigid Open Top	$	1,957	$	1,909
Rigid Closed Top		2,059		2,096
Engineered Materials		981		950
Flexible Packaging		608		650
Total assets	$	5,605	$	5,605

Goodwill:
Rigid Open Top	$	681	$	681
Rigid Closed Top		812		819
Engineered Materials		102		55
Flexible Packaging		40		40
Total goodwill	$	1,635	$	1,595

- Definition

The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments.

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