Property, Plant And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Property, Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

7. Property, Plant and Equipment:

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):


	AS OF SEPTEMBER 30,
	2011			2010
Land and land improvements	$	3,230		$	3,214
Buildings and building improvements		24,520			23,895
Machinery and equipment		33,723			30,313
Furniture and fixtures		1,059			990
Transportation equipment		30			35
Tools and molds		359			237
Construction in progress		3,595			3,105

		66,516			61,789
Accumulated depreciation		(31,824	)		(27,801	)

	$	34,692		$	33,988

Property, plant and equipment depreciation expense was $3.9 million, $3.8 million and $4.1 million in fiscal years 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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