Segment And Geographic Information

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Segment And Geographic Information [Abstract]

Segment And Geographic Information

17. Segment and Geographic Information:

The Company evaluates financial performance based on two business segments: Seismic and Thermal Solutions. The Seismic product lines currently consist of geophones and hydrophones, including multi-component geophones and hydrophones, seismic leader wire, geophone string connectors, seismic telemetry cables, high definition reservoir characterization products and services, marine seismic cable retrieval devices, data acquisition systems, offshore cables and industrial products. Thermal Solutions products include thermal printers, thermal printheads and dry thermal film and other media. The Company sells these products to a variety of markets, including the screen print, point of sale, signage and textile markets. The Company also sells these Thermal Solutions products to its seismic customers.

The following tables summarize the Company's segment information:

	YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
	2011			2010			2009
Net sales:
Seismic	$	158,653		$	114,774		$	79,043
Thermal Solutions		13,519			12,955			13,028
Corporate		798			804			789
Total		172,970			128,533			92,860
Income (loss) from operations:
Seismic		53,477			28,955			10,591
Thermal Solutions		(37	)		397			370
Corporate		(9,035	)		(8,244	)		(7,352	)
Total		44,405			21,108			3,609
Depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation:
Seismic		5,990			3,995			3,610
Thermal Solutions		345			375			598
Corporate		1,448			1,259			1,264
Total		7,783			5,629			5,472
Interest income:
Seismic		139			165			801
Thermal Solutions		—			—			8
Corporate		128			89			—
Total		267			254			809
Interest expense:
Seismic		—			—			—
Thermal Solutions		—			—			—
Corporate		43			238			602
Total		43			238			602

* The Company's manufacturing operations for its Seismic and Thermal Solutions business segments are combined. Therefore, the Company does not segregate and report separate balance sheet accounts for these segments. As a result, the Company does not report business segment balance sheet information.

"Corporate" net sales consists of rental revenue earned from an operating lease of a surplus building located in Houston, Texas. "Corporate" loss from operations primarily consists of the Company's Houston headquarter general and administrative expenses.

The Company generates product sales and rentals from its subsidiaries in the United States, Canada, the Russian Federation and the United Kingdom. Sales information for the Company is as follows (in thousands):

	YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
	2011			2010			2009
United States	$	155,781		$	127,972		$	87,371
Canada		8,966			3,706			3,526
Russian Federation		10,144			7,973			4,152
United Kingdom		4,883			3,432			2,835
Eliminations		(6,804	)		(14,550	)		(5,024	)
	$	172,970		$	128,533		$	92,860

Summaries of net sales by geographic area for fiscal years 2011, 2010 and 2009 are as follows (in thousands):

	YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
	2011		2010		2009
Asia (excluding Japan and Middle East)	$	18,542	$	7,521	$	9,114
Canada		13,158		6,011		10,730
Europe		34,278		13,375		16,357
Japan		4,230		4,163		971
Middle East		6,588		9,441		14,236
United States		92,368		85,423		40,254
Other		3,806		2,599		1,198
	$	172,970	$	128,533	$	92,860

Net sales are attributed to countries based on the ultimate destination of the product sold, if known. If the ultimate destination is not known, net sales are attributed to countries based on the geographic location of the initial shipment.

Long-lived assets were as follows (in thousands):

	AS OF SEPTEMBER 30,
	2011		2010
United States	$	43,992	$	35,315
Canada		5,135		12,504
Russian Federation		4,108		4,387
United Kingdom		471		510
China		8		8
	$	53,714	$	52,724