Segment Information

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Segment Information [Abstract]

Segment Information

8. Segment Information

The Company evaluates financial performance based on two business segments: Seismic and Thermal Solutions. The Seismic product lines currently consist of data acquisition systems, geophones and hydrophones, including multi-component geophones and hydrophones, seismic leader wire, geophone string connectors, seismic telemetry cable, high definition reservoir characterization products and services, marine seismic cable retrieval devices, 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 market sectors. The Company also sells Thermal Solutions products to its seismic customers.

The following table summarizes the Company's segment information (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	March 31, 2012			March 31, 2011			March 31, 2012			March 31, 2011
Net sales:
Seismic	$	52,669		$	47,152		$	92,868		$	86,627
Thermal solutions		3,364			3,353			6,245			6,776
Corporate		200			191			401			394
Total	$	56,233		$	50,696		$	99,514		$	93,797
Income (loss) from operations:
Seismic	$	18,718		$	15,830		$	33,549		$	29,725
Thermal solutions		324			(65	)		447			91
Corporate		(2,570	)		(2,717	)		(4,926	)		(4,971	)
Total	$	16,472		$	13,048		$	29,070		$	24,845