Segment Information

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 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						Nine Months Ended
	June 30, 2012			June 30, 2011			June 30, 2012			June 30, 2011
Net sales:
Seismic	$	51,708		$	42,769		$	144,576		$	129,396
Thermal solutions		3,293			3,396			9,538			10,172
Corporate		200			203			601			597
Total	$	55,201		$	46,368		$	154,715		$	140,165
Income (loss) from operations:
Seismic	$	17,713		$	15,772		$	51,262		$	45,497
Thermal solutions		273			(287	)		720			(196	)
Corporate		(2,385	)		(1,974	)		(7,311	)		(6,945	)
Total	$	15,601		$	13,511		$	44,671		$	38,356