PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT [Abstract]

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

5. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:

	September 30,
	2015			2014
Land	$	17,076		$	17,834
Buildings		92,720			97,513
Machinery and equipment		167,448			171,461
Furniture and fixtures		6,172			6,224
Information systems		28,528			27,673
Construction in progress		7,553			3,166
Total property, plant and equipment		319,497			323,871
Less: accumulated depreciation		(225,754	)		(223,050	)
Net property, plant and equipment	$	93,743		$	100,821

Depreciation expense was $16,060, $17,467 and $17,835 for the years ended September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

We did not record any impairment expense in fiscal 2015.  In fiscal 2014, we recorded $2,320 in impairment expense primarily related to the decision to write-off certain manufacturing assets in foreign locations in accordance with the applicable accounting standards for the impairment and disposal of long-lived assets.  Of this amount, $2,236 and $84 was included in cost of goods sold and selling and marketing expense, respectively.  Impairment expense for fiscal 2013 was insignificant.