RETIREMENT PENSION PLANS (Details 1)	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013		Sep. 30, 2012		Sep. 30, 2011
Foreign Pension Plans, Defined Benefit, Low end of range [Member]
Discount Rate	2.40%	[1]	2.10%	[1]	2.25%	[1]
Assumed return on plan assets (beginning of the year)	2.50%	[1]	2.50%	[1]	2.50%	[1]
Rate of compensation increase			2.00%	[2]	2.00%	[2]
Foreign Pension Plans, Defined Benefit, High end of range [Member]
Discount Rate	4.70%	[1]	4.60%	[1]	5.20%	[1]
Assumed return on plan assets (beginning of the year)	7.25%	[1]	7.50%	[1]	8.00%	[1]
Rate of compensation increase			3.00%	[2]	3.50%	[2]

[1] The discount rate for the company’s U.K. pension plan was 4.70 percent, 4.60 percent and 5.00 percent for 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The assumed return on plan assets for this plan was 7.25 percent, 7.50 percent and 8.00 percent for fiscal years 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

[2] The rate of compensation increase for the company's Canadian pension plans was 3.00 percent for 2013, 2012 and 2011. The rate of compensation increase for the company's Swiss pension plans was 2.00 percent for 2013, 2012 and 2011.