Business Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of net sales by product lines and reportable segments

Selected financial information concerning the Company’s reportable segments and product lines is as follows (in millions):

	Three Months Ended December 31,
	2014								2013
	External Customers		Inter- segment			Net Sales			External Customers		Inter- segment			Net Sales
Access equipment
Aerial work platforms	$	277.3	$	—		$	277.3		$	316.5	$	—		$	316.5
Telehandlers	290.4		—			290.4			217.7		—			217.7
Other	149.0		—			149.0			134.4		—			134.4
Total access equipment	716.7		—			716.7			668.6		—			668.6
Defense	269.2		0.1			269.3			481.3		—			481.3
Fire & emergency	159.5		7.5			167.0			189.0		9.0			198.0
Commercial
Concrete placement	86.1		—			86.1			81.4		—			81.4
Refuse collection	89.6		—			89.6			80.8		—			80.8
Other	32.2		2.3			34.5			29.1		1.3			30.4
Total commercial	207.9		2.3			210.2			191.3		1.3			192.6
Intersegment eliminations	—		(9.9		)	(9.9		)	—		(10.3		)	(10.3		)
Consolidated sales	$	1,353.3	$	—		$	1,353.3		$	1,530.2	$	—		$	1,530.2

Schedule of income (loss) from continuing operations by product lines and reportable segments

	Three Months Ended   December 31,
	2014			2013
Operating income (loss):
Access equipment	$	77.2		$	90.3
Defense	9.8			24.8
Fire & emergency	1.5			6.9
Commercial	12.4			10.2
Corporate	(35.3		)	(35.6		)
Intersegment eliminations	0.1			(0.1		)
Consolidated	65.7			96.5
Interest expense, net of interest income	(13.6		)	(15.7		)
Miscellaneous other expense	(1.3		)	(1.7		)
Income before income taxes and equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	$	50.8		$	79.1

Schedule of identifiable assets by business segments and by geographical segments

	December 31,		September 30,
	2014		2014
Identifiable assets:
Access equipment:
U.S.	$	2,134.4	$	1,937.0
Europe (a)	568.6		727.5
Rest of the World	227.6		251.4
Total access equipment	2,930.6		2,915.9
Defense - U.S.
U.S.	280.1		275.1
Rest of the World	1.3		—
Total defense	281.4		275.1
Fire & emergency - U.S.	468.4		527.0
Commercial:
U.S.	387.2		394.5
Rest of the World (a)	34.1		35.5
Total commercial	421.3		430.0
Corporate:
U.S. (b)	222.9		398.0
Rest of the World	40.1		40.7
Total corporate	263.0		438.7
Consolidated	$	4,364.7	$	4,586.7

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^(a)  Includes investments in unconsolidated affiliates.

^(b)  Primarily includes cash and short-term investments.

Schedule of net sales by geographical segments

The following table presents net sales by geographic region based on product shipment destination (in millions):

	Three Months Ended   December 31,
	2014		2013
Net sales:
United States	$	1,081.7	$	1,147.0
Other North America	62.0		75.9
Europe, Africa and Middle East	104.4		159.6
Rest of the World	105.2		147.7
Consolidated	$	1,353.3	$	1,530.2