Property, Plant, and Equipment, net

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

The components of property, plant, and equipment, net consisted of the following:



	As of		As of
(in thousands)	March 31, 2013		September 30, 2012
Land	$	1,502	$	1,502
Building and improvements	18,760		19,065
Equipment	16,632		15,088
Furniture and fixtures	112		206
Computer hardware and software	937		1,017
Leasehold improvements	3,207		3,598
Construction in progress	9,311		7,420
Property, plant, and equipment, net	$	50,461	$	47,896

During the three months ended December 31, 2011, we recorded flood-related losses associated with damaged equipment of approximately $1.8 million. In addition, equipment under capital lease totaling $1.9 million was also damaged by the Thailand flood and was written off against our outstanding capital lease obligation during the three month period ended December 31, 2011. We have entered into agreements with our contract manufacturer in Thailand whereby our contract manufacturer agreed to purchase equipment to rebuild certain manufacturing lines damaged by flood waters and we agreed to reimburse our contract manufacturer for the cost of the equipment out of insurance proceeds that we expect to receive. As of September 30, 2012, we capitalized the cost of our new manufacturing lines of approximately $5.2 million and recorded an equipment capital lease obligation of $4.4 million, net of equipment deposits. In addition, during the three and six months ended March 31, 2013, we capitalized an additional $0.9 million and $1.2 million, respectively, of new manufacturing lines and recorded a corresponding amount of capital lease obligation. In December 2012, we received flood-related insurance proceeds of $4.2 million in the form of forgiveness of $2.2 million of outstanding capital lease obligations and $2.0 million of outstanding payables. In March 2013 we recorded the final flood-related insurance proceeds of $14.8 million in the form of a receivable of $8.2 million, forgiveness of $3.4 million of outstanding capital lease obligations and $3.2 million of outstanding payables. The receivable balance of $8.2 million was paid in April 2013. See Note 9 - Impact from Thailand Flood for additional disclosures related to the impact of the Thailand flood on our operations.

As of March 31, 2013 and September 30, 2012, accumulated depreciation was approximately $76.1 million and $74.5 million, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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