Property, Plant And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Property, Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

7. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands of dollars):


	September 30,
	2011			2010
Land	$	1,321		$	3,703
Buildings		95,531			107,355
Machinery and Equipment		224,171			244,323
Construction in Progress		11,258			16,036

Total		332,281			371,417
Less Accumulated Depreciation		(81,272	)		(91,206	)

Property, Plant and Equipment—Net	$	251,009		$	280,211

- 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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