Property, Plant And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Property, Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

6. Property, Plant and Equipment

Depreciation expense of property, plant and equipment for the years ended September 30, 2012, 2011 and 2010 was $11.4 million, $11.5 million and $10.5 million, respectively.

The Company leases certain real property, equipment and machinery under noncancelable operating leases. Rental expense under these operating leases for the years ended September 30, 2012, 2011 and 2010 was $8.3 million, $8.1 million and $7.7 million, respectively. Future aggregate minimum lease payments under operating leases that have initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year as of September 30, 2012, are: (Dollars in thousands) Years ending September 30:


2013	$	7,585
2014		6,096
2015		4,811
2016		3,291
2017 and thereafter		2,251

Total	$	24,034

- 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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