Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

7. Property, Plant and Equipment

Depreciation expense of property, plant and equipment for the years ended September 30, 2013, 2012 and 2011 was $8.6 million, $8.1 million and $7.8 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, 2013, 2012 and 2011 was $5 million, $5 million and $8.1 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, 2013, are:

(Dollars in thousands)
Years ending September 30:
2014	$	4,994
2015		4,219
2016		2,519
2017		1,472
2018 and thereafter		1,749
Total	$	14,953

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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