Intangible Assets

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Intangible Assets [Abstract]

Intangible Assets

6. Intangible Assets

Intangible assets were as follows:

		September 30, 2011						September 30, 2010
	Estimated Lives (Years)	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Value		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Value
Trademarks	8 to 15	$	5,958,480	$	2,187,663	$	3,770,817	$	5,423,000	$	1,755,762	$	3,667,238
Supply agreement	5 to 6.5		767,870		628,357		139,513		634,000		549,470		84,530
Customer relationships	15 to 20		7,017,938		866,613		6,151,325		2,042,365		442,513		1,599,852
Totals		$	13,744,288	$	3,682,633	$	10,061,655	$	8,099,365	$	2,747,745	$	5,351,620

Amortization expense related to these assets was as follows:

Year ended September 30, 2011	$	934,890
Year ended September 30, 2010		633,335
Year ended September 30, 2009		632,661

Estimated annual amortization expense for these assets over the next five years is as follows:

2012	$	872,000
2013		850,000
2014		819,000
2015		757,000
2016		757,000