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Discontinued Operations
9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Discontinued Operations [Abstract]  
Discontinued Operations

13.          Discontinued Operations

 

In the first quarter of fiscal 2012, the Company recorded a $957,000 loss from discontinued operations, net of $493,000 in taxes, that related to a settlement of a lawsuit filed in 2002 by Industries GDS, Inc., Bois Granval GDS Inc., and Centre de Preparation GDS, Inc. (collectively, “GDS”) on or about November 21, 2002 in the Superior Court of the Judicial District of Quebec, Canada against the Company, Carbotech, Inc. (“Carbotech”), and U.S. Natural Resources, Inc. (“USNR”), among others.  The suit alleged that the Company breached its contractual and warranty obligations as a manufacturer in connection with the sale and installation of three systems for trimming and edging wood products.involving the Company’s discontinued Forest Product Business Unit.    The Company agreed to settle the suit for $2.0 million Canadian dollars (approximately $1.9 million using a September 30, 2011 exchange rate).  The Company also had accruals related to this matter of approximately $500,000.  The Company paid the litigation settlement in full for $2.0 million on October 28, 2011 and the Company incurred a foreign currency loss on the transaction of $52,000, net of $27,000 in taxes, in the second quarter of fiscal 2012.