Business Information

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

The Company identifies itself as one reportable segment, SIFCO, which is a manufacturer of forgings and machined components for the A&E markets.

Geographic net sales are based on location of customer. The United States of America is the single largest country for unaffiliated customer sales, accounting for 69% and 63% of consolidated net sales in fiscal 2018 and 2017, respectively. No other single country represents greater than 10% of consolidated net sales in fiscal 2018 and 2017. Net sales to unaffiliated customers located in various European countries accounted for 19% and 27% of consolidated net sales in fiscal 2018 and 2017, respectively. Net sales to unaffiliated customers located in various Asian countries accounted for 7% and 2% of consolidated net sales in fiscal 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Substantially all of the Company's operations and identifiable assets are located within the United States with the exception of its non-U.S. subsidiaries located in Maniago, Italy and Cork, Ireland. The identifiable assets for the Company's foreign subsidiaries as of September 30, 2018 was $33,507 compared with $37,607 as of September 30, 2017.



	2018		2017
Long-Lived Assets
United States	$	29,595	33,114
Europe	23,059		25,639
	$	52,654	58,753

At September 30, 2018, approximately 196 of the hourly plant personnel are represented by two separate and active collective bargaining agreements. The table below shows the expiration dates of the collective bargaining agreements.



Plant locations		Expiration date
Cleveland, Ohio		May 31, 2020
Maniago, Italy		December 31, 2019