Subsequent Events	9 Months Ended
Subsequent Events	Jun. 30, 2011
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	18. Subsequent Events On July 25, 2011, the Company acquired Nexus Biosystems, Inc. (“Nexus”), a U.S. based provider of automation solutions and consumables to the life sciences markets, specifically biobanking and compound sample management. The Company paid, in cash, an aggregate merger consideration of $79.0 million plus an amount equal to the unrestricted cash of Nexus and its subsidiaries at the closing in the amount of $6.8 million. The liabilities of Nexus at the time of closing included a $6.0 million obligation payable to former owners of a business acquired by Nexus in 2010, which was paid by the Company on Nexus’ behalf at the time of closing. On August 3, 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.08 per share payable on September 30, 2011 to common stockholders of record on September 9, 2011. Dividends are declared at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors and depend on actual cash from operations, the Company’s financial condition and capital requirements and any other factors the Company’s Board of Directors may consider relevant. Future dividend declarations, as well as the record and payment dates for such dividends, will be determined by the Company’s Board of Directors on a quarterly basis.

Tabular disclosure of significant events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Examples include: the sale of a capital stock issue, purchase of a business, settlement of litigation, losses resulting from fire or flood, losses on receivables, significant realized and unrealized gains and losses that result from changes in quoted market prices of securities, declines in market prices of inventory, changes in authorized or issued debt (SEC), significant foreign exchange rate changes, substantial loans to insiders or affiliates, significant long-term investments, and substantial dividends not in the ordinary course of business.

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