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Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

Property And Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

5.Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consists of the following at September 30:


		2011		2010
Land	$	1,723	$	261
Building and leasehold improvements		13,427		5,870
Machinery, furniture and equipment		20,979		17,495
Computer equipment		5,864		4,886
Construction in progress		2,203		1,626
		44,196		30,138
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(18,987)		(14,900)
	$	25,209	$	15,238

We recorded depreciation expense of $4,501, $3,692 and $2,546 for the years ended September 30, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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