Segment Information

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

Segment Information

The following table presents certain operating segment information.

				Technology Solutions Segment
For the three Months Ended March 31,	High Performance Products Segment			Germany		United Kingdom			U.S.			Total		Consolidated Total
	(Amounts in thousands)
2015
Sales:
Product	$	2,527		$	1,796	$	891		$	8,981		$	11,668	$	14,195
Service	130			3,690		213			649			4,552		4,682
Total sales	2,657			5,486		1,104			9,630			16,220		18,877
Loss from operations	(647		)	170		(93		)	(69		)	8		(639		)
Assets	15,595			12,555		3,118			10,859			26,532		42,127
Capital expenditures	25			95		—			—			95		120
Depreciation and amortization	60			44		10			45			99		159
2014
Sales:
Product	$	2,170		$	3,452	$	336		$	8,361		$	12,149	$	14,319
Service	1,065			4,486		304			729			5,519		6,584
Total sales	3,235			7,938		640			9,090			17,668		20,903
Income (loss) from operations	113			294		(30		)	(44		)	220		333
Assets	15,644			20,882		2,726			13,438			37,046		52,690
Capital expenditures	41			14		22			32			68		109
Depreciation and amortization	54			49		4			46			99		153

				Technology Solutions Segment
For the six Months Ended March 31,	High Performance Products Segment			Germany		United Kingdom			U.S.			Total			Consolidated Total
	(Amounts in thousands)
2015
Sales:
Product	$	4,979		$	3,940	$	2,461		$	18,468		$	24,869		$	29,848
Service	360			7,218		496			1,385			9,099			9,459
Total sales	5,339			11,158		2,957			19,853			33,968			39,307
Income (loss) from operations	(1,504		)	249		(25		)	(280		)	(56		)	(1,560		)
Assets	15,595			12,555		3,118			10,859			26,532			42,127
Capital expenditures	46			176		1			—			177			223
Depreciation and amortization	131			91		17			92			200			331
2014
Sales:
Product	$	3,176		$	4,853	$	983		$	20,056		$	25,892		$	29,068
Service	2,348			8,674		632			1,513			10,819			13,167
Total sales	5,524			13,527		1,615			21,569			36,711			42,235
Income from operations	255			213		1			204			418			673
Assets	15,644			20,882		2,726			13,438			37,046			52,690
Capital expenditures	102			101		45			47			193			295
Depreciation and amortization	106			95		8			96			199			305

Income (loss) from operations consists of sales less cost of sales, engineering and development, selling, general and administrative expenses but is not affected by either other income/expense or by income taxes expense/benefit. Non-operating charges/income consists principally of investment income and interest expense.  All intercompany transactions have been eliminated.

The following table lists customers from which the Company derived revenues in excess of 10% of total revenues for the three and six months endedMarch 31, 2015, and 2014.

		For the three Months Ended March 31,								For the six Months Ended March 31,
		2015				2014				2015				2014
		Customer Revenues		% of Total Revenues		Customer Revenues		% of Total Revenues		Customer Revenues		% of Total Revenues		Customer Revenues		% of Total Revenues
	(dollars in millions)
Customer A		$	2.4	13	%	$	1.9	9	%	$	4.7	12	%	$	8.0	19	%
Customer B		$	3.7	20	%	$	5.6	27	%	$	6.6	17	%	$	8.9	21	%

In addition, accounts receivable from Customer B totaled approximately $4.5 million or 31% of total consolidated accounts receivable as of March 31, 2015 and $3.0 million or 20% of total consolidated accounts receivable as of September 30, 2014. We believe that the Company is not exposed to any significant credit risk with respect to the accounts receivable with this customer as of March 31, 2015. No other customer accounted for 10% or more of total consolidated accounts receivable as of March 31, 2015 or September 30, 2014.