Segment Information

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Segment Information [Abstract]

Segment Information

Note 10.   Segment Information

The Company's products and operations consist of two principal businesses that are comprised of three operating segments each, as described under Nature of Operations (Note 1):  Memorialization Products (Bronze, Casket, Cremation) and Brand Solutions (Graphics Imaging, Marking Products, Merchandising Solutions).  Management evaluates segment performance based on operating profit (before income taxes) and does not allocate non-operating items such as investment income, interest expense, other income (deductions), net, and net income attributable to noncontrolling interests.

Information about the Company's segments follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Sales to external customers:
Memorialization:
Bronze	$	62,777	$	62,001	$	166,147	$	164,979
Casket		58,328		52,358		184,450		158,270
Cremation		11,121		10,906		30,582		28,397
		132,226		125,265		381,179		351,646
Brand Solutions:
Graphics Imaging		68,481		57,993		193,342		178,134
Marking Products		15,746		13,223		43,187		36,656
Merchandising Solutions		15,058		16,848		41,298		40,732
		99,285		88,064		277,827		255,522
	$	231,511	$	213,329	$	659,006	$	607,168

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Operating profit:
Memorialization:
Bronze	$	17,972	$	18,464	$	38,910	$	41,024
Casket		6,297		5,472		21,088		20,020
Cremation		1,818		1,265		3,988		3,348
		26,087		25,201		63,986		64,392
Brand Solutions:
Graphics Imaging		6,120		5,533		15,745		14,099
Marking Products		1,780		2,118		4,693		3,997
Merchandising Solutions		1,094		1,662		1,108		1,320
		8,994		9,313		21,546		19,416
	$	35,081	$	34,514	$	85,532	$	83,808