PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT [Abstract]

6.	PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT:

Property, plant and equipment and the related accumulated depreciation at September 30, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:

	2013			2012
Buildings	$	77,936		$	64,946
Machinery and equipment		303,674			261,857
		381,610			326,803
Less accumulated depreciation		(233,791	)		(206,472	)
		147,819			120,331
Land		15,534			9,207
Construction in progress		17,378			14,511
	$	180,731		$	144,049

Depreciation expense was $31,303, $24,630 and $23,461 for each of the three years ended September 30, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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