Segment Information

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Segment Information [Abstract]

Segment Information

Note 11.   Segment Information

The Company manages its businesses under three segments: SGK Brand Solutions, Memorialization and Industrial.  The SGK Brand Solutions segment includes brand development, deployment and delivery (consisting of brand management, printing plates and cylinders, pre-media services and imaging services for consumer packaged goods and retail customers, merchandising display systems, and marketing and design services). The Memorialization segment consists primarily of bronze and granite memorials and other memorialization products, caskets and cremation equipment primarily for the cemetery and funeral home industries. The Industrial segment includes marking and coding equipment and consumables, industrial automation products and order fulfillment systems for identifying, tracking, picking and conveying consumer and industrial products.  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 noncontrolling interest.

Information about the Company's segments follows:

	Three Months Ended
	December 31,
	2015		2014
Sales to external customers:
SGK Brand Solutions	$	178,291	$	200,834
Memorialization		147,611		116,223
Industrial		28,330		26,527
	$	354,232	$	343,584

	Three Months Ended December 31,
	2015		2014
Operating profit:
SGK Brand Solutions	$	2,755	$	1,850
Memorialization		7,689		21,486
Industrial		1,594		2,249
	$	12,038	$	25,585