Business Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

Information concerning our business segments is as follows:



	Three Months Ended December 31,
	2012			2011
	(dollars in thousands)
Net Revenues:
Solar and semiconductor equipment	$	7,034		$	22,877
Polishing supplies and equipment	2,323			1,851
	$	9,357		$	24,728
Operating income (loss):
Solar and semiconductor equipment	$	(4,673	)	$	(1,990	)
Polishing supplies and equipment	(79		)	146
	$	(4,752	)	$	(1,844	)



	December 31, 2012		September 30, 2012
	(dollars in thousands)
Identifiable Assets:
Solar and semiconductor equipment	$	120,485	$	123,923
Polishing supplies and equipment	4,415		5,099
	$	124,900	$	129,022
Goodwill:
Solar and semiconductor equipment	$	7,695	$	7,627
Polishing supplies and equipment	728		728
	$	8,423	$	8,355

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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