Business Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

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

Information concerning our business segments is as follows:



	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	June 30, 2013			June 30, 2012			June 30, 2013			June 30, 2012
	(dollars in thousands)
Net Revenues:
Solar and semiconductor equipment	$	8,426		$	21,777		$	21,647		$	64,336
Polishing supplies and equipment	1,972			2,523			6,226			6,258
	$	10,398		$	24,300		$	27,873		$	70,594
Operating loss:
Solar and semiconductor equipment	$	(10,330	)	$	(5,696	)	$	(18,607	)	$	(13,738	)
Polishing supplies and equipment	81			446			145			659
	$	(10,249	)	$	(5,250	)	$	(18,462	)	$	(13,079	)



	June 30, 2013		September 30, 2012
	(dollars in thousands)
Identifiable Assets:
Solar and semiconductor equipment	$	99,092	$	123,923
Polishing supplies and equipment	4,363		5,099
	$	103,455	$	129,022
Goodwill:
Solar and semiconductor equipment	$	7,656	$	7,627
Polishing supplies and equipment	728		728
	$	8,384	$	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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