Major Customers and Segment Data (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2009
Customer A [Member]
Consolidated net sales
Major customer net sales	$ 29,632	$ 33,821	$ 37,876
Major customer net sales, Percentage	(19.00%)	(24.00%)	(26.00%)
Customer B [Member]
Consolidated net sales
Major customer net sales	$ 18,308	$ 18,204	$ 19,063
Major customer net sales, Percentage	(11.00%)	(13.00%)	(13.00%)

Amount of revenue generated from a single external customer that accounts for 10 percent or more of an entity's revenues.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 131

-Paragraph 39

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 280

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 42

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9054-108599

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