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Property, Plant and Equipment
 12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Property, Plant and Equipment  
Property, Plant and Equipment

Note 4.  Property, Plant and Equipment

The following is a summary of the major classes of property, plant and equipment:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

    

2016

    

2017

 

Land and land improvements

 

$

7,207

 

$

9,345

 

Buildings and improvements

 

 

37,343

 

 

44,705

 

Machinery and equipment

 

 

262,717

 

 

289,035

 

Construction in process

 

 

28,562

 

 

5,692

 

 

 

 

335,829

 

 

348,777

 

Less accumulated depreciation

 

 

(136,647)

 

 

(156,221)

 

 

 

$

199,182

 

$

192,556

 

 

As of September 30, 2017, the Company has $275 of assets under a capital lease for equipment related to the service center operation in Shanghai, China and $7,913 of assets under capital or finance leases for two buildings at the LaPorte, Indiana service center.