Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, Plant and Equipment

Note 5.  Property, Plant and Equipment

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

	September 30,
	2022		2023
Land and land improvements	$	10,158	$	10,418
Buildings and improvements		45,872		46,931
Machinery and equipment		313,841		321,676
Construction in process		8,756		16,704
		378,627		395,729
Less accumulated depreciation		(235,855)		(253,189)
	$	142,772	$	142,540

As of September 30, 2022 and 2023, the Company had $132 and $131, respectively, of assets under a finance lease for equipment related to the service center operation in Shanghai, China.  Additionally, the Company had $5,643 and $5,230 of assets under finance leases for two buildings at the LaPorte, Indiana service center as of September 30, 2022 and 2023, respectively.