Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011


6.	Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment as of September 30, 2011 and 2010 were as follows (in thousands):


	September 30,
	2011			2010

Buildings and land	$	54,330		$	43,455
Computer equipment and software		68,476			69,278
Machinery and equipment		49,105			50,499
Furniture and fixtures		10,451			10,817
Leasehold improvements		17,301			22,758
Capital projects in progress		1,899			1,201

		201,562			198,008
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(132,966	)		(134,339	)

Property, plant and equipment, net	$	68,596		$	63,669

Depreciation expense was $12.6 million, $14.6 million and $15.6 million for the years ended September 30, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

The Company recorded an impairment charge of $1.3 million to write-down certain buildings and leasehold improvements to fair value in fiscal 2009, as a result of underlying circumstances discussed in Note 7.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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