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Other Financial Data | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Other Financial Data [Abstract] |
Other Financial Data | 14. Other Financial Data Items charged to operations during the years ended September 30, 2011, 2010 and 2009 included the following:
(Dollars in thousands) |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009 |
Salaries and wages |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(including fringes) | $ | 187,214 |  | 160,780 |  | 153,416 |
Maintenance and repairs |  | 4,530 |  | 3,440 |  | 3,807 |
Research and development |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(R&D) costs: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Company-sponsored |  | 33,574 |  | 32,199 |  | 31,974 |
Customer-sponsored |  | 8,527 |  | 4,035 |  | 2,937 |
Total R&D | $ | 42,101 |  | 36,234 |  | 34,911 |
Other engineering costs |  | 11,490 |  | 13,250 |  | 14,370 |
Total R&D and other |  |  |  |  |  |  |
engineering costs | $ | 53,591 |  | 49,484 |  | 49,281 |
As a % of net sales |  | 7.7 | % | 8.1 | % | 8.0 | %
A reconciliation of the changes in accrued product warranty liability for the years ended September 30, 2011, 2010, and 2009 is as follows:
(Dollars in thousands) |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009 |
Balance as of October 1, | $ | 3,877 |  | 4,370 |  | 2,788 |
Additions charged to expense |  | 3,275 |  | 1,813 |  | 4,086 |
Deductions |  | (3,318 | ) | (2,306 | ) | (2,504 | )
Balance as of September 30, | $ | 3,834 |  | 3,877 |  | 4,370 |

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