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Business Segment Information | 12 Months Ended
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Business Segment Information [Abstract] |
Business Segment Information | 15. Business Segment Information The Company is organized based on the products and services it offers. Under this organizational structure, the Company has three reporting segments: Utility Solutions Group (USG), RF Shielding and Test (Test) and Filtration/Fluid Flow (Filtration). The USG segment's operations consist of: Aclara Power-Line Systems Inc. (Aclara PLS); Aclara RF Systems Inc. (Aclara RF); Aclara Software Inc. (Aclara Software) and Doble Engineering Company (Doble). Aclara is a proven supplier of special purpose fixed-network communications systems for electric, gas and water utilities, including hardware and software to support advanced metering applications. Aclara's STAR® Network system and TWACS® technology provide advanced radio-frequency (RF) and power-line (PLS) based fixed-network technologies proven to meet the wide-ranging data communications requirements of utilities worldwide. Aclara Software applications add value across the utility enterprise, addressing meter and energy data management, distribution planning and operations, customer service, revenue management and integration solutions. Doble provides high-end, intelligent diagnostic test solutions for the electric power delivery industry and is a leading supplier of power factor and partial discharge testing instruments used to assess the integrity of high-voltage power delivery equipment. Test segment operations represent the EMC Group, consisting primarily of ETS-Lindgren L.P. (ETS) and Lindgren R.F. Enclosures, Inc. (Lindgren). The EMC Group is an industry leader in providing its customers with the ability to identify, measure and contain magnetic, electromagnetic and acoustic energy. The EMC Group also manufactures radio frequency (RF) shielding products and components used by manufacturers of medical equipment, communications systems, electronic products, and shielded rooms for high-security data processing and secure communication. The Filtration segment's operations consist of: PTI Technologies Inc., VACCO Industries, Crissair, Inc. and TEQ (formerly named TekPackaging LLC). The companies within this segment design and manufacture specialty filtration products including hydraulic filter elements used in commercial aerospace applications, unique filter mechanisms used in micro-propulsion devices for satellites and custom designed filters for manned and unmanned aircraft and submarines. Accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The operating units within each reporting segment have been aggregated because of similar economic characteristics and meet the other aggregation criteria of FASB ASC 280. The Company evaluates the performance of its operating units based on EBIT, which is defined as: Earnings Before Interest and Taxes. Intersegment sales and transfers are not significant. Segment assets consist primarily of customer receivables, inventories, capitalized software and fixed assets directly associated with the production processes of the segment. Segment depreciation and amortization is based upon the direct assets listed above. Information in the tables below is presented on a Continuing Operations basis and excludes Discontinued Operations.
NET SALES |  |  |  |
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |  |
Year ended September 30, |  | 2011 | 2010 | 2009
Utility Solutions | $ | 349.6 | 348.3 | 374.0
Test |  | 176.5 | 138.4 | 138.4
Filtration |  | 167.6 | 120.8 | 106.7
Consolidated totals | $ | 693.7 | 607.5 | 619.1
No customers exceeded 10% of sales in 2011 or 2010. One customer (PG&E) exceeded 10% of sales in 2009 with sales of $106.2 million.
EBIT |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year ended September 30, |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009 |
Utility Solutions | $ | 54.3 |  | 67.4 |  | 62.5 |
Test |  | 18.6 |  | 12.2 |  | 14.1 |
Filtration |  | 30.8 |  | 19.5 |  | 18.1 |
Reconciliation to consolidated |  |  |  |  |  |  |
totals (Corporate) |  | (24.2 | ) | (25.5 | ) | (24.1 | )
Consolidated EBIT |  | 79.5 |  | 73.6 |  | 70.6 |
Less: interest expense |  | (2.5 | ) | (3.9 | ) | (7.4 | )
Earnings before income tax | $ | 77.0 |  | 69.7 |  | 63.2 |
IDENTIFIABLE ASSETS (Dollars in millions)
Year ended September 30, |  | 2011 | 2010
Utility Solutions | $ | 203.6 | 207.5
Test |  | 100.6 | 80.4
Filtration |  | 88.6 | 79.2
Corporate |  | 619.0 | 607.2
Consolidated totals | $ | 1,011.8 | 974.3
Corporate assets consist primarily of goodwill, deferred taxes, acquired intangible assets and cash balances.
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES |  |  |  |
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |  |
Year ended September 30, |  | 2011 | 2010 | 2009
Utility Solutions | $ | 8.9 | 5.3 | 6.2
Test |  | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.5
Filtration |  | 3.3 | 6.2 | 1.6
Corporate |  | — | — | —
Consolidated totals | $ | 13.7 | 13.4 | 9.3
In addition to the above amounts, the Company incurred expenditures for capitalized software of $14.2 million, $8.8 million and $5 million in 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION |  |
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |  |
Year ended September 30, |  | 2011 | 2010 | 2009
Utility Solutions | $ | 13.1 | 12.2 | 20.5
Test |  | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.2
Filtration |  | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.7
Corporate |  | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9
Consolidated totals | $ | 23.5 | 22.1 | 30.3
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION Net sales (Dollars in millions)
Year ended September 30, |  | 2011 | 2010 | 2009
United States | $ | 512.4 | 466.1 | 508.4
Far East |  | 45.9 | 54.2 | 48.4
Europe |  | 57.1 | 36.7 | 28.2
Mexico |  | 38.0 | 9.5 | 3.7
Other |  | 40.3 | 41.0 | 30.4
Consolidated totals | $ | 693.7 | 607.5 | 619.1
Long-lived assets |  |  |
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |
Year ended September 30, |  | 2011 | 2010
United States | $ | 67.3 | 66.1
Europe |  | 3.4 | 3.1
Other |  | 2.4 | 3.4
Consolidated totals | $ | 73.1 | 72.6
Net sales are attributed to countries based on location of customer. Long-lived assets are attributed to countries based on location of the asset.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8595-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8538-108599 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 33 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8971-108599 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 34 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8981-108599 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 29 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8864-108599 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8380-108599 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8984-108599 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9038-108599 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8933-108599 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 131 -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 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8906-108599 Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 26 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8844-108599 Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 40 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9031-108599 Reference 14: 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 Reference 15: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 31 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8924-108599 + Details
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