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Other Financial Data | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Other Financial Data |
| 14. | Other Financial Data
Items charged to continuing operations during the years ended September 30, 2014, 2013 and 2012 included the following:
(Dollars in thousands) |  |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Salaries and wages (including fringes) |  | $ | 158,333 |  | 151,805 |  | 138,192 |
Maintenance and repairs |  |  | 4,638 |  | 4,368 |  | 4,248 |
Research and development (R&D) costs: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Company-sponsored |  |  | 16,880 |  | 12,704 |  | 14,293 |
Customer-sponsored |  |  | 11,586 |  | 15,014 |  | 9,171 |
Total R&D |  |  | 28,466 |  | 27,718 |  | 23,464 |
Other engineering costs |  |  | 12,484 |  | 7,715 |  | 12,217 |
Total R&D and other engineering costs |  | $ | 40,950 |  | 35,433 |  | 35,681 |
As a % of net sales |  |  | 7.7 | % | 7.2 | % | 7.5 | %
A reconciliation of the changes in accrued product warranty liability for the years ended September 30, 2014, 2013 and 2012 is as follows:
(Dollars in thousands) |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Balance as of October 1, |  | $ | 1,880 |  | 1,536 |  | 2,120 |
Additions charged to expense |  |  | 239 |  | 1,048 |  | 197 |
Deductions |  |  | (639) |  | (704) |  | (781) |
Balance as of September 30, |  | $ | 1,480 |  | 1,880 |  | 1,536 |

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