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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets [Abstract] |
Goodwill attributable to each segment | A summary of the carrying amount of goodwill attributable to each segment as well as the changes in such amounts are as follows:
|  | SGK Brand Solutions |  |  | Memorialization |  |  | Industrial |  |  | Consolidated |
Goodwill |  | $ | 501,050 |  |  | $ | 278,282 |  |  | $ | 50,887 |  |  | $ | 830,219 |
Accumulated impairment losses |  |  | (5,752 | ) |  |  | (5,000 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | (10,752 | )
Balance at September 30, 2014 |  |  | 495,298 |  |  |  | 273,282 |  |  |  | 50,887 |  |  |  | 819,467 |
Translation and other adjustments |  |  | (31,301 | ) |  |  | (4,673 | ) |  |  | (118 | ) |  |  | (36,092 | )
Goodwill |  |  | 469,749 |  |  |  | 273,609 |  |  |  | 50,769 |  |  |  | 794,127 |
Accumulated impairment losses |  |  | (5,752 | ) |  |  | (5,000 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | (10,752 | )
Balance at March 31, 2015 |  | $ | 463,997 |  |  | $ | 268,609 |  |  | $ | 50,769 |  |  | $ | 783,375 |
Other intangible assets | The following tables summarize the carrying amounts and related accumulated amortization for intangible assets as of March 31, 2015 and September 30, 2014, respectively.
|  | Carrying |  |  | Accumulated |  |  |  |
|  | Amount |  |  | Amortization |  |  | Net |
March 31, 2015: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade names |  | $ | 137,927 |  |  | $ | - | * |  | $ | 137,927 |
Trade names |  |  | 1,762 |  |  |  | (1,621 | ) |  |  | 141 |
Customer relationships |  |  | 241,856 |  |  |  | (32,528 | ) |  |  | 209,328 |
Copyrights/patents/other |  |  | 11,309 |  |  |  | (9,761 | ) |  |  | 1,548 |
|  | $ | 392,854 |  |  | $ | (43,910 | ) |  | $ | 348,944 |
September 30, 2014: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade names |  | $ | 142,529 |  |  | $ | - | * |  | $ | 142,529 |
Trade names |  |  | 2,854 |  |  |  | (2,121 | ) |  |  | 733 |
Customer relationships |  |  | 258,441 |  |  |  | (24,785 | ) |  |  | 233,656 |
Copyrights/patents/other |  |  | 14,528 |  |  |  | (9,584 | ) |  |  | 4,944 |
|  | $ | 418,352 |  |  | $ | (36,490 | ) |  | $ | 381,862 |
* Not subject to amortization |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of amortizable and non-amortizable intangible assets, in total and by major class, including the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization. A major class is composed of intangible assets that can be grouped together because they are similar, either by their nature or by their use in the operations of a company. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of goodwill by reportable segment and in total which includes a rollforward schedule. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=14024403&loc=d3e13816-109267 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=14024403&loc=d3e13854-109267 + Details
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