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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [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 Technologies |  | Consolidated
Goodwill | $ | 458,510 |  |  | $ | 347,116 |  |  | $ | 56,615 |  |  | $ | 862,241 |
Accumulated impairment losses | (5,752 | ) |  | (5,000 | ) |  | — |  |  | (10,752 | )
Balance at September 30, 2016 | 452,758 |  |  | 342,116 |  |  | 56,615 |  |  | 851,489 |
Additions during period | 16,059 |  |  | — |  |  | 11,727 |  |  | 27,786 |
Translation and other adjustments | (8,983 | ) |  | (2,449 | ) |  | 40 |  |  | (11,392 | )
Goodwill | 465,586 |  |  | 344,667 |  |  | 68,382 |  |  | 878,635 |
Accumulated impairment losses | (5,752 | ) |  | (5,000 | ) |  | — |  |  | (10,752 | )
Balance at March 31, 2017 | $ | 459,834 |  |  | $ | 339,667 |  |  | $ | 68,382 |  |  | $ | 867,883 |
Other Intangible Assets | The following tables summarize the carrying amounts and related accumulated amortization for intangible assets as of March 31, 2017 and September 30, 2016, respectively.
| Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
March 31, 2017: |  |  |  |  |
Trade names | $ | 168,467 |  |  | $ | — |  | * | $ | 168,467 |
Trade names | 1,756 |  |  | (1,756 | ) |  | — |
Customer relationships | 329,925 |  |  | (71,597 | ) |  | 258,328 |
Copyrights/patents/other | 14,206 |  |  | (10,743 | ) |  | 3,463 |
| $ | 514,354 |  |  | $ | (84,096 | ) |  | $ | 430,258 |
September 30, 2016: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade names | $ | 168,467 |  |  | $ | — |  | * | $ | 168,467 |
Trade names | 1,814 |  |  | (1,802 | ) |  | 12 |
Customer relationships | 286,595 |  |  | (61,706 | ) |  | 224,889 |
Copyrights/patents/other | 11,066 |  |  | (10,593 | ) |  | 473 |
| $ | 467,942 |  |  | $ | (74,101 | ) |  | $ | 393,841 |
* 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=35741047&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=35741047&loc=d3e13854-109267 + Details
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