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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
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 | $ | 491,895 |  |  | $ | 347,507 |  |  | $ | 69,144 |  |  | $ | 908,546 |
Accumulated impairment losses | (5,752 | ) |  | (5,000 | ) |  | — |  |  | (10,752 | )
Balance at September 30, 2017 | 486,143 |  |  | 342,507 |  |  | 69,144 |  |  | 897,794 |
Additions during period | 8,603 |  |  | 31,201 |  |  | 22,889 |  |  | 62,693 |
Translation and other adjustments | 9,558 |  |  | 2,226 |  |  | 690 |  |  | 12,474 |
Goodwill | 510,056 |  |  | 380,934 |  |  | 92,723 |  |  | 983,713 |
Accumulated impairment losses | (5,752 | ) |  | (5,000 | ) |  | — |  |  | (10,752 | )
Balance at March 31, 2018 | $ | 504,304 |  |  | $ | 375,934 |  |  | $ | 92,723 |  |  | $ | 972,961 |
Other Intangible Assets | The following tables summarize the carrying amounts and related accumulated amortization for intangible assets as of March 31, 2018 and September 30, 2017, respectively.
| Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
March 31, 2018: |  |  |  |  |
Trade names | $ | 126,047 |  |  | $ | — |  | * | $ | 126,047 |
Trade names | 53,821 |  |  | (3,389 | ) |  | 50,432 |
Customer relationships | 377,300 |  |  | (97,796 | ) |  | 279,504 |
Copyrights/patents/other | 21,319 |  |  | (12,424 | ) |  | 8,895 |
| $ | 578,487 |  |  | $ | (113,609 | ) |  | $ | 464,878 |
September 30, 2017: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade names | $ | 168,467 |  |  | $ | — |  | * | $ | 168,467 |
Trade names | 5,522 |  |  | (2,030 | ) |  | 3,492 |
Customer relationships | 333,632 |  |  | (84,560 | ) |  | 249,072 |
Copyrights/patents/other | 14,787 |  |  | (11,436 | ) |  | 3,351 |
*Not subject to amortization | $ | 522,408 |  |  | $ | (98,026 | ) |  | $ | 424,382 |

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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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