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Geographic Regions | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Geographic Regions [Abstract] |
Geographic Regions | Geographic Regions The Company has operations in The Netherlands, United States, France and China. Revenues, operating income (loss) and identifiable assets by geographic region are as follows:
| Years Ended September 30,
| 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009
| (dollars in thousands)
Net revenue: |
The Netherlands | $ | 195,404 |  |  | $ | 88,467 |  |  | $ | 35,868 |
United States | 24,079 |  |  | 15,020 |  |  | 9,877 |
France | 26,347 |  |  | 16,532 |  |  | 7,228 |
China | 875 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
| $ | 246,705 |  |  | $ | 120,019 |  |  | $ | 52,973 |
Operating income (loss): |  |  |  |  |
The Netherlands | $ | 28,724 |  |  | $ | 12,165 |  |  | $ | 2,255 |
United States | (1,742 | ) |  | (1,955 | ) |  | (4,131 | )
France | 12,992 |  |  | 5,699 |  |  | (62 | )
China | (1,695 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
| $ | 38,279 |  |  | $ | 15,909 |  |  | $ | (1,938 | )
|  |  | As of September 30,
|  |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Net Long-lived Assets (excluding intangibles and goodwill) |  |  |  |  |
The Netherlands |  |  | $ | 9,960 |  |  | $ | 8,273 |
United States |  |  | 1,642 |  |  | 3,507 |
France |  |  | 874 |  |  | 457 |
China |  |  | 204 |  |  | — |
|  |  | $ | 12,680 |  |  | $ | 12,237 |

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