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Business Information | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Business Information | Business Information The Company identifies itself as one reportable segment, SIFCO, which is a manufacturer of forgings and machined components for the A&E markets. Geographic net sales are based on location of customer. The United States of America is the single largest country for unaffiliated customer sales, accounting for 63% and 62% of consolidated net sales in fiscal 2017 and 2016, respectively. No other single country represents greater than 10% of consolidated net sales in fiscal 2017 and 2016. Net sales to unaffiliated customers located in various European countries accounted for 27% and 22% of consolidated net sales in fiscal 2017 and 2016, respectively. Net sales to unaffiliated customers located in various Asian countries accounted for 2% and 4% of consolidated net sales in fiscal 2017 and 2016, respectively. Substantially all of the Company's operations and identifiable assets are located within the United States with the exception of its non-U.S. subsidiaries located in Maniago, Italy and Cork, Ireland. The identifiable assets for the Company's foreign subsidiaries as of September 30, 2017 was $37,607 compared with $37,196 as of September 30, 2016.
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Long-Lived Assets |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 33,114 |  |  | 44,108 |
Europe |  | 25,639 |  |  | 28,274 |
|  | $ | 58,753 |  |  | 72,382 |
At September 30, 2017, approximately 234 of the hourly plant personnel are represented by three separate collective bargaining agreements. The table below shows the expiration dates of the collective bargaining agreements.
Plant locations |  | Expiration date
Cleveland, Ohio |  | May 31, 2020
Alliance, Ohio * |  | October 26, 2017
Maniago, Italy |  | December 31, 2019
* Agreement ceased due to closure of Alliance facility.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2134510 + Details
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