Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Segment Information

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Segment Information
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Segment Information [Abstract]  
Segment Information
Note 10.   Segment Information

The Company's products and operations consist of two principal businesses that are comprised of three operating segments each, as described under Nature of Operations (Note 1):  Memorialization Products (Bronze, Casket, Cremation) and Brand Solutions (Graphics Imaging, Marking Products, Merchandising Solutions).  Management evaluates segment performance based on operating profit (before income taxes) and does not allocate non-operating items such as investment income, interest expense, other income (deductions), net, and net income attributable to noncontrolling interests.

Information about the Company's segments follows:

   
Three Months Ended
   
Nine Months Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
 
 
2011
   
2010
   
2011
   
2010
 
Sales to external customers:
                       
Memorialization:
                       
Bronze
  $ 62,777     $ 62,001     $ 166,147     $ 164,979  
Casket
    58,328       52,358       184,450       158,270  
Cremation
    11,121       10,906       30,582       28,397  
      132,226       125,265       381,179       351,646  
Brand Solutions:
                               
Graphics Imaging
    68,481       57,993       193,342       178,134  
Marking Products
    15,746       13,223       43,187       36,656  
Merchandising Solutions
    15,058       16,848       41,298       40,732  
      99,285       88,064       277,827       255,522  
                                 
    $ 231,511     $ 213,329     $ 659,006     $ 607,168  

 
   
Three Months Ended
   
Nine Months Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
 
 
2011
   
2010
   
2011
   
2010
 
Operating profit:
                       
Memorialization:
                       
Bronze
  $ 17,972     $ 18,464     $ 38,910     $ 41,024  
Casket
    6,297       5,472       21,088       20,020  
Cremation
    1,818       1,265       3,988       3,348  
      26,087       25,201       63,986       64,392  
Brand Solutions:
                               
Graphics Imaging
    6,120       5,533       15,745       14,099  
Marking Products
    1,780       2,118       4,693       3,997  
Merchandising Solutions
    1,094       1,662       1,108       1,320  
      8,994       9,313       21,546       19,416  
                                 
    $ 35,081     $ 34,514     $ 85,532     $ 83,808