Matthews International Corporation Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT [Abstract]

6.	PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT:

Property, plant and equipment and the related accumulated depreciation at September 30, 2012 and 2011 were as follows:

	2012			2011
Buildings	$	64,946		$	65,010
Machinery and equipment		261,857			241,147
		326,803			306,157
Less accumulated depreciation		(206,472	)		(196,391	)
		120,331			109,766
Land		9,207			9,114
Construction in progress		14,511			15,624
	$	144,049		$	134,504

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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