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, 2011

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT [Abstract]

6.	PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT:

Property, plant and equipment and the related accumulated depreciation at September 30, 2011 and 2010 were as follows:

	2011			2010
Buildings	$	65,010		$	64,002
Machinery and equipment		241,147			221,014
		306,157			285,016
Less accumulated depreciation		(196,391	)		(178,880	)
		109,766			106,136
Land		9,114			8,322
Construction in progress		15,624			15,292
	$	134,504		$	129,750

- 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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