Property, Plant, and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, Plant, and Equipment

Consolidated property, plant, and equipment of the Company consisted of the following:

	March 31,
	2017		2016
Land and land improvements	$	6,585	$	4,583
Buildings	41,536		42,864
Machinery, equipment, and leasehold improvements	221,569		204,043
Construction in progress	10,543		10,463
	280,233		261,953
Less accumulated depreciation	167,205		157,163
Net property, plant, and equipment	$	113,028	$	104,790

Buildings include assets recorded under capital leases amounting to $4,838,000 as of March 31, 2017 and 2016.  Machinery, equipment, and leasehold improvements include assets recorded under capital leases amounting to $1,017,000 and $694,000 as of March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.  Accumulated depreciation includes accumulated amortization of the assets recorded under capital leases amounting to $3,953,000 and $3,673,000 at March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Depreciation expense, including amortization of assets recorded under capital leases, was $17,057,000, $15,507,000, and $12,296,000 for the years ended March 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively.

Gross property, plant, and equipment includes capitalized software costs of $34,386,000 and $29,470,000 at March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.  Accumulated depreciation includes accumulated amortization on capitalized software costs of $14,792,000 and $10,732,000 at March 31, 2017 and 2016 respectively.  Amortization expense on capitalized software costs was $4,357,000, $2,085,000, and $1,514,000 during the years ended March 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively.