PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and equipment consisted of the following:



(In thousands)	March 31, 2018			April 1, 2017
Land	$	7,450		$	7,389
Building and building improvements	114,646			109,933
Plant equipment and machinery	291,537			253,693
Office equipment and information technology	134,412			129,753
Haemonetics equipment	325,401			306,714
Total	873,446			807,482
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization	(541,290		)	(483,620		)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	332,156		$	323,862

During fiscal 2018, we impaired $2.2 million of property, plant and equipment as a result of our review of non-core and underperforming assets and our decision to discontinue the use of or investment in certain assets, of which $0.3 million was included within selling, general and administrative expense on the consolidated statements of income (loss) and the remaining $1.9 million was included within cost of goods sold. These impairments impacted the North America Plasma and All Other segments by $1.9 million and $0.3 million, respectively. During fiscal 2017 and 2016, we impaired $13.3 million and $9.1 million of property, plant and equipment, respectively.

Depreciation expense was $57.7 million, $66.5 million and $56.8 million in fiscal 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively, which includes $0.3 million, $10.0 million and $0.8 million, respectively, of additional depreciation expense due to asset impairments.