Geographic Regions

12 Months Ended

Mar. 03, 2013

Geographic Regions [Abstract]

Geographic Regions

14. GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS

     The Company is a global advanced materials company which develops, manufactures, markets and sells high technology digital and RF/microwave printed circuit materials principally for the telecommunications and internet infrastructure and high-end computing markets and advanced composite materials, parts and assemblies for the aerospace markets. The Company's printed circuit materials products and the Company's advanced composite materials, parts and assemblies products are sold to customers in North America, Asia and Europe. The Company considers itself to be a single operating segment.

     Sales are attributed to geographic region based upon the region in which the materials were delivered to the customer. Sales between geographic regions were not significant.

     Financial information regarding the Company's operations by geographic region is as follows:

				Fiscal Year
		2013		2012		2011
Sales:
North America	$	80,968	$	85,941	$	98,865
Asia		78,559		82,325		90,346
Europe		16,889		24,988		22,441
Total sales		176,416		193,254		211,652
Long-lived assets:
North America		34,555		35,419		38,072
Asia		14,102		18,584		18,333
Europe		327		395		444
Total long-lived assets	$	48,984	$	54,398	$	56,849