Note 10 - Geographic Regions

6 Months Ended

Sep. 01, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

10.  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:

	13 Weeks Ended				26 Weeks Ended
	September 1, 2013		August 26, 2012		September 1, 2013		August 26, 2012
Sales:
North America	$	22,885	$	19,529	$	43,618	$	41,035
Asia		18,993		22,622		37,674		41,923
Europe		2,619		4,279		6,643		9,518
Total sales	$	44,497	$	46,430	$	87,935	$	92,476

	September 1, 2013		March 3, 2013
Long-lived assets:
North America	$	33,454	$	34,555
Asia		13,902		14,102
Europe		314		327
Total long-lived assets	$	47,670	$	48,984