Note 14 - Geographic Regions

12 Months Ended

Mar. 02, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

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 products are sold to customers in North America, Asia and Europe. The Company’s manufacturing facilities are located in Singapore, France, Kansas, Arizona and California. The Company operates as a single operating segment, which is advanced materials for the electronics and aerospace markets, with common management and identical or very similar economic characteristics, products, raw materials, manufacturing processes and equipment, customers and markets, marketing, sales and distribution methods and regulatory environments. The chief operating decision maker reviews financial information on a consolidated basis.

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
	2014		2013		2012
Sales:
United States	$	80,880	$	79,336	$	83,877
Asia (China, South Korea and all other)		71,853		78,559		82,325
All other		13,031		18,521		27,052
Total sales		165,764		176,416		193,254
Long-lived assets:
United States		26,899		34,555		35,419
Asia		13,557		14,102		18,584
Europe		397		327		395
Total long-lived assets	$	40,853	$	48,984	$	54,398