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Inventories
9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]  
Inventories

Note 5. Inventories

The components of inventories are as follows:

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

March 31, 2015

 

 

 

(in $000's)

 

Raw materials and supplies

 

$

8,894

 

 

$

7,417

 

Work-in-progress

 

 

10,427

 

 

 

6,466

 

Finished goods

 

 

6,214

 

 

 

2,891

 

 

 

$

25,535

 

 

$

16,774

 

 

The Company’s inventories relate to its circulatory care product lines, primarily its Impella® heart pump product platforms. Finished goods and work-in-process inventories consist of direct material, labor and overhead. During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2015, the Company recorded $0.4 million and $1.4 million, respectively, in write-downs of inventory.  During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2014, the Company recorded $0.6 million and $1.1 million, respectively, in write-downs of inventory.