Property, Plant and Equipment (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consists of the following (amounts in thousands):



	March 31, 2014		March 31, 2013
Land	$	55,624	$	47,102
Building and building improvements	411,149		396,611
Machinery and equipment	1,465,255		1,377,814
Projects in process	68,991		76,158
	2,001,019		1,897,685
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	1,469,052		1,383,141
	$	531,967	$	514,544

Depreciation expense attributed to property, plant and equipment was $89.7 million, $88.3 million and $86.4 million for the fiscal years ending March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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