Segment and Geographic Information

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment and Geographic Information

Segment and Geographic Information

The Company is organized into two business groups: Solid Capacitors and Film and Electrolytic based primarily on product lines. Each business group is responsible for their respective manufacturing operations and research and development efforts. Beginning in fiscal year 2013, the Company did not allocate indirect Selling, general and administrative ("SG&A") and Research and Development ("R&D") expenses to the business groups to be consistent with its internal management reporting. Prior period information has been reclassified to conform to this convention. Substantially all research and development expenses are direct costs to the respective business group.

Solid Capacitors

Operating in nine manufacturing sites in the United States, Mexico, China and Portugal, Solid Capacitors primarily produces tantalum, aluminum, polymer and ceramic capacitors which are sold globally. Solid Capacitors also produces tantalum powder used in the production of tantalum capacitors and has a product innovation center in the United States.

Film and Electrolytic

Film and Electrolytic operates twelve manufacturing sites throughout Europe, Asia, Mexico and the United States and produces film, paper, and electrolytic capacitors which are sold globally. In addition, the business group has product innovation centers in the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany and Sweden.

The following tables summarize information about each segment's net sales, operating income (loss), depreciation and amortization, capitalized expenditures and total assets (amounts in thousands):

	Fiscal Years Ended March 31,
	2014			2013			2012
Net sales:
Solid Capacitors	$	626,494		$	622,305		$	630,762
Film and Electrolytic	207,172			201,598			293,290
	$	833,666		$	823,903		$	924,052
Operating income (loss)(1)(2)(3):
Solid Capacitors	$	91,848		$	94,986		$	111,769
Film and Electrolytic	(17,587		)	(31,109		)	12,347
Corporate	(92,472		)	(98,957		)	(96,033		)
Consolidated operating income (loss)	$	(18,211	)	$	(35,080	)	$	28,083
Depreciation and amortization:
Solid Capacitors	$	28,081		$	27,407		$	27,939
Film and Electrolytic	14,557			13,360			11,398
Corporate	6,889			4,391			4,064
	$	49,527		$	45,158		$	43,401
Capital expenditures:
Solid Capacitors	$	10,498		$	16,838		$	19,039
Film and Electrolytic	14,494			23,970			21,539
Corporate	7,155			5,366			8,736
	$	32,147		$	46,174		$	49,314

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(1) Restructuring charges included in Operating income (loss) were as follows (amounts in thousands):

	Fiscal Years Ended March 31,
	2014		2013		2012
Total restructuring:
Solid Capacitors	$	8,108	$	7,335	$	1,161
Film and Electrolytic.	5,657		9,621		13,093
Restructuring charges	357		1,763		—
	$	14,122	$	18,719	$	14,254

(2) Impairment charges and write downs included in Operating income (loss) were as follows (amounts in thousands):

	Fiscal Years Ended March 31,
	2014		2013		2012
Impairment and write down of long-lived assets:
Solid Capacitors	$	3,920	$	3,348	$	15,786
Film and Electrolytic	556		5,326		—
	$	4,476	$	8,674	$	15,786

(3)    (Gain) loss on sales and disposals of assets included in Operating income (loss) were as follows (amounts in thousands):

	Fiscal Years Ended March 31,
	2014			2013			2012
(Gain) loss on sales and disposals of assets:
Solid Capacitors	$	(705	)	$	(161	)	$	338
Film and Electrolytic	767			179			(20		)
Corporate	(30		)	—			—
	$	32		$	18		$	318

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	March 31,
	2014		2013
Total assets:
Solid Capacitors	$	479,377	$	525,270
Film and Electrolytic.	287,861		300,501
Corporate	76,429		85,820
	$	843,667	$	911,591

The following highlights net sales by geographic location (amounts in thousands):

	Fiscal Years Ended March 31,(1)
	2014		2013		2012
United States	$	245,032	$	228,975	$	219,785
Hong Kong	135,570		148,014		147,054
Germany	105,261		105,818		138,700
Europe (2)(3)	70,895		82,021		133,378
China	67,460		70,696		79,681
Asia Pacific (2)(3)	51,467		50,735		43,433
United Kingdom	36,085		34,188		39,512
Netherlands	33,581		24,568		19,447
Singapore	27,777		25,060		33,586
Italy	20,249		21,203		31,064
Hungary	18,332		13,554		16,206
Mexico	17,886		15,923		16,944
Other Countries (2)	4,071		3,148		5,262
	$	833,666	$	823,903	$	924,052

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(1) Revenues are attributed to countries or regions based on the location of the customer. Nets Sales to one customer exceeded 10% of total net sales as follows: $128.4 million, $127.7 million and $125.3 million in fiscal years 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Solid Capacitor sales to one customer over 10% were $115.5 million, $119.0 million and $112.3 million in fiscal years 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Film and Electrolytic sales to one customer over 10% were $12.9 million, $8.7 million and $13.0 million in fiscal years 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

(2) Excluding the specific countries listed in this table, no country included in this caption exceeded 2% of consolidated net sales for fiscal years 2014, 2013 and 2012.

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The following geographic information includes Property, plant and equipment, net, based on physical location (amounts in thousands):

	March 31,
	2014		2013
United States	$	64,754	$	71,447
Mexico	67,154		69,870
Italy	61,726		51,800
China	31,405		33,873
Portugal	23,817		28,716
Macedonia	21,044		18,724
Indonesia	6,026		7,243
Finland	2,280		2,435
United Kingdom	492		5,246
Other	13,950		14,328
	$	292,648	$	303,682