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Income Taxes (Details 4) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2013
Change in net deferred income tax asset (liability)      
Balance at the beginning of the period $ 8,248,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet    
Deferred income taxes related to continuing operations (1) 2,084,000kem_DeferredIncomeTaxesRelatedToOperations    
Deferred income taxes related to other comprehensive income (1,287,000)kem_DeferredIncomeTaxesRelatedToOtherComprehensiveIncome    
Foreign currency translation (1,655,000)kem_DeferredIncomeTaxesForeignCurrencyTranslation    
Balance at the end of the period 7,390,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet 8,248,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet  
Tax expense (benefit) allocated to other comprehensive income   (300,000)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossTax  
Valuation Allowance for Deferred Tax Assets      
Annual activities included in the deferred tax valuation allowance      
Balance at the beginning of the period 189,276,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceOfDeferredTaxAssetsMember
169,270,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceOfDeferredTaxAssetsMember
149,306,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceOfDeferredTaxAssetsMember
Charge to costs and expenses (19,900,000)us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesChargedToCostAndExpense
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceOfDeferredTaxAssetsMember
(21,515,000)us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesChargedToCostAndExpense
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceOfDeferredTaxAssetsMember
(23,977,000)us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesChargedToCostAndExpense
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceOfDeferredTaxAssetsMember
Deductions (1,782,000)us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesDeductions
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceOfDeferredTaxAssetsMember
(1,509,000)us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesDeductions
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceOfDeferredTaxAssetsMember
(4,013,000)us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesDeductions
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceOfDeferredTaxAssetsMember
Balance at the end of the period $ 167,594,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceOfDeferredTaxAssetsMember
$ 189,276,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceOfDeferredTaxAssetsMember
$ 169,270,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceOfDeferredTaxAssetsMember