XML 48 R10.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v2.4.0.6
Restructuring
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Restructuring  
Restructuring

Note 3: Restructuring

        In the second quarter of fiscal year 2010, the Company initiated the first phase of a plan to restructure the Film and Electrolytic Business Group ("Film and Electrolytic") and to reduce overhead within the Company as a whole. The restructuring plan includes implementing programs to make the Company more competitive, removing excess capacity, moving production to lower cost locations and eliminating unnecessary costs throughout the Company.

        A summary of the expenses aggregated on the Consolidated Statements of Operations line item "Restructuring charges" in the fiscal years ended March 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, is as follows (amounts in thousands):

 
  Fiscal Years Ended March 31,  
 
  2012   2011   2010  

Manufacturing relocation costs

  $ 1,920   $ 5,974   $ 1,559  

Personnel reduction costs

    12,334     1,197     7,639  
               

Restructuring charges

  $ 14,254   $ 7,171   $ 9,198  
               

Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2012

        Restructuring charges in fiscal year 2012 are primarily comprised of termination benefits of $6.1 million related to facility closures in Italy that will commence during fiscal year 2013 and charges of $4.5 million were incurred by the Company to participate in a plan to save labor costs whereby a company may temporarily "lay off" employees while the government continues to pay their wages for a certain period of time. The program is called Cassia Integrazione Guadagni Straordinaria ("CIGS"). The employees who are in CIGS are not working, but are still employed by the Company. Only employees that are not classified as management or executive level personnel can participate in the CIGS program. Upon termination of the plan, the affected employees return to work. These charges are a continuation of the Company's efforts to restructure its manufacturing operations within Europe, primarily within Film and Electrolytic. Construction has commenced on a new manufacturing facility in Pontecchio, Italy, that will allow for the closure and consolidation of multiple manufacturing operations located in Italy. In addition, the Company incurred $1.7 million in personnel reduction costs primarily due to headcount reductions in the Mexican operations of Tantalum. In addition to these personnel reduction costs, the Company incurred manufacturing relocation costs of $1.9 million for the relocation of equipment to China and Mexico.

Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2011

        Restructuring charges in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 are primarily comprised of manufacturing relocation costs of $6.0 million for relocation of equipment from various plants to Mexico and China as well as relocation of the European distribution center. In addition, the Company incurred $1.2 million in personnel reduction costs related to the following: headcount reductions in Italy, $0.8 million; the closure of our Nantong, China plant expected to be completed in the third quarter of fiscal year 2013, $0.6 million; and $1.5 million related to the Company's initiative to reduce overhead within the Company as a whole and headcount reductions in Mexico. These personnel reduction charges were offset by a $1.7 million reversal of prior expenses primarily associated with the Cassia Integrazione Guadagni Straordinaria ("CIGS") plan (see above for a description of this program) as it was determined that only 107 employees participated in the program.

Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2010

        In fiscal year 2010, the Company initiated the first phase of a restructuring plan to restructure Film and Electrolytic and to reduce overhead within the Company as a whole. Restructuring expense in fiscal year 2010 relates to this new plan and is primarily comprised of a headcount reduction of 57 employees in Finland, a headcount reduction of 32 employees in Portugal and a headcount reduction of 85 employees in Italy. There were also several headcount reductions at the executive level related to the Company's initiative to reduce overhead within the Company as a whole. In addition to the headcount reduction in Portugal, the Company incurred charges related to the relocation of equipment from Portugal to Mexico. Machinery not used for production in Portugal and not relocated to Mexico was disposed of and as such the Company recorded an impairment charge of $0.7 million to write down the equipment to scrap value. Overall, the Company incurred charges of $1.6 million related to the relocation of equipment to Mexico from Portugal and various other locations. The restructuring plan includes implementing programs to make the Company more competitive, removing excess capacity, moving production to lower cost locations, and eliminating unnecessary costs throughout the Company. Restructuring charges of $9.2 million were incurred in fiscal year 2010. Restructuring payments in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 primarily related to a plan that was initiated in the second quarter of fiscal year 2009 to reduce the workforce in Film and Electrolytic and to negotiate agreements with the labor unions representing employees at the Company's facilities in Italy. Restructuring expenses related to this plan were incurred in fiscal year 2009. The agreements with the labor unions allowed the Company to place up to 260 workers, on a rotation basis, on the CIGS plan to save labor costs. Total expenses incurred in fiscal year 2010 related to this plan were $5.2 million.

        A reconciliation of the beginning and ending liability balances for restructuring charges included in the line items "Accrued expenses" and "Other non-current obligations" on the Consolidated Balance Sheets were as follows (amounts in thousands):

 
  Personnel
Reductions
  Manufacturing
Relocations
 

Balance at March 31, 2009

  $ 7,893   $  

Costs charged to expense

   
7,639
   
1,559
 

Costs paid or settled

    (7,343 )   (1,559 )

Change in foreign exchange

    209      
           

Balance at March 31, 2010

    8,398      

Costs charged to expense

   
1,197
   
5,974
 

Costs paid or settled

    (7,936 )   (5,974 )

Change in foreign exchange

    168      
           

Balance at March 31, 2011

    1,827      

Costs charged to expense

   
12,334
   
1,920
 

Costs paid or settled

    (2,592 )   (1,920 )

Change in foreign exchange

    (95 )    
           

Balance at March 31, 2012

  $ 11,474   $