Write Down of Long-Lived Assets	9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Impairment Charges
Write Down of Long-Lived Assets	Write Down of Long-Lived Assets The Company is in the process of restructuring its Evora, Portugal manufacturing operations, which is expected to be completed during the quarter ending June 30, 2014. As a part of the ongoing restructuring activities, the Company has moved certain Tantalum manufacturing operations from the Evora, Portugal facility to a manufacturing facility in Mexico and the remaining Tantalum equipment in Portugal will be disposed. During the third quarter of fiscal year 2013, the Company incurred impairment charges totaling $3.1 million related to the Solid Capacitors Business Group (“Solid Capacitors”). In the third quarter of fiscal year 2014 the Company incurred $2.8 million in additional impairment charges due to a decrease in forecasted revenues as capacity has been moved to a manufacturing facility in Mexico. The Company used an income approach to estimate the fair value of the assets to be disposed. In addition, during the third quarter of fiscal year 2014, the Company incurred impairment charges totaling $0.6 million related to the Film and Electrolytic Business Group (“Film and Electrolytic”) which were related to idle manufacturing equipment in a manufacturing facility in Italy. The impairment charges are recorded on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations line item “Write down of long-lived assets” in the three and nine month periods ended December 31, 2013 and 2012. During the second quarter of fiscal year 2013, in connection with the consolidation of two manufacturing facilities within Italy, the Company incurred impairment charges totaling $4.2 million related to Film and Electrolytic. The Company obtained appraisals for each of these facilities indicating a decrease in market price, and therefore, the carrying amounts for these manufacturing facilities were reviewed for recoverability. It was determined that the carrying amounts of the manufacturing facilities were not recoverable since they exceeded the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from their use and eventual disposition of the asset (asset group). The impairment was measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of a long-lived asset (asset group) exceeded its fair value. The Company utilized the market approach to estimate fair value of the long-lived asset group. The impairment charge is recorded on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations line item “Write down of long-lived assets” in the nine month period ended December 31, 2012.

Write Down of Long-Lived Assets

The Company is in the process of restructuring its Evora, Portugal manufacturing operations, which is expected to be completed during the quarter ending June 30, 2014. As a part of the ongoing restructuring activities, the Company has moved certain Tantalum manufacturing operations from the Evora, Portugal facility to a manufacturing facility in Mexico and the remaining Tantalum equipment in Portugal will be disposed. During the third quarter of fiscal year 2013, the Company incurred impairment charges totaling $3.1 million related to the Solid Capacitors Business Group (“Solid Capacitors”). In the third quarter of fiscal year 2014 the Company incurred $2.8 million in additional impairment charges due to a decrease in forecasted revenues as capacity has been moved to a manufacturing facility in Mexico. The Company used an income approach to estimate the fair value of the assets to be disposed. In addition, during the third quarter of fiscal year 2014, the Company incurred impairment charges totaling $0.6 million related to the Film and Electrolytic Business Group (“Film and Electrolytic”) which were related to idle manufacturing equipment in a manufacturing facility in Italy. The impairment charges are recorded on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations line item “Write down of long-lived assets” in the three and nine month periods ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.

During the second quarter of fiscal year 2013, in connection with the consolidation of two manufacturing facilities within Italy, the Company incurred impairment charges totaling $4.2 million related to Film and Electrolytic. The Company obtained appraisals for each of these facilities indicating a decrease in market price, and therefore, the carrying amounts for these manufacturing facilities were reviewed for recoverability. It was determined that the carrying amounts of the manufacturing facilities were not recoverable since they exceeded the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from their use and eventual disposition of the asset (asset group). The impairment was measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of a long-lived asset (asset group) exceeded its fair value. The Company utilized the market approach to estimate fair value of the long-lived asset group. The impairment charge is recorded on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations line item “Write down of long-lived assets” in the nine month period ended December 31, 2012.