Property, Plant, and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

4. Property, Plant, and Equipment

Property, plant, and equipment consist of:


	March 31,
	2013			2012
Land, buildings, and improvements	$	206,610		$	201,038
Machinery and equipment		528,546			511,599
Construction in progress		25,139			29,779

		760,295			742,416
Less accumulated depreciation		(410,169	)		(389,201	)

Total	$	350,126		$	353,215

Depreciation expense for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 totaled $47,876, $48,532, and $43,517, respectively. Interest capitalized in connection with major construction projects amounted to $619, $797, and $1,292 for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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