PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Mar. 28, 2015

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and equipment consisted of the following:



(In thousands)	March 28, 2015			March 29, 2014
Land	$	9,468		$	7,168
Building and building improvements	118,384			83,439
Plant equipment and machinery	220,793			236,539
Office equipment and information technology	118,810			111,925
Haemonetics equipment	264,307			262,784
Total	731,762			701,855
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization	(409,814		)	(430,418		)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	321,948		$	271,437

Depreciation expense was $52.6 million, $52.6 million, and $43.4 million for fiscal 2015, 2014, and 2013, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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