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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

9 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

5. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost. Equipment under capital leases is stated at the present value of minimum lease payments. Property, plant and equipment are summarized as follows:

			December 31, 2011				March 31, 2011				Useful Life
Production equipment and tooling		$	58,780			$	55,295				3-10 years
Building and leasehold improvements			31,127				27,192				39 to 45 years or lesser of useful life or remaining term of lease
Furniture and equipment			15,826				14,783				3-10 years
Construction-in-progress			1,220				1,880
Total			106,953				99,150
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization			(52,949	)			(48,847	)
		$	54,004			$	50,303

Total depreciation was $2,267 and $2,182 for the three months ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Total depreciation was $6,503 and $6,163 for the nine months ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Property and equipment included $70 and $56 in capital leases at December 31, 2011 and March 31, 2011, respectively.

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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