Property, Plant and Equipment (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2015

Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

Property, Plant, and Equipment

Following is a summary of property, plant and equipment:



	2015			2014
	(In thousands)
Land	$	16,004		$	15,116
Building and structures	122,539			117,765
Machinery and equipment	184,921			175,955
Furniture, fixtures, software and computers	21,716			20,497
Automotive equipment	2,351			2,429
Construction in progress	12,193			8,277
	359,724			340,039
Less accumulated depreciation	(163,141		)	(142,400		)
Net property, plant, and equipment	$	196,583		$	197,639

Depreciation expense was $28.1 million, $25.1 million, and $19.4 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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