Segments

Segment Information

Net sales and operating income by segment for each period were as follows (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended November 30,						Nine Months Ended November 30,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
Net sales:
Energy	$	132,025		$	107,021		$	385,526		$	317,526
Metal Coatings	107,491			101,137			339,013			292,244
Total net sales	$	239,516		$	208,158		$	724,539		$	609,770

Operating income (loss):
Energy	$	11,532		$	(12,103	)	$	25,763		$	(3,029	)
Metal Coatings	18,321			21,681			65,581			66,332
Corporate	(7,084		)	(8,024		)	(27,774		)	(24,339		)
Total operating income	$	22,769		$	1,554		$	63,570		$	38,964

Asset balances by segment for each period were as follows (in thousands):



	November 30, 2018		February 28, 2018
Total assets:
Energy	$	585,807	$	554,866
Metal Coatings	436,873		460,575
Corporate	9,699		12,768
Total	$	1,032,379	$	1,028,209

In the second quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company recognized impairment charges of $0.8 million, which were classified within cost of sales in the consolidated statement of income and were related to property, plant and equipment in the Metal Coatings segment that was vacated or abandoned upon the consolidation of two galvanizing facilities in the Gulf Coast region of the United States. As part of the consolidation of facilities, the Company also recognized $0.5 million in employee severance and other disposal costs in the second quarter of fiscal 2019, which were also classified within cost of sales in the consolidated statement of income.

Financial Information About Geographical Areas

The following table presents revenues by geographic region for each period (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended November 30,				Nine Months Ended November 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Net sales:
United States	$	203,788	$	175,803	$	605,672	$	505,023
International	35,728		32,355		118,867		104,747
Total	$	239,516	$	208,158	$	724,539	$	609,770

The following table presents fixed assets by geographic region for each period (in thousands):



	November 30, 2018		February 28, 2018
Property, plant and equipment, net:
United States	$	186,696	$	194,418
Canada	16,619		18,254
Other countries	3,775		4,183
Total	$	207,090	$	216,855