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Segment Information | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 28, 2015
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Business Segment Data | Business Segment Data The Company has four reporting segments: Architectural Glass, Architectural Services, Architectural Framing Systems and Large-Scale Optical (LSO). The Architectural Glass segment fabricates glass used in customized window and wall systems comprising the outside skin of commercial and institutional buildings. The Architectural Services segment designs, engineers, fabricates and installs the walls of glass, and windows and other curtainwall products making up the outside skin of commercial and institutional buildings for new construction and renovation. The Architectural Framing Systems segment designs, engineers, fabricates and finishes the aluminum frames used in customized aluminum and glass window, curtainwall, storefront and entrance systems comprising the outside skin and entrances of commercial and institutional buildings. The Company has aggregated four operating segments into the Architectural Framing Systems reporting segment based upon their similar products, customers, distribution methods, production processes and economic characteristics. The LSO segment manufactures value-added glass and acrylic products for the custom picture framing market. The following table presents certain data for the Company's four reporting segments, and consolidated data, for fiscal 2015, 2014 and 2013.
(In thousands) | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Net Sales |  |  |  |  |
Architectural glass | $ | 346,471 |  |  | $ | 293,810 |  |  | $ | 266,456 |
Architectural services | 230,650 |  |  | 203,351 |  |  | 186,570 |
Architectural framing systems | 298,395 |  |  | 216,059 |  |  | 191,137 |
Large-scale optical | 87,693 |  |  | 81,127 |  |  | 79,947 |
Intersegment elimination | (29,273 | ) |  | (22,902 | ) |  | (23,886 | )
Total | $ | 933,936 |  |  | $ | 771,445 |  |  | $ | 700,224 |
Operating Income (Loss) |  |  |  |  |
Architectural glass | $ | 16,431 |  |  | $ | 3,861 |  |  | $ | (4,391 | )
Architectural services | 7,442 |  |  | 4,479 |  |  | (1,008 | )
Architectural framing systems | 21,808 |  |  | 14,930 |  |  | 14,584 |
Large-scale optical | 21,954 |  |  | 21,252 |  |  | 20,993 |
Corporate and other | (4,050 | ) |  | (4,237 | ) |  | (2,759 | )
Total | $ | 63,585 |  |  | $ | 40,285 |  |  | $ | 27,419 |
Depreciation and Amortization |  |  |  |  |
Architectural glass | $ | 12,897 |  |  | $ | 11,624 |  |  | $ | 12,230 |
Architectural services | 1,375 |  |  | 1,421 |  |  | 844 |
Architectural framing systems | 8,001 |  |  | 6,436 |  |  | 6,477 |
Large-scale optical | 4,817 |  |  | 4,861 |  |  | 4,634 |
Corporate and other | 2,333 |  |  | 2,208 |  |  | 2,344 |
Total | $ | 29,423 |  |  | $ | 26,550 |  |  | $ | 26,529 |
Capital Expenditures |  |  |  |  |
Architectural glass | $ | 12,307 |  |  | $ | 31,568 |  |  | $ | 17,373 |
Architectural services | 595 |  |  | 1,195 |  |  | 3,939 |
Architectural framing systems | 9,238 |  |  | 7,008 |  |  | 8,151 |
Large-scale optical | 3,500 |  |  | 546 |  |  | 2,792 |
Corporate and other | 1,580 |  |  | 1,535 |  |  | 2,409 |
Total | $ | 27,220 |  |  | $ | 41,852 |  |  | $ | 34,664 |
Identifiable Assets(1) |  |  |  |  |
Architectural glass | $ | 223,525 |  |  | $ | 209,102 |  |  | $ | 183,794 |
Architectural services | 68,930 |  |  | 66,567 |  |  | 54,696 |
Architectural framing systems | 190,106 |  |  | 186,520 |  |  | 113,943 |
Large-scale optical | 60,356 |  |  | 58,102 |  |  | 59,348 |
Corporate and other | 69,140 |  |  | 49,704 |  |  | 112,998 |
Total | $ | 612,057 |  |  | $ | 569,995 |  |  | $ | 524,779 |
(1) | During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, the Company changed its method of accounting for those inventories which were accounted for under the LIFO method to the FIFO method. See Note 1 for discussion of this accounting change and its related impact.
Due to the varying combinations and integration of individual window, storefront and curtainwall systems, the Company has determined that it is impractical to report product revenues generated by class of product, beyond the segment revenues currently reported. The following table presents net sales, based on the location in which the sale originated, and long-lived assets, representing property, plant and equipment, net of related depreciation, by geographic region.
(In thousands) | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Net Sales |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 847,887 |  |  | $ | 718,881 |  |  | $ | 668,243 |
Canada | 50,807 |  |  | 15,850 |  |  | — |
Brazil | 35,242 |  |  | 36,714 |  |  | 31,981 |
Total | $ | 933,936 |  |  | $ | 771,445 |  |  | $ | 700,224 |
Long-Lived Assets |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 178,048 |  |  | $ | 177,378 |  |  | $ | 160,337 |
Canada | 8,214 |  |  | 9,031 |  |  | — |
Brazil | 7,278 |  |  | 7,537 |  |  | 8,611 |
Total | $ | 193,540 |  |  | $ | 193,946 |  |  | $ | 168,948 |
Apogee's export net sales from U.S. operations of $72.7 million for fiscal 2015 were approximately 8 percent of consolidated net sales; export net sales of $52.5 million for fiscal 2014 were approximately 7 percent of consolidated net sales; and export sales of $63.5 million for fiscal 2013 were approximately 9 percent of consolidated net sales. All sales from Canada and Brazil were to customers outside the United States, and are subject to changes in the value of foreign currencies in relation to our reporting currency, the U.S. dollar. No single customer, including government agencies, accounts for 10 percent or more of consolidated net sales. Segment operating income is equal to net sales less cost of sales and operating expenses. Operating income does not include provision for interest expense or income taxes. Corporate and other includes miscellaneous corporate activity not allocable to business segments. Included in the identifiable assets for Corporate and other are the short- and long-term available-for-sale securities at Prism of $11.0 million in fiscal 2015 and $11.5 million in fiscal 2014. Also included are short- and long-term restricted investments at corporate of $2.5 million in fiscal 2014.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 29 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8864-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8933-108599 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 26 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8844-108599 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8538-108599 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8380-108599 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 34 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8981-108599 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8984-108599 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9038-108599 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8906-108599 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 42 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9054-108599 Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 31 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8924-108599 Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 40 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9031-108599 Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 33 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8971-108599 Reference 14: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8595-108599 + Details
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