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Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Segment Information

Schedule of business segment information

We have two reporting segments:  Biological Indicators and Instruments.  The following tables set forth our segment information (in thousands):

		Three months ended September 30, 2013									Three months ended September 30, 2012
		Biological Indicators			Instruments			Total			Biological Indicators			Instruments			Total
Revenues		$	6,010		$	6,666		$	12,676		$	5,320		$	6,386		$	11,706
Gross profit		$	3,482		$	4,118		$	7,600		$	3,063		$	4,185		$	7,248
Selling expenses		556			863			1,419			414			658			1,072
		$	2,926		$	3,255		6,181			$	2,649		$	3,527		6,176
Reconciling items (1)								(3,243		)							(2,724		)
Earnings before income taxes								$	2,938								$	3,452

		Six months ended September 30, 2013									Six months ended September 30, 2012
		Biological Indicators			Instruments			Total			Biological Indicators			Instruments			Total
Revenues		$	10,864		$	13,030		$	23,894		$	10,438		$	11,828		$	22,266
Gross profit		$	6,043		$	8,354		$	14,397		$	5,956		$	7,748		$	13,704
Selling expenses		946			1,556			2,502			780			1,294			2,074
		$	5,097		$	6,798		11,895			$	5,176		$	6,454		11,630
Reconciling items (1)								(5,942		)							(4,992		)
Earnings before income taxes								$	5,953								$	6,638

(1) Reconciling items include general and administrative, research and development, and other expenses.

Schedule of reconciliation of total assets by reportable segment to total consolidated assets

		September 30, 2013			March 31, 2013
Total assets
Biological Indicators		$	24,479		$	27,558
Instruments		35,887			31,782
Corporate and administrative		5,421			6,579
		$	65,787		$	65,919

Schedule of revenues from external customers based upon locations to which product is shipped or exported

Revenues from external customers are attributed to individual countries based upon locations to which the product is shipped or exported, as follows (in thousands):

		Three months ended September 30,						Six months ended September 30,
		2013			2012			2013			2012
Net revenues from unaffiliated customers:
United States		$	7,794		$	7,121		$	13,824		$	13,491
Foreign		4,882			4,585			10,070			8,775
		$	12,676		$	11,706		$	23,894		$	22,266

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