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Inventory (Details) - USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2015
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Non-core inventory [Abstract] |  |
Raw materials | $ 18,781,000 | $ 18,836,000
Work-in-process | 392,000 | 255,000
Finished goods | 41,342,000 | 39,828,000
Non-core inventory, gross | 60,515,000 | 58,919,000
Less allowance for excess and obsolete inventory | (2,330,000) | (2,090,000)
Total | 58,185,000 | 56,829,000
Inventory unreturned | 8,442,000 | 7,833,000
Long-term core inventory [Abstract] |  |
Used cores held at the Company's facilities | 34,712,000 | 27,417,000
Used cores expected to be returned by customers | 7,887,000 | 9,799,000
Remanufactured cores held in finished goods | 23,949,000 | 21,557,000
Remanufactured cores held at customers' locations | 136,205,000 | 130,762,000
Long-term core inventory - gross | 202,753,000 | 189,535,000
Less allowance for excess and obsolete inventory | (751,000) | (585,000)
Total | 202,002,000 | 188,950,000
Long-term core inventory deposits | $ 32,567,000 | $ 31,571,000

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