Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2015

Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

NOTE 3 – PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment at January 31, at cost, consisted of the following (in thousands):

	As of January 31,
	2015		2014
Land and buildings	$	2,000	$	1,682
Furniture and equipment		66,414		62,028
Computer software		28,968		28,585
Leasehold improvements		30,905		28,898
Design fees and tooling costs		2,559		3,182
		130,846		124,375
Less: accumulated depreciation		84,173		76,579
	$	46,673	$	47,796

Depreciation and amortization expense from operations related to property, plant and equipment for fiscal 2015, 2014 and 2013 was $11.9 million, $11.8 million and $10.0 million, respectively, which includes computer software amortization expense for fiscal 2015, 2014 and 2013 of $3.0 million, $3.8 million and $3.2 million, 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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