SEGMENT REPORTING (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2018

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule Of Revenue From External Customers Geographic Areas [Table Text Block]

Domestic and international sales from continuing operations are as follows in millions of dollars:

	Years Ended January 31,
	2018				2017				2016
Domestic	$	50.45	52.55	%	$	46.54	54.00	%	$	56.54	56.74	%
International	$	45.54	47.45	%	$	39.64	46.00	%	$	43.11	43.26	%
Total	$	95.99	100.00	%	$	86.18	100.00	%	$	99.65	100.00	%

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets, by Geographical Areas [Table Text Block]

The table below represents information about reported segments for the years noted therein:

	Year Ended January 31,
	2018		2017		2016
	(in 000’s)
USA	$	54.79	$	50.46	$	60.33
Other foreign		18.61		15.17		13.32
Europe (UK)		9.11		8.97		14.53
Mexico		3.87		3.27		3.65
China		52.63		40.64		50.32
Corporate		1.60		1.76		1.71
Less intersegment sales		(44.62)		(34.09)		(44.21)
Consolidated sales	$	95.99	$	86.18	$	99.65
External Sales from continuing operations:
USA	$	50.45	$	46.54	$	56.54
Other foreign		16.87		14.20		12.85
Europe (UK)		9.07		8.97		14.52
Mexico		2.48		1.66		1.61
China		17.12		14.81		14.13
Consolidated external sales	$	95.99	$	86.18	$	99.65
Intersegment Sales from continuing operations:
USA	$	4.34	$	3.92	$	3.79
Other foreign		1.74		0.97		0.47
Europe (UK)		0.04		—		0.01
Mexico		1.39		1.61		2.04
China		35.51		25.83		36.19
Corporate		1.60		1.76		1.71
Consolidated intersegment sales	$	44.62	$	34.09	$	44.21

	Year Ended January 31,
	2018		2017		2016
	(in 000’s)
Operating Profit (Loss) from continuing operations:
USA	$	10.15	$	8.09	$	11.38
Other foreign		2.54		1.55		(0.12)
Europe (UK)		0.16		0.34		2.65
Mexico		(0.02)		(0.02)		0.04
China		3.28		4.09		4.69
Corporate		(7.69)		(7.35)		(6.65)
Less intersegment profit		0.06		0.15		(0.18)
Consolidated operating profit (loss)		8.48	$	6.85	$	11.81
Depreciation and Amortization Expense from continuing operations:
USA	$	0.12	$	0.15	$	0.15
Other foreign		0.15		0.15		0.06
Europe (UK)		0.01		—		0.02
Mexico		0.11		0.12		0.12
China		0.25		0.25		0.38
Corporate		0.18		0.57		0.43
Less intersegment		(0.05)		(0.05)		(0.17)
Consolidated depreciation and amortization expense	$	0.77	$	1.19	$	0.99
Interest Expense from continuing operations:
Other foreign	$	0.05	$	0.10	$	0.13
Europe (UK)		0.01		0.01		0.02
China		—		0.12		0.14
Corporate		0.10		0.39		0.50
Consolidated interest expense	$	0.16	$	0.62	$	0.79
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) from continuing operations:
USA (shown in Corporate)		—		—		—
Other foreign	$	0.67	$	0.23	$	0.21
Europe (UK)		0.05		0.14		0.49
Mexico		—		0.08		(0.21)
China		0.60		1.11		1.11
Corporate		6.58		0.80		1.56
Less intersegment		0.00		0.02		(0.04)
Consolidated income tax expense (benefit)	$	7.90	$	2.38	$	3.12

	Year Ended January 31,
	2018		2017		2016
	(in 000’s)
Total Assets: *
USA	$	67.02	$	56.34
Other foreign		20.30		18.16
Europe (UK)		4.63		3.61
Mexico		4.69		3.99
China		31.59		30.54
India		(0.85)		(1.36)
Corporate		22.27		26.00
Less intersegment		(55.12)		(52.73)
Consolidated assets	$	94.53	$	84.55
Total Assets Less Intersegment:*
USA	$	33.16	$	30.94
Other foreign		12.61		10.17
Europe (UK)		4.63		3.58
Mexico		4.84		4.07
China		16.97		18.44
India		0.98		0.43
Corporate		21.34		16.92
Consolidated assets	$	94.53	$	84.55
Property and Equipment (excluding assets held for sale at $0.2 million):
USA	$	1.99	$	2.09
Other foreign		1.50		1.55
Europe (UK)		0.03		0.03
Mexico		1.99		2.05
China		1.92		2.05
India		0.15		0.03
Corporate		1.18		0.75
Less intersegment		0.03		(0.02)
Consolidated long-lived assets	$	8.79	$	8.53
Capital Expenditures:
USA	$	0.03	$	0.04	$	0.06
Other foreign		—		0.01		0.08
Europe (UK)		—		—		—
Mexico		0.06		0.05		0.04
China		0.12		0.06		0.16
India		0.14		0.02		—
Corporate		0.56		0.23		0.50
Consolidated capital expenditure	$	0.91	$	0.41	$	0.84
Goodwill:
USA	$	0.87	$	0.87
Consolidated goodwill	$	0.87	$	0.87

* Negative assets reflect intersegment amounts eliminated in consolidation