Business and segment information Segment information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Segment information was as follows:



	2012		2011
Net sales
Piping Systems	$89,664		$96,977
Filtration Products	79,143		93,705
Industrial Process Cooling	37,131		32,112
Corporate and Other	6,080		10,702
Total net sales	$212,018		$233,496
Gross profit
Piping Systems	$17,020		$14,410
Filtration Products	10,474		12,466
Industrial Process Cooling	10,240		8,541
Corporate and Other	373		904
Total gross profit	$38,107		$36,321
Income (loss) from operations
Piping Systems	$3,452		$1,143
Filtration Products	(2,962	)	614
Industrial Process Cooling	1,954		810
Corporate and Other	(9,709	)	(7,630	)
Total loss from operations	$(7,265)		$(5,063)
Income (loss) before income taxes
Piping Systems	$4,838		$2,701
Filtration Products	(2,962	)	614
Industrial Process Cooling	1,954		810
Corporate and Other	(11,525	)	(9,067	)
Total loss before income taxes	$(7,695)		$(4,942)
Segment assets
Piping Systems	$83,944		$74,953
Filtration Products	52,958		55,095
Industrial Process Cooling	11,451		10,810
Corporate and Other	1,126		16,425
Total segment assets	$149,479		$157,283
Capital expenditures
Piping Systems	$4,206		$8,396
Filtration Products	995		1,449
Industrial Process Cooling	74		51
Corporate and Other	85		190
Total capital expenditures	$5,360		$10,086
Depreciation and amortization
Piping Systems	$3,344		$3,076
Filtration Products	1,750		1,734
Industrial Process Cooling	120		154
Corporate and Other	592		618
Total depreciation and amortization	$5,806		$5,582
Impairment of fixed assets
Filtration Products	$1,520		$0

Geographic information [Table Text Block]

Geographic information. Net sales are attributed to a geographic area based on the destination of the product shipment. Sales to foreign customers was 33% in 2012 compared to 30% in 2011. Long-lived assets are based on the physical location of the assets and consist of property, plant and equipment used in the generation of revenues in the geographic area.



	2012	2011
Net sales
United States	$142,454	$163,104
Middle East	24,631	12,721
Europe	19,386	20,815
Canada	11,183	6,894
India	6,318	2,259
Other Americas	3,053	22,370
Other	4,993	5,333
Total net sales	$212,018	$233,496

Long-lived assets
United States	$27,151	$30,366
Middle East	13,204	11,417
Denmark	5,065	4,623
India	981	1,436
Total long-lived assets	$46,401	$47,842

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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