Business and segment information Segment information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Segment information was as follows:



	2015	2014
Net sales
Piping Systems	$122,696	$126,923
Gross profit
Piping Systems	$26,741	$30,774
Income (loss) from operations
Piping Systems	$10,537	$12,740
Corporate	(7,659)	(6,893)
Total income from operations	$2,878	$5,847

Segment assets
Piping Systems	$112,161	$99,065
Corporate	10,229	7,533
Total segment assets	$122,390	$106,598
Capital expenditures
Piping Systems	$4,762	$3,953
Corporate	289	485
Total capital expenditures	$5,051	$4,438
Depreciation and amortization
Piping Systems	$3,735	$3,635
Corporate	469	552
Total depreciation and amortization	$4,204	$4,187

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 52% in 2015 compared to 50% in 2014. 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.



	2015	2014
Net sales
United States	$58,707	$64,063
Middle East	60,749	50,430
Europe	73	372
Canada	2,581	3,248
India	372	5,099
Other Americas	72	3,657
Other	142	54
Total net sales	$122,696	$126,923

Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation
United States	$13,822	$12,166
Middle East	11,211	11,608
India	367	391
Total	$25,400	$24,165