Significant accounting policies Accumulated other comprehensive loss (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Accumulated other comprehensive loss [Abstract]

Accumulated other comprehensive loss [Table Text Block]

	2015			2014
Equity adjustment foreign currency		($2,208	)		($1,722	)
Minimum pension liability, gross	(2,303)			(3,124)
Marketable security, gross	118			0
Interest rate swap, gross	0			(119)
Subtotal excluding tax effect	(4,393)			(4,965)
Tax effect of foreign exchange	(69)			(74)
Tax effect of minimum pension liability	482			481
Tax effect of interest rate swap	0			28
Total other comprehensive loss	($3,980)			($4,530)