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PURCHASED INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2016
PURCHASED INTANGIBLE ASSETS |
Schedule of Intangible Assets |
|  |  |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
|  | Estimated Useful Life |  | Gross Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Amount |  | Net Amount |
Trade names - |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
GPS |  | 15 years |  | $ | 3,643 |  | $ | 2,464 |  | $ | 1,179 |  | $ | 1,421 |
TRC |  | 15 years |  | 4,499 |  | 350 |  | 4,149 |  | 4,499 |
SMC |  | indefinite |  | 181 |  | — |  | 181 |  | 181 |
Process certifications - |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
TRC |  | 7 years |  | 1,897 |  | 316 |  | 1,581 |  | 1,852 |
Customer relationships - |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
TRC |  | 10 years |  | 916 |  | 107 |  | 809 |  | 901 |
APC |  | 4 years |  | 430 |  | 167 |  | 263 |  | 371 |
Other intangibles |  | various |  | 288 |  | 269 |  | 19 |  | 119 |
Totals |  |  |  | $ | 11,854 |  | $ | 3,673 |  | $ | 8,181 |  | $ | 9,344 |
Scheduled of Activity of Acquired Intangible Assets |
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
Intangible assets, beginning of year |  | $ | 11,854 |  | $ | 3,824 |
Addition - acquisition of APC |  | — |  | 543 |
Addition - acquisition of TRC |  | — |  | 7,487 |
Total intangible assets, end of year |  | 11,854 |  | 11,854 |
Accumulated amortization, beginning of year |  | 2,510 |  | 1,979 |
Amortization expense |  | 1,163 |  | 531 |
Accumulated amortization, end of year |  | 3,673 |  | 2,510 |
Intangible assets, net |  | $ | 8,181 |  | $ | 9,344 |
Schedule of Expected Amortization Expense | The future amounts of amortization expense related to intangibles are presented below for the years ending January 31:
2018 |  | $ | 1,032 |
2019 |  | 1,013 |
2020 |  | 954 |
2021 |  | 905 |
2022 |  | 870 |
Thereafter |  | 3,226 |
Total |  | $ | 8,000 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of amortizable finite-lived intangible assets, in total and by major class, including the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, and indefinite-lived intangible assets not subject to amortization, excluding goodwill, in total and by major class. A major class is composed of intangible assets that can be grouped together because they are similar, either by their nature or by their use in the operations of a company. + References No definition available. + Details
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