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PURCHASED INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2018
PURCHASED INTANGIBLE ASSETS |
Schedule of Company's purchased intangible assets, Other than goodwill |
|  |  |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |
|  | Estimated Useful Life |  | Gross Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Amount |  | Net Amount |
Trade names - |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
GPS / TRC |  | 15 years |  | $ | 8,142 |  | $ | 3,357 |  | $ | 4,785 |  | $ | 5,328 |
SMC |  | indefinite |  | 181 |  | — |  | 181 |  | 181 |
Process certifications - |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
TRC |  | 7 years |  | 1,897 |  | 587 |  | 1,310 |  | 1,581 |
Customer relationships - |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
TRC/APC |  | 4-10 years |  | 1,346 |  | 473 |  | 873 |  | 1,072 |
Other intangibles |  | various |  | 46 |  | 46 |  | — |  | 19 |
Totals |  |  |  | $ | 11,612 |  | $ | 4,463 |  | $ | 7,149 |  | $ | 8,181 |
Schedule of expected amortization expense | The future amounts of amortization expense related to intangibles are presented below for the years ending January 31,:
2019 |  | $ | 1,013 |
2020 |  | 954 |
2021 |  | 905 |
2022 |  | 870 |
2023 |  | 617 |
Thereafter |  | 2,609 |
Total |  | $ | 6,968 |

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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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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the amount of amortization expense expected to be recorded in succeeding fiscal years for finite-lived intangible assets. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66006027&loc=d3e16323-109275 + Details
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