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Business segment reporting (Details) - Segments | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2018 | Jul. 31, 2018
Segment reporting |  |
Number of reportable segments | 1 |
Piping Systems [Member] |  |
Segment reporting |  |
Segment reporting information, description of Products and Services |  | Piping Systems engineers, designs, manufactures and sells specialty piping, leak detection and location systems

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- Definition Description of the types of products and services from which the reportable segment derives its revenue. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 21 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8721-108599 + Details
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