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Segment information | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2015
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment information | Note 8 - Segment information The Company aggregates operating divisions into operating segments which have similar economic characteristics and divisions are similar in the majority of the following areas: (1) the nature of the product and services; (2) the nature of the production process; (3) the type or class of customer for their products and services; (4) the methods used to distribute their products or services; (5) if applicable, the nature of the regulatory environment. The Company currently has three segments - RF Connector and Cable Assembly, Custom Cabling Manufacturing and Assembly, and Medical Cabling and Interconnector based upon this evaluation. The RF Connector and Cable Assembly segment and the Custom Cabling Manufacturing and Assembly segment currently are each comprised of two divisions, whereas the Medical Cabling and Interconnector segment is comprised of one division. The four divisions that meet the quantitative thresholds for segment reporting are Connector and Cable Assembly, Cables Unlimited, Comnet and Bioconnect. The other division aggregated into the RF Connector and Cable Assembly segment has similar products that are marketed to their respective customer base and production and product development processes that are similar in nature. The specific customers are different for each division; however, there is some overlapping of product sales to them. The methods used to distribute products are similar within each division aggregated. Management identifies the Company’s segments based on strategic business units that are, in turn, based along market lines. These strategic business units offer products and services to different markets in accordance with their customer base and product usage. For segment reporting purposes, the Company (i) aggregates the Connector and Cable Assembly division and the Aviel division into the RF Connector and Cable Assembly segment; (ii) aggregates the Cables Unlimited and Comnet subsidiaries into the Custom Cabling Manufacturing and Assembly segment; and (iii) has defined the Bioconnect Division as the Medical Cabling and Interconnector segment. In its operation of the business, management, including our chief operating decision maker, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, reviews certain financial information, including segmented profit and loss statements before taxes, depreciation and amortization to evaluate performance of individual operating segments. The segment information in this note is reported on that basis. Substantially all of the Company’s operations are conducted in the United States; however, the Company derives a portion of its revenue from export sales. The Company attributes sales to geographic areas based on the location of the customers. The following table presents the sales of the Company by geographic area for the three and six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):
|  | Three Months Ended April 30, |  | Six Months Ended April 30, |
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
United States |  |  | 7,719 |  | $ | 5,314 |  | $ | 14,314 |  | $ | 10,762 |
Foreign Countries: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Canada |  |  | 112 |  |  | 107 |  |  | 226 |  |  | 209 |
Israel |  |  | 135 |  |  | 157 |  |  | 188 |  |  | 222 |
Mexico |  |  | 95 |  |  | 136 |  |  | 189 |  |  | 258 |
All Other |  |  | 15 |  |  | 50 |  |  | 52 |  |  | 163 |
|  |  | 357 |  |  | 450 |  |  | 655 |  |  | 852 |
Totals |  | $ | 8,076 |  | $ | 5,764 |  | $ | 14,969 |  | $ | 11,614 |
Net sales, income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes and other related segment information for the three months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014 are as follows (in thousands):
|  | RF Connector |  | Custom Cabling |  | Medical |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | and |  | Manufacturing and |  | Cabling and |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Cable Assembly |  | Assembly |  | Interconnector |  | Corporate |  | Total |
2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  | $ | 3,339 |  | $ | 4,252 |  | $ | 485 |  |  |  |  | $ | 8,076 |
Income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes |  |  | 448 |  |  | 145 |  |  | 130 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 733 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 41 |  |  | 153 |  |  | 5 |  |  |  |  |  | 199 |
2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  | $ | 3,312 |  | $ | 1,740 |  | $ | 712 |  | $ | - |  | $ | 5,764 |
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes |  |  | 590 |  |  | (19) |  |  | 193 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 770 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 47 |  |  | 91 |  |  | 7 |  |  | - |  |  | 145 |
Net sales, income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes and other related segment information for the six months ended April 30, 2015 and 2014 are as follows (in thousands):
|  | RF Connector |  | Custom Cabling |  | Medical |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | and |  | Manufacturing and |  | Cabling and |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Cable Assembly |  | Assembly |  | Interconnector |  | Corporate |  | Total |
2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  | $ | 6,040 |  | $ | 7,869 |  | $ | 1,060 |  | $ | - |  | $ | 14,969 |
Income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes |  |  | 404 |  |  | 69 |  |  | 276 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 764 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 82 |  |  | 297 |  |  | 10 |  |  | - |  |  | 389 |
2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  | $ | 6,284 |  | $ | 3,867 |  | $ | 1,463 |  | $ | - |  | $ | 11,614 |
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes |  |  | 958 |  |  | (186) |  |  | 333 |  |  | 11 |  |  | 1,116 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 96 |  |  | 183 |  |  | 15 |  |  | - |  |  | 294 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 29 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8864-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8933-108599 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 26 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8844-108599 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8538-108599 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8380-108599 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 34 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8981-108599 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8984-108599 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9038-108599 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8906-108599 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 42 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9054-108599 Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 31 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8924-108599 Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 40 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9031-108599 Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 33 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8971-108599 Reference 14: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8595-108599 + Details
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