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Segment information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2017
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Sales by Geographic Area | The following table presents the sales of the Company by geographic area for the years ended October 31, 2017 and 2016 (in thousands):
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
United States |  | $ | 30,232 |  | $ | 29,257 |
Foreign Countries: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Canada |  |  | 483 |  |  | 509 |
Israel |  |  | - |  |  | 63 |
Mexico |  |  | 78 |  |  | 234 |
All Other |  |  | 171 |  |  | 178 |
|  |  | 732 |  |  | 984 |
Totals |  | $ | 30,964 |  | $ | 30,241 |
Net Sales, Income (Loss) Before Provision for Income Taxes and Other Related Segment Information | Net sales, income (loss) from continuing operations before provision (benefit) for income taxes and other related segment information for the years ended October 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows (in thousands):
|  | RF Connector |  | Custom Cabling |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | and |  | Manufacturing and |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Cable Assembly |  | Assembly |  | Corporate |  | Total |
2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  | $ | 11,456 |  | $ | 19,508 |  | $ | - |  | $ | 30,964 |
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision (benefit) for income taxes |  |  | 382 |  |  | (11) |  |  | 29 |  |  | 400 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 177 |  |  | 700 |  |  | - |  |  | 877 |
Total assets |  |  | 6,297 |  |  | 11,910 |  |  | 6,853 |  |  | 25,060 |
2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  | $ | 9,352 |  | $ | 20,889 |  | $ | - |  | $ | 30,241 |
Loss from continuing operations before provision (benefit) for income taxes |  |  | (1,358) |  |  | (3,232) |  |  | (93) |  |  | (4,683) |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 194 |  |  | 842 |  |  | - |  |  | 1,036 |
Total assets |  |  | 5,902 |  |  | 13,100 |  |  | 6,835 |  |  | 25,837 |

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