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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail)					3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 06, 2024 USD ($)	May 06, 2024 EUR (€)	May 04, 2024	Aug. 04, 2022 USD ($) a ft²	Jan. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2023 USD ($)	May 06, 2024 EUR (€)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred						$ 19,109,000	$ 0	$ 17,034,000
Area of Land | ft²				34,460
Goodwill					$ 14,515,000	14,515,000	14,633,000
Goodwill impairment charges						13,403,000	0	0
MTEX New Solutions, S.A. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price of acquisition	$ 18,700,000	€ 17,268,345
Date of acquisition agreement			May 04, 2024
Closing date of acquisition	May 06, 2024	May 06, 2024
Potential earn-out payments	$ 0
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	100.00%								100.00%
Goodwill					$ 14,300,000	$ 14,300,000
MTEX New Solutions, S.A. [Member] | Measurement Input Royalty Rate [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair Value Of Intangible Assets Measurement Input	0.0075								0.0075
MTEX New Solutions, S.A. [Member] | Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair Value Of Intangible Assets Measurement Input	0.155				0.155	0.155			0.155
MTEX New Solutions, S.A. [Member] | Fiscal Year 2025
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Potential earn-out payments	$ 1,100,000								€ 1,000,000
MTEX New Solutions, S.A. [Member] | Fiscal Year 2026
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Potential earn-out payments	1,600,000								1,500,000
MTEX New Solutions, S.A. [Member] | Fiscal Year 2027
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Potential earn-out payments	1,600,000								1,500,000
MTEX New Solutions, S.A. [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Additional amount retained to secure indemnification obligations	800,000	€ 731,655
Potential earn-out payments	$ 4,400,000								€ 4,000,000
MTEX New Solutions, S.A. [Member] | General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs						$ 1,200,000
Agreement With Astro Machine For Asset Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price of acquisition				$ 15,600,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred				$ 17,100,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross				100.00%
Payments to Acquire Additional Interest in Subsidiaries				$ 1,500,000
Number of acre of land | a				1.26
Goodwill				$ 2,730,000	$ 2,700,000	2,700,000
Agreement With Astro Machine For Asset Acquisitions [Member] | Measurement Input Royalty Rate [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair Value Of Intangible Assets Measurement Input				0.0075
Agreement With Astro Machine For Asset Acquisitions [Member] | Measurement Input Customer Attrition Rate [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair Value Of Intangible Assets Measurement Input				0.18
Agreement With Astro Machine For Asset Acquisitions [Member] | Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair Value Of Intangible Assets Measurement Input				0.19
Agreement With Astro Machine For Asset Acquisitions [Member] | General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs								700,000
PI [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill					9,993,000	9,993,000	10,111,000
Goodwill impairment charges						13,403,000	$ 0	$ 0
PI [Member] | MTEX New Solutions, S.A. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill					14,300,000	$ 14,300,000
Goodwill impairment charges					$ 13,400,000

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