Segment information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Sales by Geographic Area

The following table presents the sales of the Company by geographic area for the three and nine months ended July 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended July 31,				Nine Months Ended July 31,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
United States	$	8,573	$	5,148	$	22,887	$	15,897
Foreign Countries:
Canada		64		91		290		310
Israel		76		65		264		287
Mexico		135		132		324		390
All Other		51		100		103		266
		326		388		981		1,253
Totals	$	8,899	$	5,536	$	23,868	$	17,150

Net Sales, Income (Loss) Before Provision for Income Taxes and Other Related Segment Information

Net sales, income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes and other related segment information for the three months ended July 31, 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	$	2,909	$	5,405	$	585	$	-	$	8,899
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes		135		(152)		151		4		138
Depreciation and amortization		49		276		5		-		330
2014
Net sales	$	3,375	$	1,497	$	664	$	-	$	5,536
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes		662		(199)		166		6		635
Depreciation and amortization		47		98		6		-		151

Net sales, income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes and other related segment information for the nine months ended July 31, 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	$	8,949	$	13,274	$	1,645	$	-	$	23,868
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes		699		(185)		369		19		902
Depreciation and amortization		131		573		15		-		719
2014
Net sales	$	9,659	$	5,364	$	2,127	$	-	$	17,150
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes		1,621		(385)		499		17		1,752
Depreciation and amortization		143		281		21		-		445