Segment information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Sales by Geographic Area

The following table presents the sales of the Company by geographic area for the three and six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended April 30,				Six Months Ended April 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
United States	$	7,603	$	7,235	$	14,095	$	13,254
Foreign countries:
Canada		75		112		146		226
Israel		-		135		62		188
Mexico		52		95		149		189
All other		5		15		67		52
		132		357		424		655
Totals	$	7,735	$	7,592	$	14,519	$	13,909

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 April 30, 2016 and 2015 are as follows (in thousands): 

	RF Connector		Custom Cabling
	and		Manufacturing and
2016	Cable Assembly		Assembly		Corporate		Total
Net sales	$	2,079	$	5,656	$	-	$	7,735
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision (benefit) for income taxes		(250)		172		28		(50)
Depreciation and amortization		51		211		-		262
2015
Net sales	$	3,339	$	4,253	$	-		7,592
Income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes		459		145		10		614
Depreciation and amortization		41		153		-		194

Net sales, income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes and other related segment information for the six months ended April 30, 2016 and 2015 are as follows (in thousands): 

	RF Connector		Custom Cabling
	and		Manufacturing and
2016	Cable Assembly		Assembly		Corporate		Total
Net sales	$	4,036	$	10,483	$	-	$	14,519
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision (benefit) for income taxes		(664)		15		28		(621)
Depreciation and amortization		97		431		-		528
2015
Net sales	$	6,040	$	7,869	$	-	$	13,909
Income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes		377		69		15		461
Depreciation and amortization		92		297		-		389