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Segmented, Significant Customer Information
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Notes to Financial Statements  
Segmented, Significant Customer Information

13. Segmented, Significant Customer Information and Economic Dependency.

 

The Company operates in two segments:

 

(a) Development and marketing of two lines of energy and water conservation products (as shown under the column heading “EWCP” below), which consists of a (i) liquid swimming pool blanket which saves energy and water by inhibiting evaporation from the pool surface, and (ii) food-safe powdered form of the active ingredient within the liquid blanket and which is designed to be used in still or slow moving drinking water sources.

 

(b) Manufacture of biodegradable polymers (“BCPA’s”) used by the petroleum, chemical, utility and mining industries to prevent corrosion and scaling in water piping. This product can also be used in detergents to increase biodegradability and in agriculture to increase crop yields by enhancing fertilizer uptake.

  

The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in Note 2, Significant Accounting Policies. The Company evaluates performance based on profit or loss from operations before income taxes, not including nonrecurring gains and losses and foreign exchange gains and losses.

 

The Company’s reportable segments are strategic business units that offer different, but synergistic products and services. They are managed separately because each business requires different technology and marketing strategies.

 

Six months ended June 30, 2011:

   EWCP  BPCA  Total
Revenue  $686,567   $7,600,975   $8,287,542 
Interest revenue   —      —      —   
Interest expense   36,500    3,589    40,089 
Depreciation and
amortization
   21,812    141,533    163,345 
Segment profit (loss)   (868,823)   1,401,664    532,841 
Segment assets   6,204,106    2,303,278    8,507,384 
Expenditures for
segment assets
   592,229    27,024    619,253 

 

 

 

Six months ended June 30, 2010:

   EWCP  BPCA  Total
Revenue  $652,467   $5,565,931   $6,218,398 
Interest revenue   —      —      —   
Interest expense   35,829    1,265    37,094 
Depreciation and
amortization
   22,686    151,872    174,558 
Segment profit (loss)   (776,937)   1,159,019    382,082 
Segment assets   5,005,246    2,462,930    7,468,176 
Expenditures for
segment assets
   151,315    19,053    170,368 
                
                

 

The sales generated in the United States and Canada are as follows:

   2011  2010
Canada  $388,500   $271,961 
United States and abroad   7,899,042    5,946,437 
Total  $8,287,542   $6,218,398 

 

The Company’s property, equipment, leasehold and patents are located in Canada and the United States as follows:

   2011  2010
Canada  $6,430,809   $5,675,065 
United States   2,302,425    2,417,787 
Total  $8,733,234   $8,092,852 
           

 

Three customers accounted for $4,583,941 (55%) of sales made in the period (2010 - $3,472,850 or 56%).