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Segment, Significant Customer Information
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Notes to Financial Statements 
Segment, Significant Customer Information

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.

 

Nine months ended September 30, 2011:

   EWCP  BPCA  Total
Revenue  $855,060   $11,293,677   $12,148,737 
Interest revenue   53    —      53 
Interest expense   53,109    15,548    68,657 
Depreciation and
amortization
   32,674    215,402    248,076 
Segment profit (loss)   (1,299,359)   1,739,904    440,545 
Segment assets   5,984,588    2,267,888    8,252,476 
Expenditures for
segment assets
   675,313    65,503    740,816 

 

 

Nine months ended September 30, 2010:

   EWCP  BPCA  Total
                
Revenue  $814,613   $8,080,706   $8,895,319 
Interest revenue   —      —      —   
Interest expense   53,142    1,265    54,407 
Depreciation and
amortization
   34,631    234,578    269,209 
Segment profit (loss)   (1,208,559)   1,435,225    226,666 
Segment assets   5,315,657    2,493,131    7,808,788 
Expenditures for
segment assets
   296,639    131,959    428,598 
                
                

 

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

 

    September 30,   December 31,
   2011  2010
Canada  $443,064   $292,226 
United States and abroad   11,705,673    8,603,093 
Total  $12,148,737   $8,895,319 

 

 

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

 

   September 30,  December 31,
   2011  2010
Canada  $5,984,587   $5,675,065 
United States   2,267,888    2,417,787 
Total  $8,252,475   $8,092,852 
           

 

Three customers accounted for $7,150,435 (59%) of sales made in the period (2010 - $5,358,184 or 60%).