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SEGMENTED, SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Notes to Financial Statements  
Note 16. 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 and chemical additives used within the petroleum, chemical, utility and mining industries to prevent corrosion and scaling in water piping (as shown under the column heading “TPA” below). These chemical additives are also manufactured for use in laundry and dish detergents, as well as in products to reduce levels of insecticides, herbicides and fungicides.

 

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.

Year ended December 31, 2011:

 

    EWCP     TPA     Total  
                   
Revenue   $ 1,032,596     $ 14,486,039     $ 15,518,635  
Interest expense     69,273       26,476       95,749  
Depreciation     43,597       287,342       330,939  
Income tax expense     -       1,145,632       1,145,632  
Segment profit (loss)     (1,788,841 )     1,971,831       182,990  
Segment property, equipment and leaseholds     6,006,733       2,198,781       8,205,514  
Expenditures for segment assets     726,512       68,336       794,848  

Year ended December 31, 2010:

    EWCP     TPA     Total  
                   
Revenue   $ 936,832     $ 10,554,569     $ 11,491,401  
Interest expense     75,951       1,265       77,216  
Depreciation     46,337       313,205       359,542  
Income tax expense     -       690,180       690,180  
Segment profit (loss)     (1,634,570 )     1,444,490       (190,080 )
Segment property, equipment and leaseholds     5,449,885       2,417,787       7,867,672  
Expenditures for segment assets     479,811       134,091       613,902  

 

Sales by territory are shown below:

    2011     2010  
             
Canada   $ 512,499     $ 357,646  
United States and abroad     15,006,136       11,133,755  
Total   $ 15,518,635     $ 11,491,401  

 

The Company’s long-lived assets (property, equipment, leaseholds and patents) are located in Canada and the United States as follows:

 

    2011     2010  
             
Canada   $ 6,214,939     $ 5,675,065  
United States     2,198,781       2,417,787  
Total   $ 8,413,720     $ 8,092,852  

 

Three customers accounted for $9,702,119 (63%) of sales made in 2011 (2010 - $7,033,072 or 61%).