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SEGMENTED, SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION AND ECONOMIC
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Notes to Financial Statements  
Note 12 - SEGMENTED, SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION AND ECONOMIC

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 “BPCA” 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.

 

Three months ended March 31, 2012:                  
    EWCP     BPCA     Total  
Revenue   $ 274,822     $ 4,919,249     $ 5,194,071  
Interest revenue     352       9       361  
Interest expense     15,673       19,126       34,799  
Depreciation and amortization     243,458       63,090       306,548  
Segment profit (loss)     (710,161 )     932,821       222,660  
Segment assets     6,099,484       2,135,692       8,235,176  
Expenditures for segment assets     7,412       -       7,412  

 

Three months ended March 31, 2011:                  
    EWCP     BPCA     Total  
Revenue   $ 411,317     $ 3,946,150     $ 4,357,467  
Interest revenue     -       -       -  
Interest expense     19,281       -       19,281  
Depreciation and amortization     10,807       70,346       81,153  
Segment profit (loss)     (470,252 )     828,359       358,107  
Segment assets     5,857,849       2,364,810       8,222,659  
Expenditures for segment assets     270,329       17,369       287,698  

 

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

    Three months ended March 31, 2012     Three months ended March 31, 2011  
Canada   $ 419,073     $ 205,766  
United States and abroad     4,774,998       4,151,701  
Total   $ 5,194,071     $ 4,357,467  

 

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

    March 31, 2012     December 31, 2011  
Canada   $ 6,151,496     $ 6,214,939  
United States     2,083,680       2,198,781  
Total   $ 8,235,176     $ 8,413,720  

 

Three customers accounted for $2,987,686 (58%) of sales made in the period (2011 - $2,506,107 or 64%).