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Segmented, Significant Customer Information and Economic Dependency.
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Notes to Financial Statements  
Note 12. 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, 2012:

 

    EWCP     BPCA     Total  
Revenue   $ 548,333     $ 8,407,467     $ 8,955,800  
Interest revenue     352       9       361  
Interest expense     30,647       30,767       61,414  
Depreciation and amortization     484,831       126,955       611,786  
Segment profit (loss)     (1,362,229 )     1,118,890       (243,339 )
Segment assets     5,798,357       2,087,331       7,885,710  
Expenditures for segment assets     70,028       15,504       85,532  

 

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  

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

   

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2012

   

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011

 
Canada   $ 635,030     $ 388,500  
United States and abroad     8,320,770       7,899,042  
Total   $ 8,955,800     $ 8,287,542  

  

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

 

    June 30, 2012     December 31, 2011  
Canada   $ 5,798,379     $ 6,214,939  
United States     2,087,331       2,198,781  
Total   $ 7,885,710     $ 8,413,720  

 

Three customers accounted for $4,865,542 (54%) of sales made during the six months ended June 30, 2012 (2011 - $4,583,941 or 55%).