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12. SEGMENTED, SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION AND ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Notes to Financial Statements  
12. SEGMENTED, SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION AND ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY

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.

 

Nine months ended September 30, 2014:

    EWCP     BPCA     Total  
Revenue   $ 792,235     $ 11,157,991     $ 11,950,226  
Interest revenue     -       -       -  
Interest expense     30,162       42,296       72,458  

Depreciation and

    amortization

    283,808       142,841       426,649  
Segment profit (loss)     (1,088,679 )     1,518,892       430,213  
Segment assets     3,771,914       1,617,455       5,389,369  

Expenditures for

    segment assets

    6,215       18,379       24,594  

 

Nine months ended September 30, 2013:

    EWCP     BPCA     Total  
Revenue   $ 592,081     $ 11,778,082     $ 12,370,163  
Interest revenue     1       1,999       2,000  
Interest expense     37,594       45,155       82,749  

Depreciation and

    amortization

    813,573       164,520       978,093  
Segment profit (loss)     (2,273,828 )     1,727,257       (546,571 )
Segment assets     4,512,436       1,796,756       6,309,192  

Expenditures for

    segment assets

    82,097       -       82,097  

 

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

 

   

Nine Months Ended

September 30, 2014

   

Nine Months Ended

September 30, 2013

 
Canada   $ 382,307     $ 540,554  
United States and abroad     11,567,919       11,829,609  
Total   $ 11,950,226     $ 12,370,163  

 

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

 

    September 30, 2014     December 31, 2013  
Canada   $ 3,771,914     $ 4,258,075  
United States     1,617,455       1,741,916  
Total   $ 5,389,369     $ 5,999,991  

 

 Three customers accounted for $7,278,612 (61%) of sales made during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 (2013 - $7,402,615 or 60%).