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12. SEGMENTED, SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION AND ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
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, 2015:

 

    EWCP     BPCA     Total  
                   
Revenue   $ 639,166     $ 11,528,859     $ 12,168,025  
Interest revenue     1       2,962       2,963  
Interest expense     2       44,042       44,044  
Depreciation an amortization     292,898       137,449       430,347  
Segment profit (loss)     (815,193 )     1,875,332       1,060,139  
Segment assets     2,386,007       1,638,942       4,024,949  
Expenditures for segment assets     247,982       (206,550 )     41,432  

 

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  

 

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

 

   

Nine Months Ended

September 30, 2015

   

Nine Months Ended

September 30, 2014

 
Canada   $ 261,057     $ 382,307  
United States and abroad     11,906,968       11,567,919  
Total   $ 12,168,025     $ 11,950,226  

 

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

 

    September 30, 2015     December 31, 2014  
Canada   $ 2,388,587     $ 3,331,879  
United States     1,636,362       1,570,424  
Total   $ 4,024,949     $ 4,902,304  

 

Three customers accounted for $7,586,641 (62%) of sales during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 (2014 - $7,278,612 or 61%).  Three customers accounted for $1,482,103 of accounts receivable (72%) at September 30, 2015 (December 31, 2014 – $1,769,114 or 76%).