Segment Reporting

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

12.      Segment Reporting

The Company has two division segments based on the products it delivers:

Heavy Duty Diesel Systems division — The Heavy Duty Diesel Systems division designs and manufactures verified exhaust emissions control solutions.  This division offers a full range of products for the verified retrofit and OEM markets through its distributor/dealer network and direct sales. The ECS and Clean Diesel Technologies-branded products are used to reduce exhaust emissions created by on-road, off-road and stationary diesel and alternative fuel engines including propane and natural gas. The retrofit market in the U.S. is driven in particular by state and municipal environmental regulations and incentive funding for voluntary early compliance. The Heavy Duty Diesel Systems division derives significant revenues from retrofit with a portfolio of solutions verified by the California Air Resources Board and the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Catalyst division — The Catalyst division produces catalyst formulations to reduce emissions from gasoline, diesel and natural gas combustion engines that are offered for multiple markets and a wide range of applications.  A family of unique high-performance catalysts has been developed — with base-metals or low platinum group metal and zero platinum group metal content — to provide increased catalytic function and value for technology-driven automotive industry customers. The Catalyst division’s technical and manufacturing competence in the light duty vehicle market is aimed at meeting auto makers’ most stringent requirements, and it has supplied over ten million parts to light duty vehicle customers since 1996. The Catalyst division also provides catalyst formulations for the Company’s Heavy Duty Diesel Systems division. Intersegment revenues are based on market prices.

Corporate — Corporate includes cost for personnel, insurance and public company expenses such as legal, audit and taxes that are not allocated down to the operating divisions.

Summarized financial information for the Company’s reportable segments is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended  September 30,		Nine Months Ended  September 30,
	2012	2011	2012	2011
Revenues
Heavy Duty Diesel Systems	$   8,680	$  11,076	$ 32,283	$ 30,105
Catalyst	6,659	6,447	19,194	15,002
Corporate	─	─	─	─
Eliminations (1)	(939)	(2,549)	(3,354)	(4,817)
Total	$ 14,400	$ 14,974	$ 48,123	$ 40,290
Income (loss) from operations
Heavy Duty Diesel Systems	$   (272)	$    373	$      (545)	$     84
Catalyst	261	(170)	(750)	(1,064)
Corporate	(1,209)	(1,381)	(4,251)	(5,509)
Eliminations (1)	64	(72)	86	(180)
Total	$ (1,156)	$ (1,250)	$   (5,460)	$  (6,669)

(1)   Elimination of Catalyst revenue and profit in ending inventory related to sales to Heavy Duty Diesel Systems.

The Company conducted an intercompany transfer pricing study at the end of 2011 which resulted in it adjusting the prices its group companies charge each other for the sale of products and services. The Catalyst division adjusted certain prices it charges for products sold to the Heavy Duty Diesel Systems division to be consistent with market prices. The impact for the full year was recorded in the fourth quarter of 2011 which resulted in a $1.3 million increase in revenues for the Catalyst division and the offsettingintercompany eliminations.  The change also resulted in a $1.3 million decrease in loss from continuing operations for the Catalyst division with an offsetting decrease in income from continuing operations for the Heavy Duty Diesel Systems division for the year ended December 31, 2011. Of this amount, $1.0 million related to previous interim periods in 2011 with the impact on the individual quarters of $0.1 million, $0.4 million and $0.5 million for the quarters ended March 31, June 30, and September 30, 2011, respectively. Catalyst division revenues and eliminations and the Heavy Duty Diesel Systems and Catalyst income (loss) from operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 have been recast to reflect the impact of this change in measurement. The change in intercompany pricing did not result in any change in consolidated revenues or in the consolidated loss from operations. 

Net sales by geographic region are as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended   September 30,		Nine Months Ended   September 30,
	2012	2011	2012	2011
United States	$   7,145	$   5,596	$  20,675	$   15,331
Canada	5,461	6,049	16,966	17,363
United Kingdom	500	1,613	5,919	2,075
Sweden	1,294	1,716	4,563	5,521
Total	$14,400	$ 14,974	$ 48,123	$ 40,290

Geographic information is based on country of origin. The majority of Canadian sales are to U.S. customers.