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Operating segments | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Operating Segments [Abstract] |
Operating segments |
| Operating segments:
The Corporation operates in a single segment, Fuel Cell Products and Services, which consists of the design, development, manufacture, sale and service of PEM fuel cell products for a variety of applications, focusing on the power product markets of Heavy-Duty Motive (consisting of bus, truck, rail and marine applications), Portable Power / UAV, Material Handling and Backup Power, as well as the delivery of Technology Solutions, including engineering services, technology transfer and the licensing and sale of the Corporation’s extensive intellectual property portfolio and fundamental knowledge for a variety of fuel cell applications. As a result of the sale of the Power Manager assets (note 27) in 2018, the Corporation has renamed the former Portable Power market as the Portable Power / UAV market. As the sale of the Power Manager assets is not presented as a discontinued operation, the Portable Power / UAV market includes revenues associated with the Power Manager business prior to its sale, and product and service revenues generated from the retained Protonex assets related primarily to fuel cell propulsion systems for unmanned systems. In 2018, revenues included sales to two individual customers of $26,587,000 and $17,547,000, respectively, which each exceeded 10% of total revenue. In 2017, revenues included sales to three individual customers of $31,080,000, $30,555,000 and $17,989,000, respectively, which each exceeded 10% of total revenue. Revenues from continuing operations by geographic area, which are attributed to countries based on customer location for the years ended December 31, are as follows:
Revenues | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
China | $ | 30,791 |  |  | $ | 76,558 |
Germany | 28,685 |  |  | 18,984 |
U.S. | 23,505 |  |  | 14,881 |
Japan | 3,901 |  |  | 2,579 |
Belgium | 3,531 |  |  | 308 |
Denmark | 1,889 |  |  | 808 |
UK | 1,431 |  |  | 943 |
Netherlands | 892 |  |  | 374 |
Canada | 366 |  |  | 551 |
Taiwan | 287 |  |  | 483 |
France | 276 |  |  | 1,755 |
Poland | 213 |  |  | 2,455 |
Finland | 198 |  |  | 379 |
Norway | 187 |  |  | 37 |
Spain | 168 |  |  | 5 |
Other countries | 266 |  |  | 188 |
| $ | 96,586 |  |  | $ | 121,288 |
Non-current assets by geographic area are as follows:
| December 31, |  |  | December 31, |
Non-current assets | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Canada | $ | 65,346 |  |  | $ | 60,481 |
U.S. | 4,880 |  |  | 13,622 |
China | 14,012 |  |  | 692 |
Denmark | 269 |  |  | 60 |
| $ | 84,507 |  |  | $ | 74,855 |

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