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Related Parties | 6 Months Ended
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Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block] | Note 11. Related Parties The Company’s major related party entities disclosed in this footnote are: (i) ESW LLC, a Florida LLC partially owned by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, (ii) VS, an importer and installer based in Panama owned by related party family members, (iii) Union Temporal ESW (“UT ESW”), a temporary contractual joint venture with Ventanar S. A. under Colombian law that is managed by related parties and that expires at the end of its applicable contract, (iv) UT Semáforos Barranquilla, a temporary contractual joint venture with related party Construseñales S.A. under Colombian law that expires at the end of its applicable contract, (v) A Construir S.A., a heavy construction company in which the Company’s CEO, COO and other related parties are equity investors, (vi) Construseñales S.A, a traffic signal construction company in which the Company’s CEO, COO and other related parties are equity investors. The following is a summary of assets, liabilities, and income and expense transactions with all related parties, shareholders, directors and managers:
|  | At June 30, |  | At December 31, |
Assets |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
Due from ESW LLC |  | $ | 13,593 |  | $ | 11,823 |
Due from VS |  |  | 602 |  |  | 2,690 |
Due from UT ESW |  |  | 3,776 |  |  | 3,199 |
Due from other related parties |  |  | 2,034 |  |  | 1,346 |
|  | $ | 20,005 |  | $ | 19,058 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Due to A Construir S.A. |  | $ | (1,075) |  | $ | (2,314) |
Due to UT Semáforos Barranquilla |  |  | (2,092) |  |  | (1,287) |
Due to Construseñales S.A. |  |  | - |  |  | (3,633) |
Due to other related parties |  |  | (622) |  |  | (1,163) |
|  | $ | (3,789) |  | $ | (8,397) |
|  | Three months ended June 30, |  | Six months ended June 30, |
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sales to ESW LLC |  |  | 9,638 |  |  | 7,333 |  |  | 18,151 |  |  | 11,642 |
Sales to VS |  |  | 57 |  |  | 27 |  |  | 96 |  |  | 40 |
Sales to UT ESW |  |  | 49 |  |  | 2,780 |  |  | 115 |  |  | 6,517 |
|  |  | 9,744 |  |  | 10,140 |  |  | 18,362 |  |  | 18,199 |
Sales to other related parties wasless than 0.1 million in the three months ended and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013.
Expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fees paid to directors and officers |  | 621 |  | 304 |  | 621 |  | 421 |
Payments to other related parties* |  | 1,162 |  | 577 |  | 1,162 |  | 666 |
*Payments to other related parties in 2013 and 2014 consists of donations to Fundación Tecnoglass and for 2014 the 1,162 was all paid in the three months ended June 30, 2014. In 2013, the Company guaranteed a loan for $163 used to develop a lot adjacent to the Alutions plant into a related party fuel service station, Santa Maria del Mar S.A. At June 30, 2014, the guarantee was in good standing and no liabilities have been recorded, and the Company was in the process of restructuring the guarantee to exclude the involvement of Tecnoglass, S.A., as required by the merger agreement. On April 16, 2014, the Company guaranteed approximately $300 of bank loans for the Company’s Foundation. The guarantee is in good standing and no liabilities have been recorded.

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