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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	9 Months Ended
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	Sep. 30, 2016
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]	RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS The Company sells products and pays commissions to companies controlled by persons related to the chief executive officer of the Company. The related party is Mr. Fred Taylor, Mr. Maurice Taylor’s brother. The companies which Mr. Fred Taylor is associated with that do business with Titan include the following: Blackstone OTR, LLC; FBT Enterprises; and OTR Wheel Engineering. Sales of Titan products to these companies were approximately $0.2 million and $0.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, as compared to $0.7 million and $2.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively. Titan had trade receivables due from these companies of approximately $0.1 million at September 30, 2016, and approximately $0.4 million at December 31, 2015. Titan had purchases from these companies of approximately $0.1 million and $0.3 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, as compared to $0.0 million and $0.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively. Sales commissions paid to the above companies were approximately $0.4 million and $1.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, as compared to $0.4 million and $1.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively. Mr. Fred Taylor is also associated with Green Carbon, Inc. Titan owns 60.0% and Green Carbon, Inc. owns 10.0% in Titan Tire Reclamation Corporation, which is located in Alberta Canada. Titan had purchases from Green Carbon, Inc. of $2.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015. Titan has made no purchases in 2016. In July 2013, the Company entered into a Shareholders’ Agreement between One Equity Partners (OEP) and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to acquire Voltyre-Prom, a leading producer of agricultural and industrial tires located in Volgograd, Russia. Mr. Richard M. Cashin, a director of the Company, is President of OEP, which owns 21.4% of the joint venture. The Shareholder’s agreement contains a settlement put option which may require the Company to purchase shares from OEP and RDIF at a value set by the agreement. See Note 9 for additional information. The Company has a 34.2% equity stake in Wheels India Limited, a company incorporated in India and listed on the National Stock Exchange in India. The Company has a 19.5% equity stake in Titan-Yuxiang Wheel (Liuzhou) Co., Ltd, a company incorporated in China. The Company has a 49.0% equity stake in Central Iowa Training and Enrichment Center, LLC, a commercial building located in Boone, IA.