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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
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Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block] | RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS The Company sells products and pays commissions to companies controlled by persons related to the Chairman of Board of Directors of the Company, Mr. Maurice Taylor. The related party is Mr. Fred Taylor, who is 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; Green Carbon, INC; Silverstone, Inc.; and OTR Wheel Engineering. Sales of Titan products to these companies were approximately $0.5 million for three months ended March 31, 2017, as compared to $0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. Titan had trade receivables due from these companies of approximately $0.4 million at March 31, 2017, and approximately $0.1 million at December 31, 2016. Titan had purchases from these companies of approximately $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017, as compared to no purchases for the three months ended March 31, 2016. Sales commissions paid to the above companies were approximately $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017, as compared to $0.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. In July 2013, the Company entered into a Shareholders’ Agreement between OEP and RDIF to acquire Voltyre-Prom. Mr. Richard M. Cashin Jr., a director of the Company, is the 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 equity interests in the joint venture 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 had trade payables due to Wheels India Limited of approximately $0.1 million at March 31, 2017, and approximately $0.1 million at December 31, 2016. The Company has a 19.5% equity stake in Titan-Yuxiang Wheel (Liuzhou) Co., Ltd, a company incorporated in China. The Company had trade payables due to Titan-Yuxiang Wheel (Liuzhou) Co., Ltd of approximately $1.1 million at March 31, 2017, and approximately $0.9 million at December 31, 2016. The Company has a 49.0% equity stake in Central Iowa Training and Enrichment Center, LLC, an entity that owns a commercial building located in Boone, IA.

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