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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
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 Chairman 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:  Blacksmith OTR, LLC; F.B.T. Enterprises; Green Carbon, Inc; Silverstone, Inc.; and OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc.  During 2018, 2017, and 2016, sales of Titan product to these companies were approximately $1.2 million, $1.5 million, and $0.9 million, respectively.  Titan had trade receivables due from these companies of approximately $0.1 million at December 31, 2018, and approximately $0.0 million at December 31, 2017.  On other sales referred to Titan from these manufacturing representative companies, commissions were approximately $1.7 million, $1.9 million, and $1.8 million during 2018, 2017, and 2016, respectively. Titan had purchases from these companies of approximately $0.4 million, $0.6 million, and $0.7 million during 2018, 2017, and 2016, respectively.

In 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 contained a settlement put option which potentially required the Company to purchase equity interests in the joint venture from OEP and RDIF at a value set by the agreement. On January 8, 2019, the Company received notification of exercise of the put option from OEP. See Note 13 for additional information.