Investments in Privately-held Companies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Investments in Privately-held Companies [Abstract]

Our investments are summarized below (in thousands):

	Investment Balance as of
	December 31,		December 31,		Accounting	Ownership
Company	2012		2011		Method	Percentage
Beijing JiYa Semiconductor Material Co., Ltd	$	3,331	$	996	Consolidated	46	%
Nanjing Jin Mei Gallium Co., Ltd	592		592		Consolidated	83	%
Beijing BoYu Semiconductor Vessel Craftwork Technology Co., Ltd	410		410		Consolidated	70	%
	$	4,333	$	1,998

Donghai County Dongfang High Purity Electronic Materials Co., Ltd.	$	2,038	$	2,167	Equity	46	%
Xilingol Tongli Germanium Co. Ltd		4,246		3,881	Equity	25	%
Emeishan Jia Mei High Purity Metals Co., Ltd	1,042		1,001		Equity	25	%
	$	7,326	$	7,049

Summarized income information

All the minority investment entities that are not consolidated and accounted for under the equity method had the following summarized operating information (in thousands) for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

		Years Ended December 31,				Our share for the Years Ended December 31,
	2012		2011	2010	2012			2011		2010
Net Sales	$32,858		$21,340	$13,009	$8,091			$5,196		$3,252
Gross profit	11,057		7,576	3,697	2,643		1,814		924
Operating income	6,310		3,819	899	1,409		863		225
Net income	5,665		2,900	973	1,281		741		259

Summarized balance sheet information

All the minority investment entities that are not consolidated and accounted for under the equity method had the following summarized balance sheet information (in thousands) as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

		As of December 31,
	2012		2011
Current assets	20,594		17,392
Noncurrent assets	37,555		33,778
Current liabilities	20,772		16,708
Noncurrent liabilities	2,873		3,806

All the minority investment entities that are not consolidated and accounted for under the equity method had gross equity earnings of $1.3 million, $741,000 and $259,000 for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Dividends received from these minority investment entities were $277,000, $357,000 and none for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 respectively. Undistributed retained earnings relating to our investments in all these minority investment entities were $4.3 million and $3.3 million as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 respectively.