Note 6. Investments in Companies

We have made strategic investments in private companies located in China in order to gain access at a competitive cost to raw materials that are critical to our substrate business. These companies form part of our overall supply chain.

The investments are summarized below (in thousands):

	Investment Balance as of
Company	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014		Accounting Method	Ownership Percentage
Beijing JiYa Semiconductor Material Co., Ltd.	$	3,331	$	3,331	Consolidated		46	%
Nanjing Jin Mei Gallium Co., Ltd.		592		592	Consolidated		83	%
Beijing BoYu Semiconductor Vessel Craftwork Technology Co., Ltd.		1,346		1,346	Consolidated		70	%
	$	5,269	$	5,269

Donghai County Dongfang High Purity Electronic Materials Co., Ltd.	$	1,652	$	1,723	Equity		46	%
Xilingol Tongli Germanium Co. Ltd.		5,556		5,351	Equity		25	%
Emeishan Jia Mei High Purity Metals Co., Ltd.		1,043		1,021	Equity		25	%
	$	8,251	$	8,095

Our ownership of Beijing JiYa Semiconductor Material Co., Ltd. (“JiYa”) is 46%. We continue to consolidate JiYa as we have significant influence in management and have majority control of the board. Our Chief Executive Officer is chairman of the JiYa board and we have appointed one other representative to serve on the board.

Our ownership of Nanjing Jin Mei Gallium Co., Ltd. (“Jin Mei”) is 83%. We continue to consolidate Jin Mei as we have significant influence in management and have majority control of the board. Our Chief Executive Officer is chairman of the Jin Mei board and we have appointed two other representatives to serve on the board.

Our ownership of Beijing BoYu Semiconductor Vessel Craftwork Technology Co., Ltd (“BoYu”) is 70%. We continue to consolidate BoYu as we have a significant influence in management and have majority control of the board. Our Chief Executive Officer is chairman of the BoYu board and we have appointed two other representatives to serve on the board.

Although we have representation on the boards of directors of each of these companies, the daily operations of each of these companies are managed by local management and not by us. Decisions concerning their respective short-term strategy and operations, any capacity expansion and annual capital expenditures, and decisions concerning sales of finished product, are made by local management with some inputs from us.

During the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, the three consolidated joint ventures generated $0.6 million and $1.1 million of income, respectively, of which $127,000 and $242,000, respectively, were allocated to minority interests, resulting in $520,000 and $847,000 of income, respectively, to our net income (loss). During the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, the three consolidated joint ventures generated $1.2 million and $1.8 million of income, respectively, of which $252,000 and $447,000, respectively, were allocated to minority interests, resulting in $947,000 and $1.4 million of income, respectively, to our net income (loss).

For the three minority investment entities that are not consolidated, the investment balances are included in “other assets” in our condensed consolidated balance sheets and totaled $8.3 million and $8.1 million as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014. We own 46% of the ownership interests in one of these companies and 25% in each of the other two companies. These three companies are not considered variable interest entities because:

all three companies have sustainable businesses of their own;

our voting power is proportionate to our ownership interests;

we only recognize our respective share of the losses and/or residual returns generated by the companies if they occur; and

we do not have controlling financial interest in, do not maintain operational or management control of, do not control the board of directors of, and are not required to provide additional investment or financial support to any of these companies.

We also maintain minority investments indirectly in privately-held companies through our consolidated joint ventures. These minority investments are accounted for under the equity method in the books of our consolidated joint ventures. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, our consolidated joint ventures included these minority investments in “other assets” in the consolidated balance sheets with a carrying value of $4.4 million and $4.0 million, respectively.

The minority investment entities that are not consolidated are accounted for under the equity method and had the following summarized income information (in thousands) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014.

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014

Net revenue	$	11,004	$	13,466	$	20,329	$	26,946
Gross profit		3,625		8,124		5,920		12,087
Operating income		2,292		3,424		3,343		6,088
Net income		1,784		2,607		2,741		4,726

Our portion of the entity earnings from the minority investment entities that are not consolidated and are accounted for under the equity method were $410,000 and $625,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $610,000 and $1.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

During the three months ended June 30, 2015, we re-classified our minority investments under the cost method as an available-for- sale security when we deemed that there was sufficient trading volume in the exchange for the stock to be deemed readily marketable. As of June 30, 2015, we no longer maintain any investments under the cost method. As of December 31, 2014, our investments in this unconsolidated company had a carrying value of $200,000 and were included in “other assets” in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.