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Investments in Privately-held Companies (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Investments in Companies [Abstract] |
Investments | The investments are summarized below (in thousands):
|  | Investment Balance as of |  |  |  |  |
|  | September 30, |  | December 31, |  | Accounting |  | Ownership |
Company |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | Method |  | 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. |  | $ | 1,557 |  | $ | 1,723 |  | Equity |  | 46 | %
Xilingol Tongli Germanium Co. Ltd. |  |  | 5,606 |  |  | 5,351 |  | Equity |  | 25 | %
Emeishan Jia Mei High Purity Metals Co., Ltd. |  |  | 1,082 |  |  | 1,021 |  | Equity |  | 25 | %
|  | $ | 8,245 |  | $ | 8,095 |  |  |  |  |
Summarized income information | 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 nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014.
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | September 30, |  | September 30, |
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
Net revenue |  | $ | 9,631 |  | $ | 11,487 |  | $ | 29,960 |  | $ | 38,433 |
Gross profit |  | $ | 2,324 |  | $ | 5,371 |  | $ | 8,244 |  | $ | 17,458 |
Operating income |  | $ | 829 |  | $ | 2,289 |  | $ | 4,172 |  | $ | 8,377 |
Net income |  | $ | 805 |  | $ | 1,759 |  | $ | 3,546 |  | $ | 6,485 |

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