RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	12 Months Ended
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	Dec. 31, 2015
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 chief executive officer of the Company. The related party is Mr. Fred Taylor and 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; and OTR Wheel Engineering. During 2015, 2014 and 2013, sales of Titan product to these companies were approximately $1.7 million, $2.6 million and $3.0 million, respectively. Titan had trade receivables due from these companies of approximately $0.2 million at December 31, 2015, and approximately $0.2 million at December 31, 2014. On other sales referred to Titan from these manufacturing representative companies, commissions were approximately $2.0 million, $2.4 million and $2.5 million during 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Titan had purchases from these companies of approximately $4.7 million and $9.9 million during 2015 and 2014, respectively. In July 2013, the Company entered into a Shareholders’ Agreement between One Equity Partners (OEP) and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to acquire Voltyre-Prom, a leading producer of agricultural and industrial tires located in Volgograd, Russia. Mr. Richard M. Cashin Jr., a director of the Company, is President of OEP which owns 26.1% of the joint venture. The Shareholder’s agreement contains a settlement put option which may require the Company to purchase shares from OEP and RDIF at a value set by the agreement. See Note 15 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 of approximately $0.0 million at December 31, 2015, and approximately $0.1 million at December 31, 2014.

The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates.