Related Party Transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 10 – Related Party Transactions

In addition to the Company’s loan from Carlisle described in Note 6, the Company has the following related party transactions:

Yaozhong Shi, a director of the Company, is the Chairman of Transtech LED Company Limited (“Transtech”), which is our primary LED supplier.  The Company purchased $328,000 and $403,000 of product from Transtech in the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.  Amounts payable by the Company to Transtech were $291,000, $0 and $36,000 as of March 31, 2017, December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2016, respectively.

On June 30, 2016, the Company entered into a 1-year Trademark Licensing Agreement with Transtech, pursuant to which Transtech paid the Company $72,500 upon signing the agreement and will pay the Company a 3% royalty on any equipment sold using the Company’s trademark. There were no such sales in the three months ended March 31, 2017.