Related Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

A summary of the material related party transactions with affiliates accounted for under the equity method was as follows:



	December 31, 2017		December 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Sales⁽¹⁾	$	33,949	$	35,418	$	35,843
Purchases⁽¹⁾	953		548		545
Dividends received⁽²⁾	5,382		3,022		1,917

⁽¹⁾ Relates to transactions with Nishikawa Cooper LLC (“NISCO”)

⁽²⁾ From NISCO and Nishikawa Tachaplalert Cooper Ltd.

Amounts receivable from NISCO and Sujan Cooper Standard AVS Private Limited as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 were $3,109 and $4,078, respectively.

In March 2016, as part of the secondary offering, the Company paid $5,900 of fees incurred on behalf of certain selling stockholders as defined in Note 17. “Equity.”