Investments



($ in millions)	2017		2016
Investments in equity affiliates		$135		$46
Marketable equity securities - Trading (See Note 9)	79		78
Other	54		55
Total		$268		$179

The Company’s investments in equity affiliates are comprised principally of 50% ownership interests in a number of joint ventures that manufacture and sell coatings. In 2017, PPG purchased a 40% ownership interest in TCI. Refer to Note 3, “Acquisitions and Divestitures” for additional information.

PPG’s share of undistributed net earnings of equity affiliates was $12 million and $7 million as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. Dividends received from equity affiliates were $8 million, $7 million and $77 million in 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.