Supplemental Cash Flow Information

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

14.  Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Financial information regarding the Company’s supplemental cash flow information is as follows:

	Nine months ended September 30,
	2016		2015
Interest paid in cash	$	214	$	192
Income taxes paid in cash (all non-U.S.):		93		93

The Company uses various factoring programs to sell certain receivables to financial institutions as part of managing its cash flows. The amount of receivables sold by the Company was $240 million, $317 million and $336 million at September 30, 2016, December 31, 2015 and September 30, 2015, respectively. Any continuing involvement with the sold receivables is immaterial.