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Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment	$ 124,267us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	$ 118,656us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(31,339)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	(31,646)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Net value of property and equipment	92,928tgls_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNetExcludingLand	87,010tgls_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNetExcludingLand
Land	15,309us-gaap_Land	16,970us-gaap_Land
Total property, plant and equipment, net	108,237us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	103,980us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Building [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment	34,677us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_BuildingMember	36,228us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_BuildingMember
Machinery and equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment	82,350us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_MachineryAndEquipmentMember	76,497us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_MachineryAndEquipmentMember
Office equipment and software [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment	4,327us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_OfficeEquipmentMember	2,868us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_OfficeEquipmentMember
Vehicles [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment	1,309us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_VehiclesMember	1,412us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_VehiclesMember
Furniture and fixtures [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment	$ 1,604us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_FurnitureAndFixturesMember	$ 1,651us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_FurnitureAndFixturesMember

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