v2.4.1.9

Income Taxes (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	33.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations	(173.00%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations
Income Tax [Member]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	25.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = tgls_IncomeTaxMember
CREE Tax [Member]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	9.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = tgls_CreeTaxMember
Tax Year 2015 [Member]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	39.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations / us-gaap_TaxPeriodAxis = tgls_TaxYear2015Member
Tax Year 2015 [Member] | Income Tax [Member]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	25.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = tgls_IncomeTaxMember / us-gaap_TaxPeriodAxis = tgls_TaxYear2015Member
Tax Year 2015 [Member] | CREE Tax [Member]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	9.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = tgls_CreeTaxMember / us-gaap_TaxPeriodAxis = tgls_TaxYear2015Member
Tax Year 2015 [Member] | CREE Surtax [Member]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	5.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = tgls_CreeSurtaxMember / us-gaap_TaxPeriodAxis = tgls_TaxYear2015Member
Tax Year 2016 [Member]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	40.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations / us-gaap_TaxPeriodAxis = tgls_TaxYear2016Member
Tax Year 2016 [Member] | Income Tax [Member]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	25.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = tgls_IncomeTaxMember / us-gaap_TaxPeriodAxis = tgls_TaxYear2016Member
Tax Year 2016 [Member] | CREE Tax [Member]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	9.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = tgls_CreeTaxMember / us-gaap_TaxPeriodAxis = tgls_TaxYear2016Member
Tax Year 2016 [Member] | CREE Surtax [Member]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	6.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = tgls_CreeSurtaxMember / us-gaap_TaxPeriodAxis = tgls_TaxYear2016Member
Tax Year 2017 [Member]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	42.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations / us-gaap_TaxPeriodAxis = tgls_TaxYear2017Member
Tax Year 2017 [Member] | Income Tax [Member]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	25.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = tgls_IncomeTaxMember / us-gaap_TaxPeriodAxis = tgls_TaxYear2017Member
Tax Year 2017 [Member] | CREE Tax [Member]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	9.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = tgls_CreeTaxMember / us-gaap_TaxPeriodAxis = tgls_TaxYear2017Member
Tax Year 2017 [Member] | CREE Surtax [Member]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	8.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = tgls_CreeSurtaxMember / us-gaap_TaxPeriodAxis = tgls_TaxYear2017Member
Tax Year 2018 [Member]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	43.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations / us-gaap_TaxPeriodAxis = tgls_TaxYear2018Member
Tax Year 2018 [Member] | Income Tax [Member]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	25.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = tgls_IncomeTaxMember / us-gaap_TaxPeriodAxis = tgls_TaxYear2018Member
Tax Year 2018 [Member] | CREE Tax [Member]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	9.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = tgls_CreeTaxMember / us-gaap_TaxPeriodAxis = tgls_TaxYear2018Member
Tax Year 2018 [Member] | CREE Surtax [Member]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	9.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = tgls_CreeSurtaxMember / us-gaap_TaxPeriodAxis = tgls_TaxYear2018Member
Tax Year 2019 [Member]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	34.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations / us-gaap_TaxPeriodAxis = tgls_TaxYear2019Member
Tax Year 2019 [Member] | Income Tax [Member]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	25.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = tgls_IncomeTaxMember / us-gaap_TaxPeriodAxis = tgls_TaxYear2019Member
Tax Year 2019 [Member] | CREE Tax [Member]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	9.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = tgls_CreeTaxMember / us-gaap_TaxPeriodAxis = tgls_TaxYear2019Member
Tax Year 2019 [Member] | CREE Surtax [Member]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = tgls_CreeSurtaxMember / us-gaap_TaxPeriodAxis = tgls_TaxYear2019Member

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- Definition

Percentage of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 740

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 12

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32687-109319



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 740

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 13

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32698-109319



Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(h)(2))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690



Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 08

-Paragraph h

-Subparagraph 2

-Article 4

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