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Related Parties (Details Textual) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2015
Ventanas Solar [Member]
Related Party Transactions [Line Items]
Trade Receivables Held-for-sale, Reconciliation to Cash Flow, Deductions from Held-for-sale	$ 6,600,000us-gaap_TradeReceivablesHeldForSaleReconciliationToCashFlowDeductionsFromHeldForSale / dei_LegalEntityAxis = tgls_VentanasSolarMember
Debt Instrument, Description of Variable Rate Basis	Libor + 4.7%
Santa Maria Del Mar SA [Member]
Related Party Transactions [Line Items]
Guarantor Obligations, Current Carrying Value		163,000us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsCurrentCarryingValue / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = tgls_SantaMariaDelMarSaMember
Company Foundation [Member]
Related Party Transactions [Line Items]
Guarantor Obligations, Current Carrying Value	300,000us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsCurrentCarryingValue / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = tgls_CompanyFoundationMember
Debt Instrument, Unused Borrowing Capacity, Amount			300,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnusedBorrowingCapacityAmount / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = tgls_CompanyFoundationMember
ESW LLC [Member]
Related Party Transactions [Line Items]
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Carrying Amount of Mortgages	$ 3,920,000us-gaap_MortgageLoansOnRealEstateCarryingAmountOfMortgages / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = tgls_EswLlcMember

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

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-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

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The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

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The carrying amount of the outstanding balance due under the mortgage loan.

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

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-Topic 205

-SubTopic 10

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Reconcile the changes in trade receivables that will be sold to other entities balances to the amounts presented in the consolidated statement of cash flows. Enter the deductions to trade accounts that will be sold to other entities for the period.

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