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Variable Interest Entities (Details Textual) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2013
Jun. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2013
Dec. 31, 2013
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]          
Revenue from Related Parties $ 9,744,000us-gaap_RevenueFromRelatedParties $ 10,140,000us-gaap_RevenueFromRelatedParties $ 18,362,000us-gaap_RevenueFromRelatedParties $ 18,199,000us-gaap_RevenueFromRelatedParties  
ES Windows LLC [Member]          
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]          
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent 100.00%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByParent
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= tgls_EsWindowsLlcMember
  100.00%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByParent
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= tgls_EsWindowsLlcMember
   
Accounts Receivable, Related Parties 13,600,000us-gaap_AccountsReceivableRelatedParties
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= tgls_EsWindowsLlcMember
  13,600,000us-gaap_AccountsReceivableRelatedParties
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= tgls_EsWindowsLlcMember
  11,800,000us-gaap_AccountsReceivableRelatedParties
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= tgls_EsWindowsLlcMember
Revenue from Related Parties 9,600,000us-gaap_RevenueFromRelatedParties
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= tgls_EsWindowsLlcMember
7,300,000us-gaap_RevenueFromRelatedParties
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= tgls_EsWindowsLlcMember
18,100,000us-gaap_RevenueFromRelatedParties
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= tgls_EsWindowsLlcMember
11,600,000us-gaap_RevenueFromRelatedParties
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= tgls_EsWindowsLlcMember
 
Ventanas Solar SA [Member]          
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]          
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent 100.00%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByParent
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= tgls_VentanasSolarSaMember
  100.00%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByParent
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= tgls_VentanasSolarSaMember
   
Accounts Receivable, Related Parties $ 600,000us-gaap_AccountsReceivableRelatedParties
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= tgls_VentanasSolarSaMember
  $ 600,000us-gaap_AccountsReceivableRelatedParties
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= tgls_VentanasSolarSaMember
  $ 2,700,000us-gaap_AccountsReceivableRelatedParties
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= tgls_VentanasSolarSaMember
Sales Revenue Description less than $0.1 million less than $0.1 million less than $0.1 million less than $0.1 million