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Related Parties (Details Textual) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014		Jun. 30, 2013		Jun. 30, 2014		Jun. 30, 2013		Dec. 31, 2013	Apr. 16, 2014
Related Party Transactions [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Description of Transaction	less than 0.1 million		less than 0.1 million		less than 0.1 million		less than 0.1 million
Payments to other related parties	$ 1,162tgls_PaymentsToOtherRelatedParties	[1]	$ 577tgls_PaymentsToOtherRelatedParties	[1]	$ 1,162tgls_PaymentsToOtherRelatedParties	[1]	$ 666tgls_PaymentsToOtherRelatedParties	[1]
Santa Maria Del Mar SA [Member]
Related Party Transactions [Line Items]
Guarantor Obligations, Current Carrying Value									163us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsCurrentCarryingValue / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = tgls_SantaMariaDelMarSaMember
Company Foundation [Member]
Related Party Transactions [Line Items]
Guarantor Obligations, Current Carrying Value										$ 300us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsCurrentCarryingValue / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = tgls_CompanyFoundationMember
[1] Payments to other related parties in 2013 and 2014 consists of donations to Fundación Tecnoglass and for 2014 the 1,162 was all paid in the three months ended June 30, 2014.

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