For buyers whose projects touch more than one brand
You have parts on the food line and parts in the workshop. Same supplier works for both.
Some organisations don't fit neatly into one division. A homewares brand needs food-safe bakeware and decorative candle moulds. A precast yard needs formliners and rubber gaskets. If that's you, ring the group number.
Situations we see
Four patterns that come up often.
Buying across categories
Your product range spans food-contact, industrial and decorative — three of our brands can serve you without you managing three suppliers.
A single programme with multiple destinations
The same job produces parts for two different lines of your business. One quote, one delivery schedule.
A part that needs both a food-contact stage and a branding stage
Culinary spec on the mould, Products spec on the finished branded item. One programme.
Shared design language across product lines
You want the branding to match across your kitchenware, your consumer products and your merchandise. Consistency is easier from one supplier.
How it works
The path from first call to a running relationship.
- 01
Map your buying
We'll spend an hour understanding which parts of your business use moulded parts and where.
- 02
Route to divisions
Some jobs go to one division only. Some cross two. We'll be clear which is which.
- 03
Combined reporting
You get one supplier-level view, even if the workshop tickets split several ways.
- 04
Single relationship, many products
Your buyer talks to one of ours. Everything flows from there.
What we need from you
So the first conversation is useful.
A description of the product range. So we can see what fits which brand.
Your buying calendar. Seasonal peaks, launch windows, standing tooling — all relevant to how we plan capacity.
Any brand assets. So the finished parts match your visual identity, where that matters.
At a glance
The idea in a picture.
Five brands, one team
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FAQs
Common questions.
Can I move a part from one division to another later?
Yes. If a decorative candle line grows into a bakery collaboration, the same team can move it.
Are the prices the same across divisions for similar work?
The price is the price of the work. If two divisions can do the same job differently, we'll show you both options.
Do you have a group discount?
For material volume across the group, yes. We'll structure it in the quote if it applies.
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The group
Where this fits in the group
Four specialist teams share our workshop, our engineering bench and a single quality system. Pick a doorway, or ring us and we'll route you.
Get in touch
Not sure which division? Tell us what you're making.
Send us a sketch, a photograph, or a paragraph. We'll come back with the right division, the right route, and an honest sense of what it will take.
Real people, a real workshop
You deal with the people who make it.
No call centre and no middlemen. When you contact TCI Group, you speak to the team who design, build and check your mould.
- A real Warwickshire workshopUnit 15, Waterloo Park, Bidford-on-Avon, Alcester B50 4JG.
- Real people on the phoneCall the team on 01789 224228, Monday to Friday.
- The same team on every jobDesign, production and aftercare come from the people you see here.
- Five brands, one teamMoulds, culinary, construction and contract products, all run from Bidford-on-Avon. See the divisions.
Thomas LaneManaging Director
George PrestonDesign & Project Manager
Kelly BallingerHead of Partnerships
Jim AndertonProduction Manager
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