TCI Group · Knowledge
Guides, case studies, and the reasoning behind the work.
Everything we've written to help buyers decide what they actually need, before they need to know our name.
Buyer's guides
8 guides written for the person picking up the phone.
Which TCI division do I need?
Four brands, one workshop, one number. If you'd rather not ring us cold, this is the map.
One quote, four divisions — how our group quoting works.
If your job spans Mouldings and Products, or Culinary and Construction, you don't get four quotes on four letterheads. Here's how the…
Silicone vs polyurethane vs rubber — which route.
Four materials sit on our shelves. Choosing between them is often the second most important decision in a moulding job, after 'which of the…
Prototyping through to production, across the group.
The gap between a working prototype and a running production tool is where a lot of programmes stumble. Here's the path we recommend, and…
Choosing a UK moulding partner.
Not written to sell you TCI — written so that if you talk to us, you can hold your side of the conversation.
When to consolidate your moulding suppliers — and when not to.
Fewer suppliers can mean less admin and fewer gaps. It can also mean less competition and more risk in one basket. Here's how to tell which…
Managing a multi-material project without the gaps between materials.
Silicone on PU, rubber on metal, silicone around electronics. The materials are rarely the problem — the interfaces between them are.…
How a part moves between TCI divisions as it grows.
A part rarely stays in one division for life. Prototypes start in Mouldings and scale into Products. Kitchen tools in Culinary spawn retail…
Case studies
Anonymised examples of jobs we've delivered.
A homewares brand that started with a cast mould and grew into injection.
The customer arrived with a sketch and a Kickstarter deadline. Three years later they run a standing tooling programme…
A patisserie chain that used both Culinary and Products.
The kitchen needed silicone moulds sized to their production ovens. The retail side needed branded consumer versions of…
A precast yard that needed both formliners and rubber gaskets.
The panel side of the business wanted textured formliners. The connection side wanted rubber gaskets that fitted the…
A scent brand that ended up using three of the four divisions.
Started as a small candle range. Grew into a food-safe crossover line. Ended up commissioning branded silicone…
A medical OEM that prototyped fast and moved to overmoulded production.
A device manufacturer needed a soft silicone grip overmoulded onto a hard housing. We prototyped in weeks, ran…
A heritage restoration project that grew into a repeat cast stone programme.
Started with one silicone mould rebuilding a lost feature. Ended with a rolling programme for a specialist stone…
At a glance
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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
TheodoreEmployee Welfare