TCI Group · Projects
Anonymised case studies across the group.
Every case study is a real job. Names are removed, patterns are kept. If one of these sounds like your situation, it probably is.
Case studies
10 jobs across the group.
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 for the same part…
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 the same shapes.…
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 panel edges. One yard,…
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 giftware. Three divisions,…
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 regulatory validation…
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 contractor.
An industrial OEM consolidating silicone and nitrile parts.
The customer was buying silicone bellows from one supplier and nitrile seals from another. We took both under one arrangement.
A food and beverage brand with a portfolio spanning two divisions.
Multiple product lines, one supplier relationship. Kitchen tooling for their production sites, branded silicone accessories for their…
A hospitality group with several brands and one moulding supplier.
Each restaurant brand had its own dessert moulds, ice programme and branded bar accessories, bought from different places. The group wanted…
A UK manufacturer that needed three divisions on one product.
A new outdoor product needed prototype parts, moulded rubber feet and seals, and a cast concrete base. Three divisions, one programme, one…
How we handle case studies
Anonymised on purpose.
We don't publish customer names, logos, or identifying descriptions. The pattern is what's useful — the specific brand is not.
If you'd like to know whether we've worked on something like yours, ring us. We can talk about the shape of past work without naming who it was for.
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.
At a glance
The idea in a picture.
Five brands, one team
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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