Component supply against your drawing
You have the design, we have the workshop. Batches shipped on your schedule with paperwork that fits your quality system.
For OEMs and their design teams
For OEMs.
You're building a product. You need silicone or rubber components inside it. You don't want to run your own moulding line, and you don't want to have to explain the material sciences to a general-purpose contract manufacturer. Start here.
What OEMs need from us
A predictable component supplier, with the material knowledge behind it.
OEMs run on schedules. A late component supplier costs you a shipping slot, a launch date, or a customer. So the first thing you need from a silicone supplier is honesty about lead times and consistency about hitting them.
But you also need a supplier who understands the material well enough to tell you when your design won't work at volume, when your grade choice is going to cause you a problem in three years' time, or when the tolerance you've called out is going to add cost you don't need to spend.
That's the shape of the relationship we run with OEM customers: a scheduled component supplier that also acts as a material specialist. Batches ship on time; design conversations happen honestly; problems get raised early, not at goods-in.
For most OEM programmes, that turns into a rolling batch schedule with a named engineer on your account. You have their name, their direct line, and a clear escalation route if something needs it.
Three things OEMs tell us matter
What we hear repeatedly from OEM buyers.
On-time delivery
The date on the PO is the date we ship. If a batch is going to slip, we tell you before you ask, not after.
Material continuity
Batch three years in feels like batch one. Grade, colour and cure conditions locked at first sign-off.
An engineer, not a service desk
Your account has a named engineer. Emails get answered by them, not by a queue system.
What we take on for OEMs
Four common OEM engagements.
Design collaboration on new components
You have a rough concept, we work up the manufacturable version. DFM feedback happens before the tool is cut, not after.
Migration from prototype to production
You have parts running in soft tooling. We plan and execute the migration to production tooling without redesigning from scratch.
Long-tail and service parts
You have a mature product with occasional spare demand. We hold the tool, run the batch when you order, don't fill your warehouse.
How we'd deliver
The services this sector uses most.
Silicone injection moulding
High-consistency silicone injected under heat into steel tooling. For a component you'll buy every quarter for years, this is the lowest cost per…
See the serviceCompression moulding
Solid silicone or rubber pre-formed, loaded into a heated steel tool, and pressed under cure. Sensible tooling cost, thousands of parts per tool, and…
See the serviceTooling and part continuity
For parts that will be in production for years — components inside a device family, sealing parts on long-lived equipment, consumer parts on a…
See the serviceOther sectors
Where else we work.
Designed and developed in the UK. UK moulding capability, with some higher-volume production placed with trusted partners where that's the right commercial answer.
Get in touch
Tell us the part, the volume, and the timeline.
Rough annual volume, target unit price, and any deadlines. That's enough to work out whether compression, LSR injection or something else is the right tool.
Real people, a real workshop
You deal with the people who make it.
No call centre and no middlemen. When you contact TCI Products, 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.
- Part of TCI GroupFive specialist brands, one engineering team. Visit TCI Group.
Thomas LaneManaging Director
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