Independent consulting for the technical textile industry — technical and commercial, on your side of the table. We do not sell you a fabric first and give advice second.
A wrong construction costs a sampling loop. A wrong norm costs an approval. A single unqualified source costs a production stop. Almost all of it is decided in the first two weeks of a project — long before anybody talks about the price per metre.
TT-BC sits on your side for exactly that stretch: we write the specification, name the realistic routes, qualify the suppliers and then stay on the project until the material runs.
Illustrative image of the technical textile world — not a photograph of TT-BC.
We turn a requirement into a specification a mill can quote: construction, fibre, weight, width, finish, coating, tolerance, test method. This is the step most enquiries skip — and the reason most offers are not comparable.
A one-page spec you can send to any supplier.
Which part of the chain do you buy, which do you make, and how many sources do you need to be safe? Single source is cheap until the day it is not.
A sourcing plan with primary and back-up route.
Shortlist, the right audit questions, a sampling plan, first-article rules and the commercial frame. We know which mill runs which construction — that is what twenty years in the market are for.
A qualified shortlist, not a list of websites.
Where the cost actually sits: yarn titre, width utilisation, coating add-on, waste, minimum runs, transport. Often a 3 cm width change is worth more than a year of price negotiation.
A cost model with the levers marked.
Which standard applies to your part, who is allowed to test it, and what a test report must actually state. Certificates belong to the producing mill and the test house — we make sure they exist before the first article, not after the claim.
A test and documentation plan.
Timeline, sampling loops, tooling, trial runs, ramp-up and series. One contact who stays on the project until the material runs on your line without rework.
A project you do not have to chase.
For producers: which technical segment fits your machine park, what does it demand in quality and documentation, and who buys there. For buyers: how to open a new material group without a false start.
A grounded go / no-go and a first step.
Before a machine is bought: does the line fit the fabric, the width and the volume you are planning — and what does it cost to run, not just to buy.
An assessment that survives the board meeting.
30 minutes on the phone about your application. You will get an honest answer on whether we are the right address — and if not, where you should look.
No charge
A focused session on one part or one material group, ending with a written specification and a sourcing route.
Fixed fee per topic
We run the sourcing project alongside your team — from shortlist through sampling to first series delivery.
Per project, agreed up front
Continuous availability for specification, supplier and market questions, with an agreed volume per month.
Monthly retainer
On fees
The format is fixed, the fee follows the scope. You get the exact number in writing after the first call — before any work starts, and without a retainer you did not ask for.
Describe the application in three sentences. That is enough for a first, honest answer about the construction, the realistic route and what it will roughly take.
