Without Adding Equipment or More Overhead – When business is good the challenge becomes how to move more work through your shop, while maintaining profitability. So before you run out and buy more equipment or hire additional help you should first make sure... Read More >
TCI Precision Metals is a mill-direct Machine-Ready Metals Distributor, proving 6061, 2024 or 7075 aluminum plate and sheet, stainless steel plate, and several other alloys; stocking over 500,000 lbs. of material for quick turn-around on customer requirements. TCI... Read More >
As most shops know, battling residual stress while trying to nail down tight machining tolerances can be very frustrating. Many metals, and especially aluminum and stainless alloys, have residual stress that can cause material to move during machining. Sometimes... Read More >
TCI Precision Metals was built based on providing value to our customers by reducing or eliminating material prep, which significantly increases a shop’s throughput and efficiency. We talk a lot about Machine-Ready Blanks, which is at the core of what we do. Custom... Read More >
As President of the LA NTMA I am looking forward to a productive 3-days of exchanging ideas, learning best practices and hearing informative presentations, all centered around improving business. Whether you are a current NTMA member or not, I would like to... Read More >
Dear Friends and Colleagues, It’s with a heavy heart that I inform you that John Martinez passed away on Tuesday, May 24th, 2016. I’ve known John my entire life, as he was with TCI for 38 years. He was a mentor, a co-worker, a family man and a friend. I’m not sure... Read More >
