Our Company
TC Components Ltd was founded in 1983 by Trevor Cunliffe. Located in the small town of Haslingden, Lancashire the company produced and supplied components for the thriving UK shoe manufacturing industry. Since the fall of shoe industry over the past decades, the company shifted its business to wholesale which created a pathway to becoming a leading UK material supplier.
We offer a wide range of raw materials and components for footwear and leather goods manufacturing and orthopaedic creations. We are proud to distribute over 40 trademark brands that are supplied globally here in the UK, and are passionate that the products we supply meet our customers standards and requirements. We achieve this through our commitment to innovation, quality, customer service and collaborative partnerships.
Our Dedication to the Orthopaedic Industry
Since the decline of slipper and shoe manufacturing, TC Components had to adapt to the market and focus business towards manufacturers of Orthopaedic footwear and Orthotic devices with a prime focus on supplying technical, innovative materials that meet the highest standards of comfort, design and durability to benefit both the manufacturers and the end-user.
We’re proud to have a healthy portfolio of customers and strong relationships with suppliers in the industry.
The Rossendale Shoe Industry
Rossendale was once the hub of footwear manufacturing in the UK and was home to the birth of the first pair of slippers. The county’s textile industry was at the forefront of innovation; adopting both steam power and factory-based systems of production, and left and enduring legacy still evident today through the many mills dominating the landscape.
Lambert Howarth & Sons was a notable manufacturer of footwear during the peak. Founded by Lambert Howarth and his wife Betsy, they produced around 10 million pairs of shoes a year, employed 2,500 people and supplied major British retailers such as Marks & Spencers.
Towards the end of the 20th century the shoe industry began to decline, due to cheaper labour abroad and a lack of new investment in technology, manufacturing companies could not compete with overseas production costs.
