A focused set of services built around your sourcing mandate.

When a company needs to source from Asia, the first challenge is knowing which companies to consider. The market is vast, opaque, and difficult to navigate without on-the-ground knowledge.

TIGEC conducts targeted identification research based on your specific brief — technical requirements, production capacity, quality standards, geographic proximity, and commercial viability. We do not browse databases. We research the market with precision.

The result is a clear map of who exists, who is credible, and who is worth approaching.

Industrial matchmaking is the core of what we do. It is not about connecting any buyer with any supplier — it is about identifying the specific overlap between what a client needs and what the market can deliver.

We analyse both sides of the equation with care: understanding your technical and operational requirements on one hand, and the real capabilities, culture, and reliability of potential partners on the other.

The outcome is not a list — it is a curated set of introductions, grounded in genuine compatibility.

Before any company is presented to a client, it goes through our pre-selection process. This includes an assessment of technical capabilities, production capacity, quality management approach, references, and operational culture.

We apply the selection criteria defined at the outset of the mandate and evaluate each candidate against them systematically. Only companies that meet the threshold are advanced.

This process protects your time and ensures that every conversation you have is with a genuinely credible candidate.

For companies new to sourcing in Asia, or reassessing an approach that no longer works, TIGEC provides focused strategic guidance.

This may include which markets to prioritise, how to frame the sourcing mandate, what expectations to set with prospective partners, and how to manage discussions across different business settings and working cultures.

We bring market insight and operational experience to help you build a sourcing approach that is coherent, durable and grounded in industrial reality.

The move from supplier selection to active engagement is often where difficulties begin. Differences in communication style, time zone, technical vocabulary and working practice can create unnecessary friction at a critical stage.

TIGEC helps manage that transition with clarity. We facilitate early exchanges, clarify expectations on both sides, and help establish a sound basis for the working relationship.

Our role is not to remain involved indefinitely; it is to ensure the relationship begins on solid ground.