Most of our work is project work: store fit-outs, multi-site rollouts and batch production for brands. But we are asked the same question before anything else, so here is the straight answer. There is no minimum order, and the real point is how sharply the price per piece falls as the quantity rises. If you are specifying for a store, a rollout or a production run, this is the part worth reading.
Buying guides · 2026-09-16 · 5 min read
We make single pieces every week. A prototype, a replacement for a broken shelf, one award for one person. There is no minimum. The one-off price covers the setup: reading your file, programming the cutter, and a person handling a single sheet. That setup cost is the same whether we cut one piece or fifty. So one piece is never the cheapest per unit, but it is always possible.
Three things get cheaper with quantity. Setup is spread across more pieces. Sheet waste falls, because we can nest many parts on one sheet instead of cutting one part from a corner. And handling is faster, because the same person does the same step fifty times instead of once. Between one unit and ten, the per-piece price can fall by a third or more. Between ten and a hundred it keeps falling, but more slowly.
Ten is where a jig starts to pay for itself. Fifty usually fills one or two full sheets with little waste. A hundred is where we plan production in batches and the per-unit price gets close to its floor. Beyond a few hundred, the price stops falling much. At that point the material itself is most of the cost.
The acrylic sheet costs the same per square metre whether you buy one part or a thousand. Thick cast sheet, coloured sheet, and imported branded sheet stay expensive at any quantity. Hand finishing, like diamond polishing or bonding a box by hand, also scales slowly. If your budget is tight, change the thickness or the finish before you change the quantity.
For anything over twenty pieces, we suggest one sample first. You check the size, the colour, and how it feels in your hand. Then we cut the run. The sample cost is usually deducted from the final order. This is faster than reworking a hundred units because a hole was two millimetres off.
Tell us the numbers you are thinking about, not just one. 'Price for 10, 50 and 100' takes us no extra time and lets you see the curve. Send the drawing or a photo, the thickness if you know it, and where it will be used. We reply the same working day with a price at each quantity and a lead time for each.
There is no minimum order, but quantity is where the economics live: ask for a price at three quantities so you can see where the per-unit cost flattens, and sign off one sample before any run over twenty. For store packages and rollouts, price the package rather than the piece.
Questions about your own project? Talk to our Dubai workshop, we answer the same working day.
No. We make single pieces, prototypes and replacements. The per-unit price is higher for one piece because setup is the same for one as for fifty, but there is no minimum.
From one to ten pieces the per-unit price can fall by a third or more. From ten to a hundred it keeps falling. After a few hundred it flattens, because the sheet itself becomes most of the cost.
Yes, and we recommend it. One sample checks size, colour and fit. The sample cost is normally deducted from the production order.
No. A single piece is often faster because it fits into a gap in the day. A run of a hundred is planned as a batch and takes 5 to 10 working days depending on finish.
As a package, not a unit price. Shopfront letters, feature walls, counters and display systems are drawn, priced and installed together so the colours match and one programme covers them. Send the drawings and the handover date.
Pick your products, add a note, and our team replies the same working day.