Every exhibitor with a product worth stealing, touching or dusting eventually needs the same thing: a clear case that shows everything and allows nothing. Here is how exhibition display cases are specified in Dubai and what each format costs.
Exhibition guides · 2026-08-23 · 4 min read
A counter-top case, a five-sided clear cover on a base, runs AED 150 to 600 by size and thickness. A pedestal case, cube on a plinth at viewing height, runs AED 600 to 1,800. A full tower vitrine with shelves runs AED 1,500 to 4,000. All three come clear, or with frosted or printed panels where you want to control the view.
Decide how staff reach the product: a lift-off cover is cheapest but slowest, a hinged door with cam lock is the working standard, and sliding doors suit shelved vitrines. For high-value items, bond the case to its base and the base to the counter, a case that cannot be carried is rarely tested.
Hall lighting comes from everywhere and flatters nothing. LED strips inside the case top or base, AED 150 to 400 added, put controlled light exactly on the product. Warm light for gold, jewellery and cosmetics; cool light for tech and medical. Battery packs avoid trailing cables across a rented floor.
5mm reads acceptable, 8 to 10mm reads premium, and diamond-polished edges are what make a case look like glass rather than plastic. Specify cast acrylic: cheap extruded sheet shows a slight haze in thick sections that hall lighting exposes mercilessly. This is the difference buyers cannot name but always notice.
Match the format to the product's value: counter cases for samples, locked pedestals for heroes, lit vitrines for collections, and always cast acrylic with polished edges.
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Counter-top cases run AED 150 to 600, pedestal cases AED 600 to 1,800, and shelved tower vitrines AED 1,500 to 4,000, with LED lighting adding AED 150 to 400.
Hinged doors with cam locks are the working standard. For high-value items the case bonds to its base and counter so it cannot be lifted or carried away.
Standard cases take 5 to 7 working days at RS Acrylics, with 48-hour rush possible for simple counter-top formats when artwork and sizes are confirmed same-day.
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