Light up Character Manufacturing in the UK
At CNC Event Works, we manufacture bespoke light-up letters and numbers for event hire companies, production businesses and clients across the UK. From individual replacement characters to complete alphabet and number sets, each piece is CNC cut and manufactured to suit your required size, style and specification.
Our light-up letters and numbers can be supplied fully finished and ready for use, or unfinished for your own workshop to paint, finish and fit with lighting. Whether you're starting a new hire range or expanding your existing stock, we provide flexible, made-to-order light-up character manufacturing.
Custom Light-Up Characters Made to Order in the UK.
Professional Light-Up Letter & Number Manufacturing
Bespoke Light-Up Letters & Numbers Made to Order
At CNC Event Works, we manufacture professional light-up letters and numbers for event hire companies, production businesses and clients across the UK.
From individual replacement characters to complete alphabet and number sets, every piece is made to order using CNC-cut components and practical fabrication methods to create strong, consistent characters suitable for repeated event use.
Whether you're starting a new light-up letter hire range, expanding your existing stock or replacing damaged or missing characters, we can manufacture letters and numbers around your required size, style and specification.
Finished or Unfinished to Suit Your Requirements
We understand that different customers require different levels of finishing, which is why our light-up letters and numbers can be supplied either fully finished or unfinished.
Finished Builds
Supplied manufactured, prepared, painted and fitted with lighting, ready to add directly to your hire stock or use at an event.
Unfinished Builds
Supplied as manufactured structures ready for your own workshop to sand, paint, finish and install the lighting.
This gives event hire and production companies the option to reduce their own fabrication time while still completing the final finish in-house.
We Can Manufacture:
Individual light-up letters
Individual light-up numbers
Complete alphabet sets
Complete number sets
Replacement characters
Additional characters for existing hire stock
Multiple sets for growing hire inventories
Bespoke sizes and styles
Finished ready-to-use builds
Unfinished builds for trade customers
Built for Event Hire
Our light-up letters and numbers are designed with the requirements of the events industry in mind.
From a single replacement character to multiple complete sets, we focus on consistent manufacture, professional construction and reliable production.
Simply let us know the characters, quantity, dimensions and finish you require and we can discuss the best manufacturing option for your order.
Whether you want a complete finished product or an unfinished build ready for your own workshop, CNC Event Works provides a flexible light-up letter and number manufacturing service built around your requirements.
FAQs
What size are each character?
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Each character is built 4ft in height. Width’s vary depending on the character. If you would prefer alternative sizing please speak to the team.
Can the letters and numbers be supplied finished or unfinished?
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Yes. We can supply fully finished builds that are painted, fitted with lighting and ready to use, or unfinished builds ready for your own workshop to sand, paint, finish and install the lighting.
Can I order multiple copies of the same character?
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Yes. We can manufacture repeated characters for hire stock, such as additional vowels, commonly used letters or multiple number sets.
What materials can you CNC cut?
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We commonly work with materials such as MDF, plywood, acrylic, foamex and soft metal sheets. If you have a specific material in mind, send us the details and we can confirm whether it is suitable.
What type of lighting is used in the light-up letters and numbers?
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Our standard builds use 24V cabochon lamps, providing a bright, reliable finish that is well suited to repeated event use.
What colour cabochon lamps are available?
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We offer warm white or cool white cabochon lamps as standard, allowing you to choose the look that best suits your hire stock or event style. We can also manufacture letters and numbers using pixel cabochon lamps, giving you greater control over colour, effects and animated lighting sequences. A controller will be provided with the pixel cabachon lamps.
Are the letters and numbers supplied with a power supply?
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Yes. Each order is supplied with a suitable 24V power supply for the characters ordered. You can also order additional power suppliers for those multiple-hire days.
How do I get a quote?
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Send us the characters you require, quantity, dimensions and whether you would like them supplied finished or unfinished. If you are matching an existing set, include clear photographs and measurements so we can review the specification.
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