Commercial Christmas lights and displays
Lit walk-through arches for park entrances, paths, plazas and light shows, in stars, snowflakes, hearts, gingerbread or a shape of your own. Tell us the opening to cover and what has to pass under it. The arch is built in sections that bolt together on site, and the quote covers it delivered to you.
From the workshop to your site
At a glance
Before you ask
The quote is built on the specification you send. These are the choices that decide what gets made and what it costs.
Measure the gap the arch has to cover and the tallest thing that goes under it. People on foot need far less height than a tram, a carriage or a service truck. We draw the arch to the clearance you give us.
A ground-standing gateway arch, or a piece that spans between poles: tell us which you have in mind, with a photo of the site.
Grass, paving or a road. How the arch is held down is a question for your site and, on a big arch, for your engineer. Tell us the surface and we draw the base for it.
One arch marks an entrance. A row of them leads people along a path. Say how many, and how far apart.
A stock theme or your own artwork, lit steady, chasing or animated. Animation needs a controller and its own power plan, which the quote sets out.
Where the nearest power is, and the date the arch has to be lit. The calendar on this page works back from that date.
Price
We do not publish a unit price, because the honest number depends on your configuration, quantity, destination and the duty rate on the day the goods land. We do publish what moves it.
A wider, taller arch needs heavier steel to stay rigid, and more of it. It also breaks into more sections and fills more crates.
An outline of stars is quicker to build than a gingerbread house skinned in mesh. The extra detail means more welding and wiring.
Chasing and animated arches need controllers and more cable than steady light.
Base plates, stakes or ballast fittings are made for the surface the arch stands on, and a big arch needs more of them.
An arch designed to come apart into flat sections packs tighter, and ocean freight is charged by the space the crates take.
The quote names the tariff line we file the arch under, the rate it was priced at, and who carries a change before it lands.
Order-by calendar
Enter the date the goods have to be on site. The calendar works back through every stage at the slowest duration we plan for and shows when the order has to be placed.
What goes wrong
Who carries duty, and what happens if the rate changes between quote and landing, is stated on every quote. How that works Add up a landed cost
The record
We do not name customers without written permission, and we do not ask them to be references. What we can show is the paperwork.
Custom display structures and lighting consumables over six seasons, several containers a year, with the customs entry filed by us each time.
Available redacted, on request
Questions
That depends on the site and how much steel the span needs. Our price lists include a shooting-star arch 10, 20 and 33 feet tall, and other arches are drawn to the opening you give us. Large outdoor arches are built in sections and bolted together on site.
If you need them to, say so before the drawing. Tell us the widest and tallest vehicle that will go through, and the drawing shows the clear opening for it. Anything that vehicles pass under should have its base checked for your site, usually by your own engineer.
In sections. The frame is designed to come apart into pieces that crate flat, the crates carry the assembly drawing, and your crew bolts the sections back together on site.
Yes, if the artwork is yours to use: a shape drawn from your sketch, a park's name over its entrance, or a sponsor's mark on your own project. The drawing comes back to you for approval before anything is built.
From commercial display suppliers rather than stores. Most sell from a catalogue and some build in the US. We build to your drawing in China, ship by the container and quote the arch delivered to your site, with duty and freight on their own lines.
Buyer guides
GuideWhat a shopping center has made to fit its spaces, who approves each piece before it goes up, and when to order so it lands before install.
Read the guide
GuideThe steps from a sketch to a crated, lit steel display, and what the factory needs from you at each one.
Read the guideIn the same category
Walk-through and drive-through light tunnels for light shows, parks and zoos, made as a run of lit arches or panels that bolt together on site. Send the route, the length and what has to fit inside. We plan the sections and the crates, and quote the tunnel landed at your gate.
See the tunnels
Lit snowflakes, stars, bells or your own city's motif, made to fit the poles on your streets. Tell us about the poles and who owns them, send a design or a sketch, and we build the frames, crate them flat and quote them landed.
See the pole decorations
Walk-through arches, animated figures, tunnels and photo-op structures for light attractions, downtowns and parks. We build from your drawing or make one from your sketch, crate the structures to fit the container, and clear them through customs at the other end.
See the displaysSend it as a sourcing request. Tell us what it is, the quantity and the date, and we will say whether we can get it made, and by when.
Send a requestRequest a quote
Tell us the quantity, the destination and when you need it on site. We return a landed cost that itemises the goods, ocean freight, the customs entry, duty at the line we file under, and delivery.
We take on the orders we can do well, and we will say so if yours isn't one of them.
Now reviewing requests
Either way, we read every request ourselves.
Everything we need for a landed quote.
Just the basics. We go through the rest together.
Private sourcing and tradingWe take on the orders we can do wellMinimum order value (MOV) US$5,000
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