Custom Engineered Arts provides custom vacuum forming services in Toronto for retail displays, branded installations, props, replicas, signage, event components, and other dimensional projects. From our Vaughan facility, we create lightweight plastic forms around the shape, size, finish, and function required for each project. We work with agencies, brands, designers, event producers, and commercial teams in Toronto, across Canada, and in the USA.
Custom Vacuum Forming for Creative Projects
Vacuum forming is a thermoforming process used to create three-dimensional components from flat thermoplastic sheets. The plastic sheet is heated until flexible, positioned over a custom mould, and drawn against the mould with vacuum pressure to create the required shape. Once cooled, the vacuum-formed plastic is removed, trimmed, and prepared for finishing.
Depending on the project, formed pieces can be painted, branded, reinforced, assembled, illuminated, or combined with materials such as wood, foam, and metal, as well as printed graphics. Our custom thermoforming services support one-off pieces, prototypes, display components, and short production runs for creative and commercial applications.
What We Can Create With Vacuum Forming
Our plastic vacuum forming capabilities can be used to produce lightweight, dimensional components that are part of a larger display, prop, replica, sign, or installation.
Retail and POP Displays
We create dimensional display parts, branded product holders, retail fixtures, wall features, product surrounds, and promotional components. Vacuum forming can also produce matching forms for one display or a multi-location campaign.
Props and Set Pieces
Lightweight plastic shells and custom forms can be used for film, television, theatre, live events, stage productions, and themed environments. Their lower weight can make larger pieces easier to transport, handle, suspend, and position.
Product Replicas and Prototypes
We can produce custom plastic parts and recognizable three-dimensional product shapes for advertising campaigns, presentations, concept development, and prototypes. Vacuum forming is useful when the appearance and scale of an object matter more than recreating its full weight or internal construction.
Signs, Logos and Branded Elements
Vacuum forming can create dimensional lettering, branded icons, formed sign faces, logos, and shaped components for illuminated displays. Pieces can be painted, mounted, or incorporated into a larger fabricated structure.
Trade Show and Brand Activation Components
We create branded components for trade shows, pop-ups, mall activations, product launches, exhibitions, and experiential campaigns. Parts can be planned around transport, assembly, storage, and repeat use when a campaign moves between locations.
Our Vacuum Forming Process
Project Consultation
We review the concept, dimensions, quantity, environment, intended use, schedule, budget, and installation requirements.
Design and Engineering
Our team develops the design or adapts existing drawings for the forming process, including shape, depth, connection points, and assembly requirements.
Mould and Tooling Creation
We produce the positive or negative vacuum forming mould needed to create the required shape. Tooling is planned around the part geometry, material, quantity, surface requirements, and intended application.
Plastic Heating and Forming
The selected thermoplastic sheet is heated until flexible and formed over the mould using vacuum pressure to create the required three-dimensional shape.
Trimming and Finishing
After cooling, the part is trimmed and prepared for finishing. Depending on the project, we can paint, brand, reinforce, assemble, or combine it with other fabricated components.
Delivery or Installation
Finished pieces can be packaged, shipped, distributed, delivered, or installed based on the project requirements in Toronto, across Canada, or in the USA.
Vacuum Forming for Different Industries
Our vacuum forming and custom plastic fabrication services can support temporary campaigns, travelling installations, permanent displays, prototypes, and commercial features. We work with:
We consider how each piece will be viewed, handled, transported, supported, and installed in its final setting.
Why Choose Custom Engineered Arts?
Custom Engineered Arts brings creative design, technical planning, fabrication, finishing, and project coordination together under one roof. This allows our team to consider the vacuum-formed part as one component of the complete display or installation.
Concept-to-Completion Project Management
We support your project from concept and drawings through mould creation, fabrication, finishing, delivery, and installation.
Design and Engineering Under One Roof
Our design and fabrication teams coordinate shape, construction, connection points, finishes, and installation requirements.
Experience With Dimensional Branded Installations
We create custom elements for retail displays, signs, replicas, exhibits, events, and experiential campaigns.
One-Off and Short-Run Production
Our thermoforming services can be used for prototypes, one-of-a-kind pieces, campaign components, and small quantities of matching parts.
Installation and Distribution Capabilities
Projects can be prepared for pickup, shipping, multi-location distribution, site delivery, or installation.
Canada and USA Service Coverage
Based in Vaughan, we serve clients in Toronto, across Canada, and in the United States.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Have a Custom Shape or Display in Mind?
Tell us what you are planning and how the finished piece will be used. Send your dimensions, drawings, reference images, or quantities, and our team can review the project and recommend an approach for custom vacuum forming, finishing, delivery, and installation.