Illuminated signs in Perpignan and Canet-en-Roussillon

By day

@Backlit illuminated fascia sign on a bar-brasserie shopfront at night

By night

An illuminated sign is what gets you found at 8pm in winter. We make lightboxes, backlit fascias, built-up letters and LED neon for bars, restaurants, shops and businesses across the Pyrénées-Orientales and the Aude.

Lightboxes and shopfront fascias

Single- or double-sided lightboxes, backlit shopfront fascias, illuminated projecting signs. We pay particular attention to two things: even light distribution, to avoid the hot spots that give away a cheap lightbox, and access to the components, so that an LED module or a power supply can be replaced without taking the whole sign down.

Built-up letters

Each letter is a lightbox in its own right, lit from the front (illuminated face) or from behind (halo backlighting on the wall). It is the most prestigious option for a facade, and the one that uses the least power once converted to LED.

LED neon on plexiglass

Flexible LED neon mounted on a plexiglass sheet cut to shape: the neon look of old, without the fragility or the high voltage. Ideal in a shop window, behind a counter, in a dining room or for a logo. Single colour or multicolour, with a dimmer if needed.

Cut-through letters and cut lightbox faces

The lightbox face is cut on the CNC router, the letters are cut through and the light shines through them. By day the result is crisp and graphic, by night it is highly legible. Because everything is machined in-house, the cut follows your typeface exactly, with no approximation.

Before installation: authorisation

Any sign visible from the public highway requires prior authorisation from the town hall, and the rules differ from one town to another — Perpignan, Canet and Argelès do not have the same size and brightness limits. We prepare the technical file (drawings, dimensions, layout mock-up) to help you avoid a refusal.

What determines the price of an illuminated sign

We do not publish prices, because no two shopfronts are alike. What makes a quotation vary, in order of importance: the illuminated area and the type of lighting chosen (full lightbox, individual built-up letters, LED neon on plexiglass), the complexity of the cutting — a fine, cut-through typeface takes far more work than a rectangular fascia —, the materials of the face and frame, and finally the authorisation file when one has to be prepared. A shopfront lightbox and a restaurant facade in backlit built-up letters are two very different things. Describe your shopfront, with a photo if you have one, and you will have a figure within 48 hours. Installation is optional: if you want it, it is priced on a separate line of the same quotation.

Where we install illuminated signs

The workshop is in Canet-en-Roussillon, a quarter of an hour from Perpignan. We make signs here for the whole department and into the Aude; we also install, as an option, on quotation. Our pages by area (in French):

For Perpignan and its surroundings, Argelès, Céret or Prades, it is the same workshop and the same lead times: request your quotation.

Frequently asked questions

Do you need authorisation to install an illuminated sign?

Yes, in the vast majority of cases. A sign visible from the public highway falls under the French Environmental Code, and towns with a local advertising regulation — as is the case in Perpignan and most coastal towns — also regulate size, colours and brightness. The application is submitted to the town hall before the work. We prepare the technical documents (dimensioned drawings, layout mock-up on a photo of the facade); the application remains in your name as the operator.

Does an illuminated sign have to be switched off at night?

French national rules require illuminated signs to be switched off between 1am and 6am when the business is closed, with exceptions for businesses open at night. A simple timer settles the matter once and for all — ask for it when you request a quotation, it is much easier to install at the same time as the sign.

What are the different types of illuminated signs?

The four families described above cover almost every need: the lightbox or fascia, the built-up letter, LED neon on plexiglass and the cut face with cut-through letters. The choice comes down mainly to the effect you want at night and what your facade can take — a fascia does not have the same fixing constraints as a series of individual letters.

LED or real neon?

We work with LED. Glass neon has a special charm, but it is fragile, expensive to repair and runs on high voltage. Flexible LED neon reproduces the continuous line very closely, uses little power, can be installed in a shop window without special precautions and is easy to replace.

Do you make the signs yourselves or resell them?

We make them. The faces, letters and supports are cut on our own machines in Canet — CNC router and laser cutter — and the printing and mounting are done there too. Installation as well, if you wish, as an option. That is why we can follow your typeface exactly rather than offering you a similar font.

Read our customer reviews — or see our other specialities: raised cut-out letters, large-format printing and vinyl, vehicle graphics.

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REZO-FABRIK — workshop in Canet-en-Roussillon
9 rue de la Close, Zone Las Bigues, 66140 Canet-en-Roussillon
Tel. +33 7 75 76 92 32 — [email protected]
Monday to Thursday 9am–12pm and 2pm–5pm, Friday 9am–12pm, by appointment.
Request a free quotation — reply within 48 hours.