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Make Your Idea Real with ORCHARD Contract Manufacting Services

At The Big Orchard, we turn your vision into reality with our turn-key solution for your next product. With nearly 40 years of crafting high-quality, UK-made tools in Yorkshire, we now offer bespoke design, fabrication, and 3D printing services to bring your ideas to life. Whether you’re an inventor, designer, startup, or SME, our end-to-end manufacturing expertise delivers precision parts and prototypes tailored to your needs.

Why Choose Us?

End-to-End Expertise: From concept design to prototyping, manufacturing, finishing, packing, and shipping, we handle every step in-house or with trusted UK partners.

Precision Fabrication: Our new press brake facilities and in-house welding, combined with years of designing laser cut parts, ensure high-quality metal parts like brackets, enclosures, and panels.

Advanced 3D Printing: We design, prototype, and produce small-batch parts, including redesigns of injection-molded components, for cost-effective solutions without expensive tooling.

UK Quality, Yorkshire Pride: Our Yorkshire facility guarantees durability, precision, and fast turnarounds, backed by a legacy of serving professionals and industry leaders.

Custom Finishing & Logistics: Choose powder coating or zinc plating for a professional finish, and rely on us for custom packaging and seamless shipping.

Our Services

Bespoke Metal Fabrication

Design and manufacture custom metal parts with precision. Using our state-of-the-art press brake and in-house welding, we create anything from components to fully finished multi-part products assembled and securely packed. Our expertise in laser-cut part design ensures accuracy, with finishing options like powder coating or zinc plating for durability and aesthetics. Perfect for SMEs, designers, or industrial applications.

3D Printing & Prototyping

Turn ideas into tangible prototypes or small-batch parts with our advanced 3D printing capabilities. We design new parts or redesign existing ones (e.g., converting injection-molded components) for cost-effective production. Ideal for startups, inventors, or anyone needing rapid prototypes or low-volume runs without high tooling costs. We have extensive experience with many different materials and designing for manufacture from the ground up.

Turn-Key Solutions

We manage the entire process—design, prototyping, testing, manufacturing, finishing, packing, and shipping—so you can focus on your vision. Our flexible approach supports one-off prototypes or small to medium production runs, all delivered with Yorkshire craftsmanship. We also can help you with supporting marketing material and compliance making your job staight forward.

Who We Serve

Designers & Creatives: Bespoke metal or 3D-printed parts for furniture, art installations, or unique tools, building on our legacy of crafting for architects and artists. Startups & Inventors: Rapid prototyping and small-batch production to bring your product to market without breaking the bank.

SMEs & Industry: Custom components for machinery, equipment, or legacy systems, with precision fabrication and professional finishing. Maintenance & Repair: Replacement parts, redesigned or 3D-printed, for obsolete or hard-to-source components.

Our Process

  • Design: Collaborate with our team to create or refine your part using advanced CAD software.
  • Prototyping: Test your concept with rapid 3D-printed prototypes or metal mockups.
  • Manufacturing: Produce your parts with our press brake, welding, and laser cutting expertise.
  • Finishing: Add powder coating or zinc plating for a polished, durable result.
  • Packing & Shipping: Custom packaging and reliable logistics to deliver your product anywhere.

Material Expertise

Over the years we have become highly skilled in working and finishing in the following materials:

  • Plastics: In addition to handling cast acrylic sheet we design, protoype and reliable produce plastic components on a constant basis. 3D printing is one of our main expertise. We produce many parts from plastic which would be impossible only a few years ago in a wide range of materials and finishes
  • Mild Steel: For general framework, fabrication and folded laser cut parts from sheet steel to laser cut tube. Either powder coated or zinc plate finish.
  • Stainless Steel: Corrosion resistant and ideal for laser cut and folded components. Natural brushed finished.
  • MFC:Malemine Faced Chipboard is a great option for paneling with a wide range of available finishes from wood grain to flat colours and from metal effect to stone effect.
  • HPL (Trespa): High Pressure Laminate is a tough and rigid panel product ideal for carcases and table tops ideal for machining (CNC etc). Available in wide range of finishes.
  • Glass: We handle toughed glass in a wide range or sizes and have the ability to design and have produced specific shapes and profiles in a multiple finishes and thicknesses.

Proven Success

We’ve already brought bespoke solutions to life, like custom UV adhesive curing benches for J&S Adhesives and an O-ring measuring booth for Olypsys Technologies. Now, we’re ready to tackle your unique project, whether it’s a one-off prototype or a small-batch production run.

Make Your Idea Real Today

Ready to turn your vision into reality? Contact us to discuss your project, request a quote, or explore how our turn-key solution for your next product can save you time and cost. With The Big Orchard, your idea is in expert hands.

What do you want to make?


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