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Who we are
A fabrication shop first, a signage company second
Bonustrellis started with one welder and a brake press in a Bendigo lock-up. Fifteen years later we run a full fabrication floor with CNC routing, MIG welding, in-house powder coating and an LED bench that every illuminated build has to pass before it leaves the building.
We don't outsource the difficult parts. When your sign needs a custom return fold or your stand needs a rigging point exactly where the venue will allow it, that decision gets made by the same people who then cut and weld the metal. That's the entire reason our builds last as long as they do.
Est. 2009 in Bendigo
26 staff on the floor
Licensed installers in every capital
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1,340
Shopfronts fabricated since 2009
312
Exhibition stands built and bumped in
0
Late bump-ins in the last four years
94%
Clients who reorder or refer us
What we make
Two specialities, both built end-to-end in Bendigo
We keep the range tight so the craft stays sharp. Illuminated retail signage and exhibition stands are what we do, and we do them from first drawing to final bolt.
Retail Signage Fabrication
Panel signs, illuminated lightboxes and channel letter sets — engineered with cast acrylic faces, IP67 LED modules and powder-coated aluminium frames. Installed with the right anchors for your actual wall, with a certificate of electrical safety issued on install day.
From $1,180
Panel sign builds
Lightboxes
Channel letters
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Exhibition Stand Builds
Design, engineering, joinery and lighting for tradeshow booths from a 3x3 shell upgrade right up to a double-deck custom rig. Everything crates into numbered flight cases and rebuilds in around ninety minutes with one Allen key and a numbered diagram.
From $2,650
Shell upgrades
Modular frames
Full custom rigs
Explore stand packages
Why clients stay
Four reasons our jobs outlast the ones that went cheap
Every one of these is boring, expensive to do properly and completely invisible on a quote. They are also the reason our lightboxes are still lit eleven years later and our stands still get reused five shows in.
Built for Australian heat
Constant-current LED drivers and cast acrylic faces, both bench-tested for four hours before the enclosure closes. If a driver is going to fail it fails in our workshop, not above your door.
Condensation handled
Gore-style breather membranes and continuous gaskets on every illuminated build. Adds eight dollars to the cost and saves a service call in year three.
Site-measured, not guessed
We visit, photograph and note the wall substrate before anything gets cut. Fixings are chosen for your actual brick, tilt-slab or heritage render, not a generic default.
Written warranty, real terms
Five years on structure and coating, two years on LED modules and drivers, twelve months on stand frames. When a module dies in month eight we come back and swap it.
Inside the workshop
Capability most signage companies don't have in-house
We bought the machines because subcontracting them out meant waiting weeks for a colour match and losing control of quality. Now colour, fit and finish all stay behind our own door.
3-axis CNC routing
Acrylic and composite faces cut to drawing, then edge-polished so lighting reads evenly across the whole panel.
MIG welding bay
Aluminium frames and letter returns welded and tacked by hand. If it flexes when you press it, we don't ship it.
In-house powder coat
Degrease, etch, spray and bake at 200°C on site. Colour-matching to RAL or your brand guide without a third-party queue.
LED bench and test
IP67 modules, constant-current drivers and a four-hour burn-in on every run before the lightbox gets sealed.
How a job runs
From your photo of the facade to the day the sign goes up
Six stages, each one ended with a document you sign off. Nothing gets cut until you've seen the drawings, and no surprise line items appear on the invoice.
01
Brief and site visit
Send a photo or address and we'll come measure. Wall material, setbacks, power access and any heritage overlays all go into the job file on day one.
02
Drawings and fixed quote
CAD elevations and section details issued as a PDF proof with a material schedule. Price locks when you sign, before any metal moves.
03
Fabrication and finishing
Metal cut, folded, welded and powder-coated. Faces routed and polished. Every part numbered against the crate diagram.
04
Wiring and burn-in test
Drivers, modules and cabling fitted, then run for four hours on the bench. A dud driver gets caught here, not on your wall.
05
Transport and install
Crated, shipped and bolted up by a licensed installer. Where possible we work around your trading hours so the scaffolding isn't in the way.
06
Handover and warranty
As-built drawings, electrical certificate, LED schedule and a service logbook for future module swaps. All signed, all digital.
Recent work
A few jobs that went out the door lately
Double-sided bakery lightbox, 3.2 metres wide, backlit halo on the return.
Stainless channel letters mounted on a rendered fascia for a Ballarat pharmacy.
Six-by-three modular stand for a food producer at Fine Food Australia.
Double-deck rig for an industrial pump manufacturer at the Perth exhibition centre.
What people say
Straight feedback from shop owners and exhibitors
No marketing copy here — these are the words clients put in their own reviews.
Our previous lightbox yellowed within three years. The Bonustrellis build has been up for close to a decade now and the logo still reads sharp at night. They actually explained why the cheap one failed.
Marlene Feeney
Owner, Feeney's Bakehouse, Bendigo
Bump-in was on the allocated hour and the stand was rebuilt before lunch. Second show with the same frame and we changed the skins in under an hour. Whoever designed the numbered cases deserves a beer.
Craig Fullerton
Marketing Manager, Crofton Industrial
They arrived with a proper site kit, measured against the actual render, and came back three weeks later with a sign that fit on the first lift. Fixed price, no drama. Genuinely rare in this trade.
Priya Nandakumar
Director, Northline Pharmacy Group
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Brands and venues we build for
From the workshop blog
Field notes on making things that actually last
Practical writing about fabrication, materials and trade show logistics, all drawn from jobs that have actually run through our floor.
Why Australian Sun Kills Cheap LED Signage (And How We Build Around It)
Heat, UV and condensation wreck budget LED signage fast. Here's what we do differently in the workshop to make lightboxes last a decade Down Under.
Read the article
Five Bump-In Mistakes We See Exhibitors Make Over and Over
After twelve years of bumping stands in across Australia, these are the mistakes we watch exhibitors make at every trade show — and the fixes that save the day.
Read the article
Get a fixed price
Send us a photo of your facade or your next stand size
Tell us what you're building and where it's going. We come back with a firm quote inside five working days — no hourly-rate creep, no hidden line items on install day.
Contact Bonustrellis
Talk to the workshop directly
You'll speak to a fabricator, not a call centre. If your question is about materials, load ratings or venue access, we can answer it on the spot.
Workshop and office
+61 3 5917 2846
bonustrellis@gmail.com
22-44 Bath Lane, Bendigo VIC
3550, Australia
Opening hours
- Monday to Friday: 7:30am – 5:00pm
- Saturday: 8:00am – 12:00pm
- Sunday and public holidays: closed
Find us
Bath Lane, right in the middle of Bendigo
Keep an eye out for the roller door with the Bonustrellis logo on it. Parking is on street, and there's a loading bay available by arrangement for stand collections.
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