Sign Designs opened on 1 July 1979 in a small shop in Woodside. We're still family-owned and locally run, and the skills of the trade have passed down through the family to the workshop at City South today.
Our own vans Hutcheon Street years
Our logo today
From Woodside to Portlethen
We have grown and moved a few times since 1979. Follow the van from our first shop in Woodside to the workshop we run today.
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1 July 1979
Great Northern Road, Woodside
We opened in a small shop in Woodside, doing industrial engraving.
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Growing
Rosemount
Wallfield Crescent and Northfield Place
As our skills, services and customers grew, we moved through several premises in Rosemount.
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For 25 years
147-149 Hutcheon Street
Our home for 25 years, just north of the city centre.
Our vans in the Hutcheon Street years -
Today
City South Business Park, Portlethen
Unit 14, Bankhead Drive
On the south side of Aberdeen with easy access to the AWPR, so we can get to customers across Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and throughout Scotland.
Old skills, new machines
We started out in industrial engraving. The knowledge of the trade has passed down through the family, and today it works alongside computerised machinery in our own workshop, so we can take a job from one engraved item to a full commercial project.
Milling machines
Cut lettering and logos into plates, labels and control panels.
Acid etch
Etches artwork into stainless steel and brass for tags, plaques and panels.
Laser machines
Mark logos, serials and codes on metal, wood, slate, glass and leather.
We take pride in understanding how something should be made, not simply how to produce it.
The paperwork big sites ask for
Hospitals, schools and main contractors check a sign maker before they let them on site. These are the schemes we're registered with and belong to.
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ISO 9001
RegisteredThe international standard for quality management. Our registration is with Citation ISO Certification, an outside certification body. Certificate no. 389052022
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BSGA
Contractor memberThe British Sign and Graphics Association is the trade body for sign makers across the UK.
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Constructionline
Gold memberThe UK register of pre-qualified contractors and suppliers. Gold is its higher level of checks, so buyers have our details on file. Member no. 1241620
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SSIP
Health and safetySafety Schemes in Procurement links health and safety assessment schemes, so one assessment is recognised across its members.
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PASMA
Access towersPASMA sets the training standard for mobile access towers, the towers used to work safely at height.
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IPAF
Powered accessThe International Powered Access Federation sets the training for cherry pickers and scissor lifts.
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CSCS
Trade cardsConstruction Skills Certification Scheme cards show the holder has the training for their trade on a building site.
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Tendering or checking a supplier? Ask for our accreditation details when you request a quote.
Request a quote
From one-person firms to ferry terminals
One plate or a whole building, you get the same attention to detail. Pick a row on the board to see some of the work.
Let's get your name up
Call in at City South, give us a ring or send a quote request. Tell us what you need and we'll tell you how we'd make it.
Find the workshop
Unit 14 City South Business ParkBankhead Drive, Portlethen
Aberdeen AB12 4XX
Easy to reach from the AWPR.
Get directionsMore from the workshop
See the jobs, try the sign builder or tell us what you need made.
