Custom Materials

Services

We’ve worked with some of the world’s leading commercial design practices and retail brands to create bespoke panels for their schemes. With decades of experience, our team is hugely proficient in understanding materials and the opportunities they present. No matter your project requirements, we can support in creating a solution. Speaking to our experts is a good place to start.

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Combining pattern and colour

Whether your scheme lends itself to blue hues, pops of pink or nature-inspired neutrals, we can create a palette to inspire. Beyond colour, we play with gradients, fleck sizes, ratios, and larger-format effects to shape panels with striking, expressive pattern. Through our custom service, we can also colour-match across the spectrum, including RAL shades and metallics, to reflect branding or complement other elements of a space. Curated colour and textural appearance will result in a panel that’s characterfully unique to you.

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RAW MATERIAL SELECTION

We can work with various thermoplastics, papers, organic materials, and memorabilia to create encapsulated or integrated materials. Raw materials we have worked with include CDs, banknotes, electric cabling, plastic straws, and marine litter. Please note that we cannot work with heavily contaminated waste or metals.

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Technical performance

We can look at developing bespoke materials that have different mechanical or technical performance requirements, including material flexibility, UV, weather or fire performance criteria.

OUR CUSTOM PROCESS

1. Define your needs

Build your vision and project goals: the colours, patterns, and textures you’re drawn to, the application and scale, thicknesses, whether it’s a one-off or repeat order, or even a waste stream you’d like to explore. The more we know, the better we can guide your material journey.

2. Talk to our team

Connect with our Material Specialists for tailored advice on your commercial interiors project.

3. Test samples

Our sampling process lets you refine your choices and see what’s truly possible. Samples are 240mm x 120mm x 12mm. We will advise on any costs.
We may need to scale up the trials with full sheet 3000mm x 1200mm tests.

4. Receive your quote

Receive a clear, customised proposal based on your selections and project requirements, giving you lead times based on your approved material.

5. Custom materials that deliver

Your bespoke recycled panels will be manufactured to your exact specification, and sent for use in your scheme or project.

6. Close the loop

If your application is temporary, we can buy back your panels and recycle them through our process, giving the material a new life.

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Smile Materials
A new chapter in Smile Plastics' story. 

Expanding our scope to give you greater choice, Smile Materials goes beyond plastic. We transform discarded materials into beautiful, functional surfaces, supporting you in contributing to the circular economy, one waste stream at a time.