3D printing subcontracting for professionals

Small batches, signage and custom objects for professionals

Whether you have the file or just the idea: small and medium batches, lettering and signage, promotional items, decorative pieces and art projects, made in France with a business invoice.

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Business invoice, NDA available
French workshop

Vase décoratif rouge imprimé en 3D, surface texturée de petits cubes en relief et bandeau lisse

Outsourcing your 3D printing: when and why

A desktop printer is fine for a trial. As soon as you need a technical material, a clean finish, reliable lead times or dozens of identical parts, a properly equipped 3D printing provider becomes more cost-effective than in-house machine time and staff time.

Outsourcing to Symbio3D means one contact for everything: material advice, file preparation, printing, finishing, inspection and shipping. You receive ready-to-use parts and a proper invoice.

Small and medium batches

Between a one-off and an injection mould, batch 3D printing is the most economical option: no tooling to pay for, no minimum quantity imposed by a mould, and the freedom to change the part from one batch to the next.

Volume pricing from 2 parts, recalculated with the quantity
Identical parts from one order to the next, with the same file and the same settings
Reorder on demand: no stock to finance

Example: a manufacturer orders 200 parts, then 100 more three months later, with no difference at all between the two batches.

Find out more about our batch 3D printing.

Lettering, indoor signs and wayfinding

3D sign letters, raised logos, plaques and pictograms: we print custom raised lettering from your vector logo, in the colour and thickness you choose, for a reception area, offices, a trade stand or a shop window.

Raised letters and logos

True to your brand guidelines, to glue on or mount with standoffs for a floating effect off the wall.

Custom signage

Door plates, numbers, pictograms and directional arrows, all in one consistent graphic style.

Custom point-of-sale displays

Display stands, product holders and exhibition stand elements, sized exactly to your products.

Custom promotional items and corporate gifts

A custom promotional item makes more of an impression than catalogue merchandise: it reflects your product, your logo or your trade. Keyrings shaped like your product, a personalised trophy for a company event, a miniature replica of a building or a machine, end-of-year gifts for clients.

We create the model from your logo or your idea, you approve a first sample, then we produce the quantity you need.

Example: for his company's twentieth anniversary, a manufacturer gives his partners a scale replica of his flagship machine, with the logo raised on the base.

Decorative pieces and art projects

Designers, decorators, interior fit-out specialists, artists: 3D printing opens up shapes that cannot be turned, moulded or sculpted by hand, as one-offs or in small batches. Vases, light fittings, decor elements, sculptures, fit-out pieces for hospitality or luxury.

We adapt to every project: a sketch, a concept or a file is enough to get started, and there is no limit to imagination as long as the piece fits in our machines or can be split into parts that are assembled.

Example: a decorator commissions a series of vases with a small-cube texture, impossible to achieve in thrown ceramics, in his client's brand colour.

Available finishes

The finish is what turns a printed part into a finished object. We choose it with you according to the use and the look you want.

As printed, for technical parts and prototypes
Sanded and polished, for a surface that is smooth to the touch
Primed and painted, in your brand colour
Varnished, matt or gloss, to protect and bring out the colour
Transparent resin, for parts you need to see through
Assembly of multi-part pieces

Pièce en résine transparente imprimée en 3D, encore fixée au plateau de l'imprimante

Business account: invoice, bank transfer, volume pricing

Business invoice

Invoice in your company's name, with your EU VAT number, downloadable from your customer account.

Payment by bank transfer

On quoted orders, you pay by bank transfer or card, whichever suits your accounts department.

Volume pricing

The unit price falls with the quantity from the second part onwards, and is shown live in the online quote.

What to send us

Your 3D file (STL, STEP, OBJ, 3MF) or your vector logo (SVG, AI, PDF)
The quantity
The material you want, or simply what the part is for
The finish: as printed, sanded or painted
Your deadline

How it works

You describe

File, logo, sketch or just an idea, with the quantity and the deadline. An NDA can be signed before you send anything.
Quote and e-signature online

A detailed quote, usually within 24 hours, design included if needed, which you sign online in a few clicks.
Online payment

A secure payment link is sent to you by e-mail.
Prototype or proof

A first sample to approve before the batch goes into production.
Production and delivery

Production, finishing, inspection and shipping with a tracking number.

Every stage is tracked automatically: from the quote onwards, each of our e-mails carries a personal tracking link. You can see where your order stands and find your documents at any time, without creating an account.

Typical lead times and budget

Every project is priced on its files and quantity: our rates are competitive and calculated as tightly as possible, with a unit price that falls as the batch grows. The quote usually arrives within 24 hours.