Bayan Signage makes door name plates for law firms, polyclinics, schools, business centres and government offices across the UAE. We cut, print and assemble every plate in our Ajman factory, proof the whole door schedule at true size, and fit each floor to one height and one alignment so the corridor looks designed rather than collected.
A door name plate identifies the room or the person behind a door, and on a busy floor it does real wayfinding work. Most plates we make are 150 to 300 mm wide and sit on the latch side, on the leaf or the wall beside the frame, carrying a room number, a name, a title and often an Arabic line. They suit law firms with twenty offices on one corridor, clinics where patients are sent to room 214, school administration blocks and business centres where tenants change every year.
One good plate is easy. Sixty good plates that share one font, one size, one height and one fixing method is where most fit-outs slip. We set the layout to the longest realistic name and title in both languages, choose a finish that will not glare under your corridor downlights and pick a fixing for each door type, including fire-rated doors that should not be drilled. Every plate is cut, printed and checked in our Ajman factory against a single approved schedule.
Bayan Signage has run its own factory at Alam Square, Industrial Area 2, Ajman, since 2016 as the production arm of Bayan Advertising, which has worked in the UAE for 15 years. Door plates are usually part of a wider interior package for us, so the same team can match them to your reception sign, meeting room signs and desk plates.
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These cover most offices, clinics and public buildings. We often combine two, such as a fixed printed room number with a slider for the occupant.
Laser or rotary engraved stainless, brass, acrylic or two-colour laminate, with the letters cut into the plate and paint-filled, so names survive years of cleaning without fading or peeling.
View details →Laser-cut brushed stainless plates with cut vinyl text or raised laser-cut letters. The durable, understated choice for law firms, family offices and executive floors.
View details →Cast acrylic printed on the reverse face, so the cleaning cloth never touches the ink, suited to long runs where every plate carries a different name.
View details →A fixed header for the room or department and a window holding a printed strip, so your team reprints names in-house when staff move.
View details →Number-led plates for hotels, schools and hospitals, with large numerals and a short room name, made in the same material and font as the occupant plates.
View details →Consultation room plates with name, speciality and Arabic line, built to survive daily disinfectant cleaning in clinics and hospitals.
View details →We list every door with its number, occupant, door type and wall finish. On site we check glass, fire-rated and grooved doors, because each needs a different fixing. The survey is free in Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman.
Our designers build one template sized to the longest name in English and Arabic, then send a PDF of every plate at true size for line-by-line proofreading.
One plate is cut in the chosen material for you to hold against a real door under your corridor lights. Glare and text size are settled here.
Plates are CNC-routed or laser-cut, then UV printed, reverse printed or fitted with cut vinyl or raised laser-cut letters. Edges are polished or finished by hand before checking.
Every plate is checked against the approved schedule for spelling, numbering, finish and colour, then wrapped, packed by floor and labelled with its door number for the installers.
Our installers mark one mounting height for the whole floor, degrease each surface and fix plates with tape, studs or screws to suit the door.
Our usual starting point is below. Landlord fit-out guides and your interior designer's finish schedule can change any line.
| Component | Our standard | Upgrade options | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plate | 1 to 1.5 mm brushed stainless or 3 to 5 mm cast acrylic | Mirror stainless, layered or coloured acrylic | Brushed finishes hide fingerprints and avoid glare under corridor lights. |
| Text | Laser engraved and paint-filled, or reverse printed on acrylic | Rotary engraved brass or stainless, raised laser-cut letters | Text cut into the plate or behind acrylic survives years of wiping. |
| Layout | Sized to the longest name, 10 mm minimum margin | Logo, department header, Arabic line | A layout sized for today's names fails on the first long title. |
| Changeable insert | None on fixed room plates | Slider channel with synthetic printed strip | Sliders avoid remaking plates when staff move rooms. |
| Backing | Fixed flush | Acrylic back panel or stand-offs | A backing panel hides grooved or textured doors and adds depth. |
| Fixing | Very high bond tape on smooth surfaces | Concealed studs or countersunk screws | Fire-rated doors are bonded or plated on the wall, not drilled. |
These points come up on nearly every door plate order, and each one is cheaper to settle on a proof than on a finished batch.
A layout drawn around Ali will not hold Dr Mohammed Abdulrahman Al Mansoori, Consultant Cardiologist, and the plates for Ali and the cardiologist must look identical. We take the longest likely entry, in both languages, and size every plate to it. A 200 by 75 mm plate holds two lines comfortably; three lines plus a logo usually need 250 by 100 mm.
On clear glass the plate is backlit by whatever sits in the room, so text disappears against a window or a bright screen. On the wall beside the latch side it stays readable and remains visible when the door is open. If it must go on the glass, we add a solid backing or a frosted manifestation panel behind the text.
Screw holes can affect a fire door's certification. We bond plates on fire doors with an appropriate adhesive, or move them to the wall beside the frame, and we check with your fit-out consultant before the installers arrive. It is the single most common question from building managers during snagging.
Silver text on brushed silver looks refined in a render and almost vanishes under real corridor downlights. Keep a clear tonal gap: dark text on a light plate, or light on dark. For clinics and public buildings, accessibility guidance may also set contrast expectations, which we check for the building type.
Rooms do not move; people do. Make the room number and department a fixed, permanent plate, and put the occupant's name on a slider strip your team can print on a template we supply. A floor with frequent staff moves pays back the slider channel within the first year of reprints.
We quote from your door schedule. Send the number of doors, the names or room numbers, the material you prefer and a photo of a typical door, and you receive an itemised quote, usually within 24 hours.
Thirty plates sharing one template with different names cost much less each than six unique designs, because one set-up serves the whole run.
Acrylic and aluminium are the most economical. Stainless, mirror finishes and layered acrylic add material cost and finishing time.
UV print and vinyl are the most economical. Raised laser-cut letters and layered acrylic take more machine time and hand assembly per plate.
Slider channels cost more on day one but avoid remaking plates every time a member of staff moves room.
A single flat plate is simplest. Layered acrylic, back panels and stand-offs add parts and assembly.
A full floor in one visit is efficient. Scattered doors, occupied clinics after hours and drilling into stone add time.
Door plates do not need a municipal permit, but they can fall under building guidance. The Dubai Universal Design Code and similar guidance in other emirates set expectations for contrast, character size and mounting position on certain room signs, depending on the building type. We confirm what applies to your project before the layout is fixed.
In managed towers, malls and free zones, the landlord's fit-out guide often specifies the size, finish and position of corridor-facing door plates, and those may need approval even when the plates inside your unit do not. Send us the fit-out guide with the door schedule and we design to it from the start.
CNC routing, laser cutting, printing and finishing all happen in our Ajman factory, and you can visit during production.
Every plate in the schedule is proofed at true size in English and Arabic, so names are checked line by line before cutting.
Our own crews fit each floor to a single marked height and alignment, using the right fixing for every door type.
Door plates can share font and finish with your reception sign, meeting room signs and desk plates, made by the same team.
A project manager handles the schedule, proofs, production and fitting, from first brief to the last plate on the wall.
National retail groups and international brands are among our clients across the UAE, most of them returning or referred.
It depends on the material, size, text method, whether you need changeable inserts, and how many plates share one design. A floor of matching acrylic plates costs much less per plate than a few one-off stainless plates with raised letters. Send your door schedule and a photo of a typical door, and we will send an itemised quote, usually within 24 hours.
On the wall beside the latch side is usually better, especially for glass and fire-rated doors. A wall plate stays visible when the door is open, avoids drilling the door and lines up neatly along a corridor. Plates on the door leaf suit solid timber doors in villas and small offices.
A common choice is a centreline around 1,400 to 1,600 mm above finished floor on the latch side. In public and healthcare buildings, accessibility guidance may set a tighter range, so we confirm it for the building. Whatever height is chosen, use it on every door.
Yes, with a slider system. The plate carries a permanent header such as the room number, plus a clear window holding a printed strip. We supply a template so your team can print new strips in-house. Fixed printed or lettered plates must be remade when the name changes.
Engraved brushed stainless, with paint-filled letters cut into the metal, lasts best where disinfectants are used daily, followed by raised laser-cut letters. Acrylic printed on its reverse also performs well, because the cleaning cloth never touches the ink. Surface-printed aluminium and applied vinyl wear fastest and suit low-traffic areas.
The programme depends on the number of plates, the material and how quickly names are confirmed, so we give you a realistic schedule with the quote. Proofreading is often the slowest step, so we send every plate at true size in one PDF for checking.
Yes. Most of our plates are bilingual. Names transliterated from Arabic have several valid spellings, so we ask each person to confirm their own preferred form before production, and we balance the two scripts so neither looks like an afterthought.
Yes. Our installers fit plates across all seven emirates from our Ajman factory, usually a whole floor in one visit. Occupied clinics and offices can be done early in the morning or after hours by arrangement.
Send your logo, the fascia size and a site photo. Our estimating team replies with options and an itemised price, usually within 24 hours.