Cabinet assembly
Every cabinet is assembled in our Australian facility — not pre-built and landed. Components arrive flat-packed and are brought together onshore.
Built, calibrated and supported on the ground.
Aurora pairs global LED manufacturing scale with local engineering, assembly and service — so your screen is ready for Australian sites, codes and conditions from the day it ships.
What "Australian Made" means
The country-of-origin framework — in plain language.
In Australia, a product can be described as "Australian Made" when it has been substantially transformed here — meaning the manufacturing process results in something fundamentally different from the imported components. Raw materials going in one end, finished product coming out the other, on Australian soil.
The most recognised marker of that claim is the green-and-gold kangaroo trustmark, a registered certification administered by Australian Made Campaign Ltd. Holding that mark requires a formal application and independent country-of-origin assessment — it is not a label a business can self-apply.
Aurora's onshore assembly, calibration and engineering process is consistent with the substantial transformation test. Rather than rely on a label we have not yet formally applied for, we choose to describe exactly what happens in Australia and let you make your own assessment.
Country-of-origin claims on this page are made by Aurora Signage Pty Ltd, ABN 22 620 120 836.
Why does origin matter for buyers?
Country-of-origin matters for government and institutional procurement, where Buy Australian policies apply. It matters for warranty and service — local assembly means local accountability, not an offshore returns process. And it matters for codes compliance — Australian engineers apply local structural and electrical standards from day one.
- Government Buy Australian procurement requirements
- AS/NZS electrical and structural code compliance
- Same-day warranty spares from Australian stock
- Engineering sign-off by Australian-registered professionals
- Direct access to the assembly and QC team
Honest split
What happens in Australia, and what happens at our sister facility in China.
We think overclaiming does more harm than good — for us and for buyers who rely on accurate information. Aurora operates two connected facilities: an AU operation in Adelaide, and a sister manufacturing operation, Aurora Displays (China), that produces components and sub-assemblies under Aurora-controlled drawings, design protocols and QC.
AU Done in Australia
Calibration & burn-in
Screens run a full calibration cycle and burn-in test in Australia before dispatch. Calibration data is unique to each cabinet.
Structural engineering
Frame design, wind-load calculations and rigging engineering are completed locally by Australian engineers to local structural codes.
Compliance documentation
Australian regulatory paperwork — RCM, SAA approval, AS/NZS wiring documentation — is prepared and held onshore.
Spares inventory
Modules, PSUs and receiving cards are stocked locally. Replacements ship same-day from Australian stock, not air-freighted from overseas.
Warranty & field service
Every warranty job is handled by the AU team — your account manager, project manager and field technician are all in the same time zone.
CN Aurora Displays (China) — sister facility
Component-level assembly
LED modules, hub boards, receiving-card stacks and PSU trays are sub-assembled in our Aurora Displays (China) facility against Aurora-controlled drawings — not picked off a contract-manufacturer catalogue.
In-house QC & design protocols
Aurora Displays runs its own design-review, in-line QC and pre-shipment inspection regime — fingernail and water tests on shaders, sealing/connector inspection, hub-board EMI checks, thermal-expansion tolerance and clean-cabling sign-off on every cabinet.
Cabinet enclosures & rigging hardware
Aluminium enclosure bodies, frames, doors, storm braces and corner attachments are produced under Aurora specification at the CN facility. All AU-specific surface finishing, weatherproofing and final assembly is completed in Adelaide.
Why this is a feature, not a compromise.
The precision SMT lines, lamp-grade supply chains and scale economics that make high-quality LED affordable exist in a handful of specialist manufacturing clusters. Aurora Displays is not a third-party contract manufacturer — it is our own sister operation, running Aurora design protocols, Aurora QC procedures and Aurora-controlled drawings. That design and QC discipline at the source, combined with Australian assembly and calibration at the destination, is what separates an Aurora screen from a catalogue import.
Our onshore capability
Three things we do onshore that change the outcome.
Local assembly & QC
Cabinets are configured, calibrated and burn-in tested in Australia before shipping to site. Every screen leaves with its own QC report and calibration data.
Local engineering
Mechanical, electrical and integration engineering happens onshore — frames, brackets and structural design are tailored for Australian wind, seismic and electrical codes.
Local spares & service
Modules, receiving cards and PSUs are stocked in-country so warranty and out-of-warranty replacements ship same-day, not from overseas.
Why it matters
What local assembly means for your project.
The practical difference between a screen that is assembled and calibrated locally and one that lands fully built from overseas shows up at delivery, at warranty time, and every time you need to reach someone.
Warranty turnaround
Spare parts held onshore mean a warranty replacement ships same-day. Overseas supply chains add weeks — Australian stock means days or hours.
Realistic lead times
Stocked indoor ranges ship in 1–2 weeks. Configure-to-order outdoor in 4–8 weeks. These windows are achievable because the assembly and dispatch happens here.
Local accountability
The team that quotes, delivers and services your screen is based in Australia. No offshore ticket queues, no timezone lag — just a direct call to the people responsible.
Codes & compliance
AS/NZS electrical and structural codes are not an afterthought. Australian engineers apply local standards from the first design drawing, not retrofitted to an offshore spec.
Lead times
Realistic delivery windows.
Indicative ranges based on current AU stock and typical scope. Confirmed at quote.
- Stocked indoor cabinets1–2 weeks
VSPEC P2.5–P4 and common LUX pitches held locally for fast-turn projects.
- Configure-to-order outdoor4–8 weeks
GSR builds with custom rigging, content controllers and on-site commissioning.
- Custom enclosures & rigging6–10 weeks
Bespoke frames, transparent / curved / creative builds and stadium-grade scoreboards.
Codes & compliance
Engineered for Australian sites.
Every Aurora install is designed to local electrical, EMC and structural standards — not retrofitted from a generic overseas spec sheet.
- AS/NZS 3000 electrical wiring rules
- AS/NZS CISPR 32 — EMC / RCM marked
- AS 1170 wind-loading-aware rigging design
- WHS-compliant install and rigging procedures
Onshore support, end-to-end
From the first quote call to a 3 a.m. failover swap, the same AU team owns your project. No offshore ticket queues — your account manager, project manager and field tech are all in the same time zone.
Visit support →Factory Acceptance Testing
How cabinets are signed off — before they ship.
Cabinets are validated against Aurora's Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) protocol — a documented pass/fail inspection across twelve categories covering frame dimensions and shader integrity, backbone and cabling, EMC behaviour, IP rating, full-load performance and destination-country regulatory marking. The protocol exists to ensure each system adheres to the compliance standards of the country where it will be installed.
FAT is conducted at a certified neutral third-party location, with representatives from the agreed parties present to oversee the testing. Completion is certified by the customer's and/or Aurora's nominated representative — so the test record, not a verbal assurance, is what authorises dispatch.
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DWG vs cabinet comparison
Backbone, frame, corner attachments, feet, storm brace, door position, handles, locks, threads, screw holes and bumpers all dimensionally verified against the final drawing.
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Materials inspection
Foot material and top-padding material verified against the offered specification.
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LED tile / module
Lamp pitch and driver chip confirmed; fingernail test on the shader; water + hard-brush test; sealing inspected for cracks; connector and fastlock checks; thermal-expansion gap inspected; PCB layer and data-group count verified against Altium files.
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Backbone
Hub boards inspected for open antennas; cabling tidied and checked; EMI filter presence verified; cable diameter cross-checked against destination-country regulations; DIN rail and Wago clamps validated; receiver-card type and network/power plug types matched to offer.
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EMC test
Run with EMC-laboratory equipment and stock receiver/sender firmware: 100% white, 50% animation, 10% animation, and a sustained 100% white after 10–15 min in a heated room — checked against destination-country EMC limits.
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High-speed photography
DSLR shutter at 1/2000 @ 1000 nits using agreed test patterns to expose scan-line, refresh and ghosting artefacts the eye cannot see.
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Heat-room test
Hardware soaked in a heat room and inspected for discolouration, tile/driver issues, and frame, top-padding or shader deformation under sustained heat.
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Water-ingress test
Cabinet sprayed with a water sprinkler to verify the offered IP rating against the spec sheet.
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Cabinet performance
Maximum DCLK/GCLK validated via NovaLCT and the RCFGX file; brightness measured in nits at 100% white; maximum power consumption logged; leakage current measured; audible noise during colour animation checked for component faults; content pre-stored at both 50 Hz and 60 Hz.
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Spare parts
Quality and quantity of all ordered spare modules, PSUs and receiving cards verified against the order.
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Labels & certification marks
Per-tile, per-hub and per-cabinet serial numbers verified; destination-country regulatory marks confirmed (CE / WEEE / FCC / UKCA / RoHS as applicable); customer logo print verified.
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Documentation pack
Packing list, serial-number register, RCFGX file, final DWG, calibration "burn the program" files, product user manual and product installation manual provided at FAT — generic manuals are not accepted.
What you receive at FAT.
Packing list • serial-number register for every tagged part • RCFGX configuration file • final DWG • per-cabinet calibration ("burn the program") files • product-specific user manual • product-specific installation manual. Generic documentation is not accepted in place of product-specific manuals.
Common questions
Questions buyers ask us about Australian Made.
Are Aurora LED screens 100% made in Australia?
No — and we think it is important to be clear about that. LED modules and raw components are manufactured overseas where the large-scale precision production lines exist. What we do in Australia is assemble those components into finished cabinets, calibrate each screen individually, and engineer all structural and electrical elements to local codes. That is the honest picture.
Is Aurora certified by the Australian Made Campaign Ltd?
Not currently. The green-and-gold kangaroo trustmark is a registered certification mark administered by Australian Made Campaign Ltd and requires a formal application and independent assessment against the country-of-origin framework. Aurora is exploring that process — but we will not claim certification we do not hold.
What does "Australian Made" mean under Australian law?
Under the Australian Consumer Law and Competition and Consumer Act, a product can be described as "Australian Made" when it has been substantially transformed in Australia — meaning the manufacturing process results in a fundamentally different product from the components that were imported. Aurora's onshore assembly, calibration and engineering process meets that spirit; however we choose to describe our work precisely rather than rely on that label alone.
Where are the LED modules sourced from?
LED modules and component-level sub-assemblies are produced at Aurora Displays — our sister manufacturing operation in China — under Aurora-controlled drawings and design protocols. We are not buying off a contract-manufacturer catalogue: Aurora specifies the exact lamp grade (Nationstar for LUX and V-SPEC, selected alternatives for GSR), driver IC, PCB layer count and QC standard. The CN facility runs its own in-line QC and pre-shipment inspection; the AU facility then completes assembly, calibration, structural engineering and compliance.
How is quality controlled before a screen leaves the factory on large projects?
Cabinets are signed off via our Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) protocol — a 12-section pass/fail inspection covering dimensions, materials, LED tile and shader integrity, backbone and cabling, EMC behaviour, high-speed photography, heat-room soak, IP/water-ingress, full performance under load (DCLK/GCLK, brightness, power, leakage, audible noise), spares, serial numbers and destination-country regulatory marks (CE, WEEE, FCC, UKCA, RoHS), plus a documentation pack (RCFGX file, calibration data, product-specific manuals). FAT is conducted at a certified neutral third-party location with representatives from the agreed parties present, and the completion certificate is signed by the customer's and/or Aurora's nominated representative.
Does local assembly affect the quality of the final screen?
Yes — positively. Australian assembly means we can calibrate each screen against actual site power, run burn-in tests in Australian ambient conditions, and match cabinets by batch before they leave the facility. That last step — same-batch cabinet matching — is one of the most visible quality differences between a field-assembled import and an Aurora-assembled wall.
What happens if a module fails in the field?
Aurora holds a local spares inventory in Australia. Modules, PSUs and receiving cards are stocked onshore so a replacement can ship same-day. For LUX screens under an on-site SLA, a field technician is dispatched as well. You are not waiting for an airfreight parcel from overseas.
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