Laser Cutting For 30% Less? Yes, If You Know Where.

Leon Ruparcic

11 Feb 2026 — 1 min read

Your cut costs €500. With all the logistics, materials, work.

Someone else does it for €300. Same specs. Same quality.

Why? Because they have free capacity. Because they have a better discount on material. Because it doesn’t fit you right now, but it fits them.

I Know That Feeling

In construction, sheet cutting was always a bottleneck.

10 projects on one sheet. All rushing the same. All have the same shipping deadline.

And instead of outsourcing the cutting, they pushed to keep the money in-house. Which increased pressure on production.

Deadlines approaching. Machines full. Materials waiting.

And then? Machine breakdown.

This Happens Every Day

Laser cutting is a competitive business. Prices are falling. Machines are expensive. Energy is expensive.

And everyone does the same:
• They have regular customers
• When full, they reject
• When empty, they search
• Marketing costs them a fortune 8

Finding new customers?Ads for laser cutting:
Google: €800-2000/month.
LinkedIn: €500-1500/month.
Trade show: €15,000.

To cover these costs, you need €80,000-170,000 additional revenue.

Per year.

Just to cover marketing. Without profit.

What Most People Do (Wrong)

They compete on price.

Lower, lower, lower. Until they work for nothing. Until the machine doesn’t cover costs.

Or they invest in marketing. And wait. Months.

Meanwhile, somewhere someone urgently needs laser cutting - today, this week - and calls 20 com panies. And none have time to respond because they’re all too busy or not in the right place.

There’s A Better Way

What if:

When You Work 12 Hours A Day And Still Can’t Catch Deadlines

Morning at work. Night at home. Weekend? What weekend? And you’re still late. Still putting out fires. Still not catching up. I Know That Feeling I’ve had experience with burnout. Myself and with others. Deaths at work. Lawsuits. Machine breakdowns. I’ve seen it all. And I learned

How To Find A Reliable Supplier When Everyone Leaves You Hanging?

One supplier delays. Second is too expensive. Third disappeared. And you still need that part. I Know That Feeling In mechanical engineering, we had one subcontractor for everything. He was good. Precise. Everything great. Until he started delaying. Because he had too many orders. And then? The problem was his,

Outsourcing Isn’t Weakness. It’s A Smart Strategy For 30% Savings.

“Money has to stay in-house.” They say that. And then push everything into their own production. Which is already overloaded. Which is already delaying. And then? Machine breakdown. Or burnout. Or both. I Know That Feeling In construction, they pushed to keep money in-house. Instead of outsourcing cutting, they did

Trade Shows Cost You €30,000/Year. Google Ads Another €20,000. And Customers?

Trade show. Booth €15,000. Travel costs. Time. And what do you get? Business cards. Promises. “We’ll be in touch.” Result? Maybe 2 customers. Maybe none. I Know That Feeling If you have a workshop - welding, CNC, laser, whatever - you know this problem. Work is needed. Machines