Copper is up 22% this year. Does your job quote reflect that?
For carpenters, jewellers, ceramicists and all craft businesses: raw material prices shift every quarter. If you don't update your costs, every quote could be a hidden loss.
Oak hardwood prices have moved 15% since January. Copper is trading 22% higher than twelve months ago. Stainless steel rose 11% in Q1 2026.
If you're a carpenter, jeweller, blacksmith, ceramicist, or any kind of maker who works with raw materials, this affects you directly.
And if you haven't updated your costs, every quote you send might be calculated on prices that no longer exist.
The cycle that destroys craft business margins
January: you calculate material costs for a bespoke kitchen. Oak: €18/m². Hardware: €4.50/piece. Lacquer: €12/litre.
April: your timber supplier raises prices. Imported hardware goes up too. But you have five quotes outstanding calculated in January.
June: you start work on the jobs quoted in January. You buy materials at June prices. The margin you calculated has vanished.
This cycle repeats every year across thousands of craft workshops.
How Syntra solves this
When you receive a material delivery and the invoice arrives, you upload it to Syntra. The AI extracts each line: material, quantity, unit price.
Next time you open the calculator to quote a job and type "oak", you see the price from your last purchase. Type "copper" — you see your last delivery note price.
The quote you send the client reflects what the material will actually cost you, not what it cost six months ago.
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