Engraving, according to Wikipedia, is a practice of incising a design, tests, or object onto a hard surface of any material, including metals, glass, or synthetic materials. Engraving may be in 2D ways on the surfaces non-transparent objects or 3D ways in the mass of translucent to transparent objects.

All categories of awards, including trophies, plaques, medals, and gifts, demand some kinds of engraving. For instance, name of winners, logo, name of donors of awards, events, dates, years, and other relevant info are usual content found on various awards. Some award types allow direct engraving on the body of the award while most of providing room for sticking a plate for engraving mostly on the bottom or base portion of the awards.

Today, three kinds of methods and corresponding tools used for engraving the awards.

  • Etching: Acid or some chemicals and metals are used to cut into the surface and design on it. It is good for stone, glass, and crystals like material used in manufacturing awards.
  • Rotary Engraving: A spinning cutter in a spindle cuts through the metallic material used in award making such as plates stick at the base of award or attached on the body of awards.
  • Laser Engraving: It is the latest and highly used method and tool for the modern advanced engraving services for almost all kinds of materials, including woods, metals, glass, resin, acrylic, and leather used in the manufacturing of all categories of awards.

At Olympia, Sydney in Australia, we have passed through the entire path of engraving evolution. Therefore, we have expertise in etching, rotary, and laser-based engraving skills. Today, we practicing laser engraving the most, and its procedure is as follows.

With this primary knowledge, let’s go to explore the best trophy engraving nameplates for all categories of awards available at Olympia and elsewhere in trophy making world.

Olympia offers the best 2D surface engraving services for corporate, sports, academic, and other categories of awards. White printing in custom fonts and logo design looks beautiful on translucent acrylic surfaces of the awards.

Acrylic Award – 2D-Surface Laser Etching

Laser etching in the mass of the transparent acrylic object and on the surface seems decent at first glance. The combination of 2D and 3D etching make the award piece gorgeous.

Acrylic Award – 3D-Surface Laser Etching

The same combination occurs in the crystal clock design award. Text is on the 2D surface while design elements in the bottom are in 3D engraving.

Crystal Clock – 2D & 3D Laser Etching

Sticking a nameplate on the bottom of the award is a traditional yet standard approach in modern days. Etching the custom fonts on the nameplate grabs the first attention of the onlookers.

Engraving Plate - Traditional Engraving

Laser engraving also seems beautiful on the metallic awards. Pewter tray engraved with black painted fonts encompassing enough details. 

Pewter Tray - Metallic Engraving

Laser engraving leaves deep impacts when applied on the wooden awards. Plaque with Traffolite wooden engraving looks impressive. Black fonts and design seem dazzling with a golden background. 

Wooden Plaque, Traffolite - Wooden Engraving

Cock Pheasant-Copper Wheel Engraving On the Crystal Glass:

It is the most sought after glass engraving technique. There are now just a handful of craftsmen who have mastery of this art. Copper wheel engraving is a demanding of techniques, and here cock pheasant has displayed beautifully. 

Religious Artifacts - Islamic Decorative and Gifts:

Laser engraving enables us to create religious artifacts using the latest laser engraving technologies. It allows us to personalize with names, dates, and include highly personalized messages. 

Image Engraving in Crystals:

An image can be imprinted or engraved in crystal. It helps you to get trophies, plaques, and gifts as innovative awards. 3D engraving of images sharply differs from traditional 2D surface printing or image embedding.

Laser 3D engraving

It is for myriads of applications in trophy making industry. Design of playing cards in 3D with laser engraving makes the award masterpiece and used in a variety of ways in the corporate world.

Laser Engraving Services at Olympia:

At Olympia, you will find laser engraving services on various materials, including metals, resins, acrylic, glass, stones/marbles, wood, plastic, rubber, leather, and textiles/ribbons. We offer engraving services for a variety of awards, trophies, plaques, plate, medals, gift articles, signage, and ribbons. Some engraving services come free for a volume order while custom engraving services are at the cheapest rates in the industry.

Ultimate benefits of our laser engraving services are as the following.

  • It is non-contact processing, so low-risk application.
  • Fast engraving helps in faster delivery.
  • Applicable to almost all kinds of material used in different categories of awards.
  • Laser printers accept digital designs.
  • You can get a precise cut for carving minute details.
  • You can get consistent quality in all sorts of engraving orders.
  • You can process bulk order rapidly and get on-time delivery from Olympia.

The most important thing in engraving services is the use of computing devices and software to automate various repeating processes. It creates a good rapport with the corporate world by providing highly satisfactory services.