Our Services
At Specialty Trophy & Awards, we strive to offer our customers high-quality services personalized for their unique needs. Our experienced, friendly, and knowledgeable Specialty Staff will always be able to assist you with any of the services that you need.
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Our Customization Methods
Engraving
Our engraving techniques include diamond engraving and laser engraving. We use these on all of our products and services. We can customize any item you buy from us, or an item you own or have purchased elsewhere. These engraving techniques provide the highest quality results and we can use them on a variety of different materials.
Laser engraving is our primary method used. During laser engraving, the laser melts and evaporates the product. Consequently, the laser beam removes the material and produces the impression in the surface that is the actual engraving.
We can laser engrave on wood, flat glass, acrylic, crystal, leather, plastic, stone, silver, pewter, anodized aluminum, leather and stainless steel. We can engrave on any Android device, an iPhone, Kindle, laptops, and other electronics. We can also customize canvas sneakers, wood cutting boards, wine and champagne bottles, anodized flashlights, gunstocks, and acrylic signs.
Hand engraving is a process that we can only use on items purchased through us.
Most of our engraving services are free with the purchase of any item. This does not include perpetual plates or Customer Supplied Items, or some of other highly specialized custom orders. All of our products will list the, if any, engraving fees.
Sublimation Imprinting
Sublimation is a very special service that we offer that creates high quality, full color, and digital images on a huge variety of items. Sublimation is kind of like photo personalization of items. Unlike laser engraving, sublimation is full-color personalization and can combine your favorite photographs with fun graphics and text to create personalized products that are ideal for any special occasion.
The Dye Sublimation Transfer Process is a process that allows us to print on any items made of any material that is specially treated or coated, or made of polyester. We accomplish the imprinting by using a printer, special transfer inks and paper, and a heat press. This process lets us take an image that has been created digitally (either by scanning, downloaded from a digital camera or device, or created on a computer) and then print this image onto transfer paper. Once the image is on the paper, we place it under a heat press on top of the polyester or poly coated item (substrate) and heat it until the inks turn to a gas and transfers the image onto the item.
Unfortunately, we cannot use this full color imprinting technique on items that you supply for us due to the nature of us needing specially coated surfaces. However, we do have a huge selection of products to choose from that use this imprinting process. This service is fairly new to Specialty Trophy & Awards and many of our customers do not even know the endless personalization and customization opportunities they now have access to because of our new equipment. Our online store is gradually building its product availability level for items that can be purchased online, and the sublimated product line will be one of the first to rapidly expand.
Online Custom Services
Customizable Customer Supplied Items
We can customize and personalize any item that you have, even if you purchased it elsewhere. Customer Supplied Items are subject to approval until the type of engraving it requires can be determined. We have to determine if the desired customization will work with the machines that we use, and we must examine the type of material and curvature of the desired area. Flat, workable surface areas on any of the above-mentioned materials are ideal for our offered services. And of course, we will engrave on any supplied plates from existing perpetual plaques, base trophies, and cups, and any other item that has a removable plate.
Due to the nature of this service, and the need for the actual item for a price quote, we are currently only offering an Engraving Service - Perpetual Plates online. All other Customer Supplied Items have to brought to the store. If you cannot make it into our store during our operation hours, you can fill out a Quote Request Form online, and from there we can work with you to find out the best way of getting you the service you need.
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Please Contact Us if have any questions on any engraving or customization that you need.
Custom Cut Plates & Signs
We carry most standard sizes online of Engraved Metal Plates and Engraved Plastic Signs & Plates. Our online store is only carrying full sizes on engravable plates in increments of 1", up to 12" on either side. If you need dimensions that we do not have you can contact us online by filling out a Quote Request Form with the specifics of your needs and we will gladly get back to you with some prices and information.
For our Engraved Metal Plates, we can custom cut brass and aluminum to meet your specific needs and dimensions. The maximum size that we can cut in either length or width is 12". For example, we can custom cut a 9" x 11" plate, but we can not cut a 9" x 13". We use a brass or aluminum laser engravable material to produce most of the plates. The engraved text shows through as those colors, but we have choices of plate finishes that come in different colors.
For our Engraved Plastic Signs & Plates, we use a high quality LaserMax plastic that produces crystal clear engraving in a wide variety of colors. These can be used for any indoor our outdoor need and we can custom cut any size that you need.
If you need custom dimensions that are not listed in our stock Engraved Metal Plates:
If you need custom dimensions that are not listed in our stock Engraved Plastic Signs & Plates:
Custom Engraved Plastic Signs & Plates
Specialty Custom Made Awards
We can make custom awards to fit the needs of your business, group, or organization. Tell us what you are looking for and we will work with you to make it happen. We can implement our experience and your ideas and try to turn your vision into a reality.
Throughout the Specialty Custom Made Awards process, we have cut out acrylic or hardboard shapes for a uniquely shaped award and we have made clocks out of small tires. There is not any idea too big or too small that we cannot handle.
You can contact us online by filling out a Quote Request Form with the specifics of your needs and we will gladly get back to you with some prices and information.
See some of our designs and Specialty Custom Made Awards
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CUSTOMIZABLE PRODUCTS
We build all of our trophies on site and these are a highly customizable item. All of our trophies have the ability for you to personalize them by having several choices from size, column color, top figure choice, and trophy plate engraving. We can help you design a trophy that meets both your needs and your budget.
We have a large selection of silver, pewter, glass, crystal and acrylic awards. All of these have the ability for you to personalize them through adding text phrases and/or images, like logos and symbols. We use laser engraving on all of these awards, which produces the finest quality on these high-end awards.
High quality and custom-made plaque building are one the most popular services that we offer. As with a trophy, there are several customization options available, along with different styles and materials to choose. We assemble and engrave all of our plaques right here in the store. All of these have the ability for you to personalize them through adding text phrases and/or images, like logos and symbols. Half of the plaques available also have choices for mounting emblems, figures, and picture frames on them. Since plaques are ideal for customers who need space in order to really say what they need to, we can also assist you with the wording and phrasing that fits your occasion.
We could not call ourselves a trophy & award establishment if we did not carry medals and ribbons. With the choices and varieties available, we are sure we can find the right one for your organization or event. Medals can have engraved discs put on the back, and some medals can have a sublimated (color image) on the front. We can customize the neckbands, which come with each medal, using sublimation or you can choose stock colors to go with your medal. The available engraving area on the back of the medals is very limited, so to ensure the most legible and visible texts on them just make sure your text is limited to few lines.
Right now, our online store is only carrying stock ribbons, and these do not offer any customization options. However, we are expanding this category online to include customized ribbons in the very near future. However, we do have these available for In Store orders until then. Alternatively, you can Contact Us online with the specifics of your needs and we will gladly get back to you with some prices and information.
Clocks are one of those items that can be an exceptional award or a gift. Moreover, they look beautiful and classy without any personalization done to them. All the styles of clocks that we carry have the ability for you to personalize them through adding text phrases and/or images, like logos and symbols. Laser engravable plates come with almost all of the clocks, and in some instances, there is a choice of plate material.
We carry a huge selection of all kinds of gifts for any occasion. Our popular silver and pewter gifts for baby showers, weddings, and anniversaries have the ability for you to personalize them through laser engraving directly on the items. The size of the item will always determine what you can choose to have engraved, but we can always assist you with some of the available options.
Our gift department is one of the largest that we have here at Specialty Trophy & Awards. Anything that you can dream up, we can pretty much get for you and personalize it. We customize these through the laser engraving and another method that uses full color personalization called sublimation. Sublimation is kind of like photo personalization of items. Unlike laser engraving, sublimation is full-color personalization and can combine your favorite photographs with fun graphics and text to create personalized products that are ideal for any special occasion. You have to purchase these through us because the sublimation process requires special coating in order to apply full color images and/or text. Unfortunately, we cannot use this full color imprinting technique on items that you supply for us.
Business supplies range from desk and door name plates, name badges, interior and exterior signage, locker plates, perpetual plaques and the perpetual plates, and promotional items. Dependent upon the product, we use laser engraving, rotary engraving, and sublimation on these. All of these have the ability for you to customize them through adding text phrases and/or images, like logos and symbols.
We carry most standard sizes online of Engraved Metal Plates and Engraved Plastic Signs & Plates.
For our Engraved Metal Plates, we use a brass or aluminum laser engravable material to produce most of the plates. The engraved text shows through as those colors, but we have choices of plate finishes that come in different colors. Most of the plates we produce are for perpetual plaques, but we have used them to personalize urns, picture frames, gift boxes, and flag cases. We also replace worn out or broken trophy plates at very reasonable rates. We also can engrave on almost all of the plates that are customer supplied.
For our Engraved Plastic Signs & Plates, we use a high quality LaserMax plastic that produces crystal clear engraving in a wide variety of colors. These can be used for any indoor our outdoor need and we can custom cut any size that you need.
If you need custom dimensions that are not listed in our stock Engraved Metal Plates:
If you need custom dimensions that are not listed in our stock Engraved Plastic Signs & Plates:
Custom Engraved Plastic Signs & Plates
If you have your own perpetual plate that needs engraving:
Engraving Service - Perpetual PlatesIf you have your own metal plate that needs engraving:
Customizable Customer Supplied Item
ADD ON SERVICES
Design Service: $25
We offer a Design Service for all of our custom services and on all of our products. The Specialty Design Team has a lot of success and praise for the Custom Made Awards it has created. Built from scratch and a little ingenuity, this team deserves an award for making awards. The Design Team will work with you and your needs and even implement your own ideas. This is also an “as per basis” Design Service fee, and dependent upon the project.
The Design Service is also great for those who just need us to make the decisions for him or her and design the product for them. We can do that. You pick out the award or gift, give us the pertinent details that goes on it, and we will design the structure and layout of the award/gift for you. We can also help you with the general phrasing.
Up to 5 Free Proofs are included with all Design Service purchases.
Proof Fee: $5.00
A Proof is another fantastic Add On to any product order. This lets you have a final look at your customized item prior to it going into production. If you choose this Add On service, you will receive up to 5 free proofs by email after we have set up all of your submitted customization information. Your customized item will not go into production until we have your final approval.
New Image Fee: $10.00
If this is the first time that you have given us a certain image to use for customization, then there is a one time only set up New Image Fee. All subsequent orders after that use this image will not be charged again for this fee.
All images that we receive have to be manually set up in our computer so that the engraving machine will output the highest quality product for you. Therefore, once we have your specific image set up and a file created for you, you can use that image again on anything that produce for you in the future.
See our Image Requirements & Fees for specific details and more information.
Rush Orders: Based on order Subtotal - Minimum $10.00
Our Specialty Staff is able to handle orders of all sizes, specifications, and deadlines, and that includes Rush Orders. We offer this service for any orders that require less than our normal 4-5 business days turnaround time. Rush Orders have a 2 to 3 day stay in production before being shipped to you with your choice of shipping options, or being picked up in our store.
If you wish to have your order put into a Rush status, then select the appropriate Order Production Type during the checkout process and we will immediately put your order into production.
For more information about Production & Shipping Times
Engraving Service - Perpetual Plates: $5.00
This is the Engraving Service for the perpetual plates on perpetual plaques. Here is where you order additional engraved plates for your plaque or order engraving for plates that you already have on a perpetual plaque. We engrave plates regardless of whether you purchased the plaque from us or not.
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