Custom Employee Recognition Awards

An employee recognition award is a personalized piece given to name one person for a specific result, such as a promotion, a finished project, a safety record or a sales number. Most in this category are cut from crystal, with glass, acrylic and wood based pieces alongside them, then decorated with the name, the reason and a date. The award is meant to stay on a desk or a shelf, so the shape and the inscription both have to read well up close.

Start with where the award will end up, then pick the form and the material. A piece going home with one person works as a small crystal cube, block or sculpted shape, while an award that stays in the building suits a board plaque such as the Walnut Finish Classic Achievement Plaque, sold in four sizes from 6 by 8 up to 9 by 12 inches. Once the form is set, the material follows: optical crystal for a clear etched face, dichroic glass for shifting color, rosewood or a piano finish board for a traditional look.

Sizes are set per piece rather than following one page wide range. Examples here include a 4 inch iceberg, a 6 by 6 inch round crystal award, a 9.5 inch upright on a patina finished base, and a walnut finish board plaque sold up to 9 by 12 inches. Ask us for the exact dimensions of the item you pick, since several designs are sold in three to six sizes.

Crystal covers most of this category, in both optical and starfire forms. Alongside it you will find glass with a dichroic coating, acrylic, cast metal, rosewood, and wood boards with a piano finish. Several pieces combine two materials, such as a cast metal globe on a rosewood base or a brass plate on a walnut finish board. Tell us which piece you are looking at and we will confirm the material before you order.

Methods vary by piece. Deep etch is the most common on crystal, and some crystal pieces add subsurface 3D etching that sets the artwork inside the block, or full color printing. Wood and acrylic pieces are laser engraved, either on a mounted plate or into the face itself. The dichroic glass awards take an etched imprint or a sand carve, which leaves a frosted mark instead of a cut line. Send your artwork and we will confirm which methods the piece you picked supports.

Engraving areas are set per piece, not by one page wide range. The 4 inch iceberg carries a 2 by 2.75 inch field on the back, the vertical crystal cube takes a deep etch up to 3 by 4 inches, and the largest walnut finish board takes 5 by 8 inches. Some pieces, including the crystal hexagon and the Burton upright, offer a second etch position for a date or a second name.

Yes. Most items in this category are quoted from a single piece, including the crystal cubes, the iceberg shapes, the rosewood globe and the jade acrylic upright. One item carries a higher minimum: the stacked stone award, at six pieces. Tell us which piece and how many you need and we will confirm the minimum for that exact item.

Most items in this category are made in 5 working days after artwork approval. The dichroic glass awards run 5 to 7 working days. Shipping time is added on top of production time, so count both back from your event date when you place the order.

Put the recipient name first, then the reason for the award, then the date, with your logo above or behind the text. On pieces that offer a second etch position, the date or a second name sits apart from the main inscription instead of being squeezed beneath it. We send a visual proof showing the exact layout before anything is cut or printed.