Promotional Onyx Large Plaque Award

A large plaque award is a wall-mounted wood board fitted with a printed or engraved plate. The plate carries the recipient's name, the date, and a short citation, so the reason for the award stays readable for years. Companies award them for retirements, service anniversaries, top sales years, and donor recognition, where the piece goes on a wall instead of a desk.

A wood plaque holds far more citation copy than a crystal or acrylic award, because the plate spans most of the board face. Crystal and acrylic awards need shelf or desk space, while a plaque hangs on a wall and keeps the recognition on public display. Both decoration methods here print on the plate rather than cutting into the award body, so the wording can change from one order to the next without a new mold or die.

The plaque accepts 4-color process printing or laser decoration on the plate, and the vertical plate layout is the default. Decoration runs in full color or a single custom color, and a blank version with no imprint is also available. Art charges apply only when the supplied file needs work: $20 to resize a logo and $10 per 15 minutes of art time. Adding a different name to each piece costs $7 per plaque.

You can order 1 plaque; the price ladder starts at a single unit and steps down at 6, 10, and 25 pieces. A $40 less-than-minimum charge applies on orders below the standard production minimum, so very small runs cost more per piece. Blank plaques use the same quantity breaks as decorated ones.

Decorated plaques take 5 to 7 business days in production after you approve the proof. Blank plaques with no imprint finish in 1 to 3 business days. Shipping transit is added on top of production, so allow extra days for a fixed ceremony date.

Large plaque awards are ordered most for retirement and years-of-service recognition, annual sales awards, board and donor recognition, chamber of commerce and civic honors, school and athletic hall of fame walls, and safety milestone programs. Organizations that keep a running record on a wall, such as an employee-of-the-year display, order them in repeating annual batches. Trade associations also use them for outgoing officers and lifetime achievement honors.

A single plaque costs $125.34, and the unit price falls to $114.06 at 6 pieces, $101.52 at 10, and $90.35 at 25. Laser and 4-color process decoration price identically, so quantity is the main lever on unit cost. A $50 setup charge applies per order and drops to $25 when you repeat a past order with no changes. Personalization at $7 per piece and art time at $10 per 15 minutes are the other items that move the total.

Yes. A split shipment costs $8.50 per extra destination, and drop shipping a plaque straight to the recipient also costs $8.50. Cartons measure 27 by 15 by 18 inches, so a 25-piece order arrives on two of them. Copy changes and an online PDF proof carry no charge, which helps when each location needs different wording.

Wipe the glossy black face with a dry or slightly damp microfiber cloth. Skip ammonia glass cleaners, alcohol, and abrasive pads, since they dull lacquer and can lift the edge of a printed plate. Wipe around the plate rather than scrubbing across it, and hang the plaque out of direct sunlight to keep the finish from clouding.