How a name plate gets made.
- 01
The List of Names Arrives
Most orders start as a spreadsheet, or a photo of a printed staff list stuck to a cupboard. Send whichever you have. An estimator reads it back to you with a count, because a list of forty names is usually thirty eight once the leavers come off. You get a price for the whole set within one working hour.
- 02
We Settle the Material
Acrylic, brushed metal and wood behave differently once they are up. Acrylic takes colour well and suits a reception wall. Brushed metal survives a corridor where sleeves catch it all day. Wood reads warmer and tends to end up on director doors. We recommend one and say why.
- 03
A Laser Cuts the Lettering
The blank goes under a laser and the letters are engraved into the surface instead of printed on top. There is a faint burnt smell for a second or two. Because the lettering is cut in, it cannot rub off, and that is the whole reason engraved plates outlive printed ones in a busy office.
- 04
The Fixings Go On
Every plate leaves with a way of attaching it. Standoff bolts for walls, heavy tape for doors nobody is allowed to drill, or a slide in holder when the name changes every few months. Tell us the building bans drilling and you get the tape version without having to ask twice.
- 05
It Goes Up on the Wall
Plates go out to all seven emirates, or you collect them from Dubai South. Bigger sets arrive labelled by room number, so whoever fits them is not standing in a corridor guessing which Ahmed sits where.
Now the honest bit. If a name is spelled wrong on the list you approve, it gets engraved wrong, and engraving does not come off. That is why we read every name back before anything goes near the laser.
Start with office name plates, desk and wall name plates, house and villa name plates, or read how each material behaves.
