Acrylic Awards - Budget Friendly and Great Looking (written for Engraved Crystal Awards)
If you run a smaller company on a minuscule budget, but still understand the need to recognize employees and want to reward them, you can find yourself stymied. Where will the extra cash come from for these awards? Can I find cost-effective award trophies that still maintain some class? Yes. And the solution is acrylic.
Acrylic is a clear plastic that, when shaped, forms a crystal-clear, color free sculpture. It is generally molded into larger, solid shapes like spheres and obelisks to highlight its clarity. It gives off the appearance of glass or crystal, but without the expense. Many acrylic items in standard shapes and sizes are available, so you don't even have to worry about putting up cash for design costs. And since the award is clear and soft, it can easily be inscribed at almost any trophy or laser-engraving store with the details of the award and the winner.
If you do want to customize an acrylic award, it is easily done. Almost any object can be embedded into the acrylic resin during the pour, like a coin with the company logo, a product the company makes, or just colored streaks and glitter to give it some depth. Because these items are inexpensive to make and affordable to spend your money on, you can buy awards in bulk and just put them away for future engraving. Doing this also asserts the award is consistent from year to year.
In a larger company, acrylic awards are still a great choice for larger award distributions like a manufacturing excellence award for everyone at a particular site, or to recognize employees who donated a threshold amount of money to a charity. They are also great to be distributed as customer loyalty recognition or as promotional items to potential clients with the company logo inscribed. Acrylic works great as an individual award, too. A larger acrylic statue, trophy, or wall plaque makes a snazzy statement, and gives the company a modern "persona" that can help highlight its image.
