Live on site
Engraved
on site

On-site engraving · nationwide from Chicago

Their name.Their moment.Engraved while they watch.

We bring a full engraving station to your event. Every guest watches their own name go onto their gift — then takes it home and keeps it. You get minutes of their attention on the day, and a piece with your logo on their desk for years.

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A real shop at 1627 N. Clybourn Ave, Chicago. Engraving here since 1981.

45 yrs
Engraving since 1981
600,000+
Pieces engraved
15,000+
Engraved live on site
45+
Brand activations
HOKA
On screen · the HOKA activation

The fast way

Four answers, and we can get started.

Text them over and we come back with a scope and a number. Or scroll for the full form.

Text

Four things, and we can get started from the text.

What we receive

Text

Opens your messages app · goes straight to the events line.

Recent activations

Chicago Marathon
Chicago · medals
New York Marathon
New York · medals
Boston Marathon
Boston · medals
Lululemon
Medals, mugs
Nike
Medals
HOKA
Shoes
Rolex
Watches
C.D. Peacock
Watches
Louis Vuitton
Leather goods
Sephora
Perfume bottles
Dom Pérignon
Magnums
Don Julio
Bottles
Red Bull
Glassware
McDonald's
Mugs
McCormick Place
Exhibit floor
United Center
Glassware
Deloitte
Leather bound
Lollapalooza
Vanity kits

Why it works

A logo is inventory. A name is a keepsake.

Branded swag gets handed out. Personalised swag gets taken home, photographed, and kept on a desk for years. The difference is ninety seconds at the station, and the guest watching it happen.

Nobody throws away
the one with
their own name on it.

A guest taking her engraved finisher medal from the operator at an event
The handoff. Her name is already on it.

Their name on it

  • Sixty seconds, standing still
  • A conversation that starts itself
  • Their own name being cut into it
  • Never re-gifted. It has their name on it
2.5× more likely to be kept when the piece carries their name, not just your logo
89%recall the advertiser two years later
63%keep a promotional product over a year
78%view the brand more favourably after

PPAI Research · ASI Global Ad Impressions Study. The ~60 second figure is our own cycle time on site.

The work

Finish lines, pop-ups, and private rooms.

Every piece below was engraved on location, in front of the guest who took it home.

At HQBoxed Red Bull glasses, each engraved with a guest's name, at the McDonald's headquarters launch

McDonald's × Red Bull · corporate HQ

Product launch

A new drink, launched to the people who sell it

On-site at McDonald's corporate headquarters for the launch of a new Red Bull drink. Every guest left with a piece carrying their own name, not just the campaign's.

At the finishEngraved finisher medal

Marathon majors · live at the finish

10,000+ medals

A decade at the finish line

Finisher names and official times, engraved as runners cross. Ten years, over ten thousand medals.

Chicago MarathonChicagoNew York MarathonNew YorkBoston MarathonBoston
Multi-cityLaser-engraved Louis Vuitton leather goods

Louis Vuitton · holiday VIP

Multi-city

Holiday leather gifting program

Laser-engraved leather goods for the holiday VIP program. Multi-week, multi-city, one consistent finish across every location.

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Sixty seconds later

Nobody puts it in the bag.

They wear it out of the room, or they photograph it first. This is the part of an activation the recap deck never manages to capture.

A runner biting her engraved finisher medal
The bite
A guest being handed their engraved piece at the station
The handoff
Two guests wearing their engraved finisher medals
Straight to the step-and-repeat
Three guests with engraved medals and event bags
Worn out of the room

How it runs

From booking to doors open.

Ready fast. As little as one week’s notice from first call to doors open, when the calendar has room.

  1. Guest name card at the station01
    Tell us the eventDate, venue, guest count1 business day
  2. Digital proof approved before production02
    Approve the proofLogo, name field, finish2 to 3 days
  3. Loading in at the venue03
    We load inPower, footprint, signage60 min before doors
  4. Engraving in progress at the eventLive04
    Live engravingThey watch it happenDoors to close
  5. Guests leaving with their engraved medals05
    Pack outRecap photos to followWithin 60 min

Built for any venue

All we need is an outlet.

110VA standard wall outlet
10 × 6 ftFloor space, anywhere in the room
Self-containedLaser, operators, signage, packaging

Full venue specs →

Let's plan it

Let's make them something they keep.

Tell us the date and the guest count and we will come back with a scope, a piece, and a price. As little as one week’s notice.

What happens next

We confirm availability within one business day, then send a scope and quote. No obligation.

Rather just talk?

Text the events line and we reply from the calendar. Or ring the shop on 312·202·1110 — ask for events. Rush bookings in as little as two weeks.

Where we go

Based in Lincoln Park, Chicago. We travel nationally for multi-city and holiday programs.