This particular metal engraving Birmingham project was for a new client of ours.

It's no secret that we are in really trying times - understatement of the year. It is affecting us all in business and at home. It can be hard to stay positive whilst hearing all the doom and gloom we are subjected to everyday. It isn't just new businesses that are feeling the pressure. The advantage that older businesses have is experience, having made it through previous tough spells and an existing loyal customer base.

We are delighted to share this retail engraving case study for Edge Retail in Leicester. They've been neighbours of ours for many years and we love to support them with their retail engraving requirement.In Leicester there is a very large industry built around Point of Sale (POS) and Retail Displays. We've been very proud of some of the projects we've been involved in for various local companies. Supporting clients with retail engraving is so challenging and rewarding. We've pushed boundaries of what is possible on many occasions.Sometimes it can be a new material we have never engraved before. Other times its the complex nature of the design that the designer, and often the end client has their heart set upon. Usually its the tight turnaround required so they can get their install done on time.

We've engraved quite a few substation diagram projects over recent years. We have engraved these in various material options. And they are now displayed at various substations up and down the country.They tend to be 841 x 595mm or A1 if you prefer the shorter version. Which is pretty bloody big when it comes to engraved signage. The sheet sizes are 1220 x 610mm so its getting close to the maximum size available in engraving laminate anyway.

Here at Total Industrial Engraving Ltd we have been supporting some of our regular customers with engraved solar labels for some time. What is great about engraved labels for solar panels is that they will last the life span of the solar panels. Rather than giving up at some point after you leave the site after it goes live.The labels are there for a reason after all so if they have fallen off or faded to being beyond readable it does defeat the object somewhat.Our mission in life is to get you to site signoff as quickly as possible and we know, because some of our dearest long standing customers have told us. That you don't want to have to worry about labels. In fact, you'd rather not even have to think about them as you have plenty of other things to think about.Therefore, I'll keep this snappy.

One of our favourite things at Total Industrial Engraving is to help you with your substation signage & labelling. We've been working with companies for over 10 years on these projects now and we have learnt so much in that time.One of the biggest and most recent learns was actually that everyone hates the labelling stage! That one was almost painful to take but we totally get it. You are almost at touching distance of the end of your project and your customer might not have approved the wording or the size. Or the bloody text size. You are going back and forth trying to get sign off so you can get the labels fitted and go home. Especially when the substations are in a far flung place on the country and seem to have their own microclimate to make working more challenging. Yes Highlands, I'm thinking of you! Not to mention that the carriage always takes twice as long to get anything to site when you are up there.As I say, we get it, we are here to help and we won't let you down!

There's a label in the picture above that illustrates the problem better than any specification sheet could

Firstly let me start by saying I’m sort of person who examines the panel when I'm in a lift to see how good the engraving is. I see engraved switchplates wherever I go, or worse, printed labels stuck onto switchplates. Also I knew the brand of a lift I walked past in a building, because I recognised the lift call plate we'd engraved outside it. I was even using the lift. So I’m a fairly observant person.

Laser etching part number marking allows us to mark many different materials. This, in turn, enables us to mark your free issue parts. This is a fantastic solution when you need to permanently mark a part number, for example onto your part.Have a look at our pictures below to get an idea of how your parts would look marked by laser etching.For more information about how we do it and what we can achieve, scroll down.

Total Industrial Engraving Ltd, can supply your engraved metal switch grid plate. You can have these delivered directly to us from any number of the local electrical distributors. We actually do engraving for many of them anyway.