Custom Event Medals — Corporate, Festival & Special Occasion Awards

Yes — that is what zinc alloy die-casting does best. Send your logo in vector format (.AI, .EPS, .PDF). Our mold designers convert it into 3D relief. You will see the result in 3D renderings before any mold is cut. Minimum relief detail: 0.1mm. Minimum wall thickness: 2mm. Very thin elements in logos (fine lines, serif text) may need slight thickening — we flag these during design review and propose alternatives. Custom shapes cost more than circles due to increased mold complexity, but the brand impact justifies the investment.

Yes — two methods. Laser engraving: permanent, high-contrast, names/companies/titles engraved from your Excel roster. UV printing: full-color CMYK, can include names, company logos, QR codes, table numbers. Both methods use variable data from your spreadsheet. Setup involves data programming (one-time fee). Laser is more durable; UV offers more design flexibility with color. Combined with a shared mold design, each attendee receives a uniquely marked medal without individual mold costs.

We build flexibility into the process. Provide your best estimate when ordering. Need more? Reorders using the same mold take 7-10 days. Need fewer? We adjust the production quantity if your batch has not yet entered production. Communicate changes as early as possible — the earlier we know, the more flexibility we have. For events with uncertain final counts (common with conferences), we recommend ordering at the lower end of your estimate and placing a top-up order once final numbers are confirmed.

Yes — this is standard practice, not an upgrade. Enamel is mixed fresh per batch to your Pantone specification. Ribbon is dyed to the same Pantone reference. Plating finish is selected to complement. Colors are archived in your account for consistent reorders year after year. For brands with critical color standards (corporate identity guidelines), we offer physical swatch samples for approval before bulk production begins.

Standard timeline: 3-4 weeks from first contact to medals delivered (24h design, 7-10 days sample, 7-15 days production, plus shipping). Rush timeline: as fast as 7 days plus shipping if we can use an existing mold design and UV printing for personalization instead of enamel. The key variable is whether we need to cut a new custom-shape mold. Tell us your event date in your first message. We will give you an honest feasibility assessment — we have never missed an event deadline in 15 years and we will not start with yours.

Our standard MOQ is 100 pieces. For smaller VIP events with 50-99 attendees, contact us — we can often accommodate slightly below MOQ on a case-by-case basis, though the per-unit price will be higher. For events under 50 pieces, we recommend exploring our premium material options (brass instead of zinc alloy) and upgraded packaging to maximize the impact of a smaller quantity. The most cost-effective approach for small VIP events: higher per-unit budget on a premium medal that makes a lasting impression.

Yes — we ship worldwide to event venues, hotels, convention centers, offices, or wherever you need them. Provide the delivery address, contact person, and delivery date. We calculate shipping time backward from your event date and build it into the production schedule. Standard shipping: 5-10 business days. Express: 2-5 business days. Tracking provided. We recommend shipping to arrive 3-5 days before the event as a buffer. For international events, customs clearance time must be factored in — tell us the destination country and we will advise.

Yes — two approaches. Option A: one mold with different plating per tier (gold for VIP, silver for standard, copper for general admission) and different ribbon colors. Most cost-effective — each tier looks distinct while sharing the same mold. Option B: different designs per tier — higher mold cost but maximum differentiation. Each tier must meet the 100-piece MOQ individually unless the designs are very similar. We will quote both approaches and you choose based on budget and desired differentiation level.

Decide by the artwork, not by preference. Soft enamel keeps the metal ridge visible around each colour, so the logo stays legible at small sizes — the minimum colour gap is 0.3mm. Imitation hard enamel is polished flat so the surface feels like one continuous plate, which reads more formal; the minimum colour gap there is 0.5mm. UV printing is the only route that reproduces gradients, photographs and soft shading on metal, and it prints over 3D relief with a step of up to 7mm. A practical rule we use on the floor: flat vector logo with 2–4 spot colours goes to enamel, anything with a gradient or a face goes to UV. If a design needs both, we fill the recessed enamel first, cure it at 60–70°C for 60–90 minutes for a semi-cure, then run the UV pass, then finish with a 100°C bake for 60 minutes.

Vector is ideal — .AI, .EPS or .PDF — because the same file defines both the die-cast outline and the colour layers. A JPG, a screenshot or a photo of an old medal is enough to start: we redraw the outline and return a rendering. The 24-hour package is a 3D rendering of the medal on your brand colours, a dimensional drawing with diameter, thickness and relief depth, and a line-item quote covering mold, casting, finishing, ribbon and packing. Revisions are unlimited until you approve, and nothing is cut into mold steel before that approval. Two geometry limits are worth knowing in advance: minimum wall thickness is 2mm, and very fine serif text or hairlines may need thickening to survive casting — we flag those in the first review rather than after the mold is made.

The ribbon can be dyed or printed to your Pantone reference, and it does not have to match the enamel exactly — some brands deliberately run a contrasting ribbon so the medal reads from a distance on stage. Standard ribbon is 860–900mm long by 20–30mm wide, heat-transfer printed, with woven or sublimated options for photo-level detail. Because ribbon, enamel and plating are all produced in the same building, we match all three against one colour target instead of three suppliers interpreting the same Pantone number differently. Physical swatches are available for approval before bulk production when the colour is brand-critical.

Variable data runs from a spreadsheet, not from individual setups. Send an Excel or CSV with one row per attendee — name, company, table number, or a unique code — and we program the job once. Two production routes: laser engraving, which gives permanent high-contrast marking and handles names, titles and serial numbers; or UV printing, which adds full colour and can carry a scannable QR code that resolves to event photos or a digital certificate. Laser is the faster route above roughly a thousand pieces because there is no ink or plate change between names. The one-time data programming fee covers the whole run regardless of how many unique records you send.

Ask for both and compare the landed number, not the unit price. On FOB terms you nominate the freight forwarder, you are the importer of record, and duty plus import VAT are billed to you at destination. On DDP terms we quote a delivered price and carry the freight and clearance, so the number on the invoice is the number you budgeted. DDP is usually the calmer option for a fixed-date event because a clearance delay becomes our problem, not yours; FOB is usually cheaper if your company already has a forwarder and a customs broker. We quote both by default on event orders — tell us the destination city and the event date and both columns come back in the same 24-hour reply.

Three stages, and each one can stop the order. Stage one inspects incoming material — alloy ingots and ribbon rolls — before anything is cast. Stage two checks work in process at casting, polishing, plating and colour filling, so a plating adhesion problem is caught on a sample batch rather than on 3,000 finished pieces. Stage three is a piece-by-piece final inspection before packing: plating coverage, enamel fill level, ribbon attachment, engraving legibility against the roster. Daily capacity is 30,000+ pieces, we have run this system since 2010 in Huizhou, and the compliance file — BSCI, Disney, ISO 9001, Reach, RoHS, TUV Rheinland, Sedex and USJ — is available with your quotation if your procurement team needs it on record.