• Uses for Engraving in Government Applications
• Guide to Evaluating Engraving for Specific Needs
• Government Engraving Applications: Update
• A Short History of Government Engraving

From WWII Purple Hearts to ADA/ABA Signs

Uses for Engraving in Government Applications

Look around your office and you'll find engraved products everywhere. There are the obvious ones: the career recognition award, the pen and pencil holder you got from the kids, the certification plaque.

But look a little deeper: there's the acrylic award of excellence with a 3-D text effect, the new signs in the hall with the raised lettering and Braille dots, the ID plate on your computer, and the new name badge right there on your shirt. Engraving is everywhere, and it is growing in volume and range of applications — many processes that used to be accomplished with paint or vinyl or ink can now be done more efficiently, and last virtually forever, through engraving. It is also becoming more practical and productive to bring engraving services inside government agencies.

For a deeper understanding of engraving processes and applications, we've turned to a company that's been leading the charge in government-related engraving applications for more than 65 years: New Hermes, a company that has been the no. 1 supplier of engraving machines and materials to the government for over 65 years.

For more information, please visit our Government Engraving Resource Center.

Guide to Evaluating Engraving for Specific Needs

• What kind of engraver is best?
• What about software?
• What about engraving materials?
• Choosing a single-source supplier: from consultation to training to services
• ROI: making engraving fit within your budget
• Schedule and Contract information

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Government Engraving Applications: Update

• Signs: Compliance with New ADA / ABA Requirements How the Americans with Disabilities Act and Architecture Barriers Act have created a huge need for new signs meeting strict standards. Read about the rules and how engraving provides the most efficient path to compliance…
• Engraving for Awards & Recognition: Plaques, Military Coins, Certificate Frames, Gift Engraving at the PX — computerized rotary and laser engraving machines are doing it easier, faster, cheaper…
• Part Identification / Legend Plates: One of the fastest-growing government uses for engraving has been in marking parts for identification. As safety and security have continued to grow exponentially in importance, so too has the need to quickly and accurately track parts…

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A Short History of Government Engraving

• Up until the 1900s, all engraving was done by hand. Plates and stamps for federal notes and coinage are still hand-engraved today…
• Read about Paul Revere’s hand-engraved Liberty Bowl, gun engraving, and more…
• During World War II New Hermes was awarded a contract by the New York City Board of Education to engrave 3 million Bakelite ID tags for schoolchildren…

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For more information on New Hermes products and resources for government applications, please visit the New Hermes Government Engraving Center.