LASER ENGRAVING AND MARKING · SINCE 2017
We change the
structure
of your items
Metal, glass, leather, wood, plastic. The beam alters the structure of the surface — a mark like this cannot be rubbed off, washed away or faded; it stays for good. A single item while you wait in 15 minutes, a run of a thousand units, industrial marking to GOST, or a visit to your own site.
beam on metal, sparks
horizontal, 1600×1200 FIG. 01
WORKSHOP SPECIFICATION
Three different conversations
A single item, a batch and an on-site visit are priced in different ways, so from here the site divides. Choose your side and the rest will follow.
A gift or your own item
Watches, perfume, rings, a lighter, a MacBook, AirPods, a keyboard, a knife. Send us a photo of the item — we quote the price, prepare the artwork and agree the preview with you. More often than not we finish it while you wait.
Runs, merchandise, activations
Corporate gifts, brand merchandise, award pieces, industrial marking. Contract, invoice, e-invoice (ESF), acceptance certificates, work under treasury and departmental contracts.
Engraving at your venue
We bring a mobile rig and an operator to a boutique, an exhibition, a presentation or an opening. The guest chooses the inscription and collects the item a couple of minutes later, having watched it done.
Twelve reasons — each with a page of its own
Tap a card — it opens the service pageThe material and the item are the “how”. This is the “why”: people are not looking for engraving as such, but for a gift, a keyboard layout, a run of items for a date, or marking to a regulation. Each reason has a page of its own, with its own examples, prices and lead times.
All 12 pages are live. Do not see your case — describe the task and we will pick the format, material and deadline.
Describe your task →What goes under the beam
If your item is not on the list, send us a photo and we will tell you honestly whether we will take it on.
Metal
Watches, rings, Zippo lighters, hip flasks, Victorinox knives, Parker pens, tags, nameplates, awards.
Contrasting black annealing with no loss of thickness, deep 3D relief, removal of anodising and powder coating.
Glass, leather, wood
Perfume bottles, wine glasses, decanters, belts, wallets, boards, caskets, ceramics, acrylic.
On glass — a matt frosting with no chipping along the edge. On leather — a deep impression with a clean outline.
Devices and Apple
MacBook, iPhone, iPad, AirPods, Apple Watch, headphones, power banks, IQOS, cases.
A separate line of work — keyboard localisation: Russian, Uzbek, Arabic, Hebrew and Korean layouts on laptops and mechanical keyboards.
Production
Technical nameplates, instrument panels, serial marking, tooling, dies and stamps, award regalia.
A control sample before the run, for orders from 10 pcs. Contract, e-invoices, acceptance certificates, treasury and departmental contracts.
A table, not promises
What each material will give you, and what we warn you about in advance. Promising “it will look just like the picture” would be dishonest — every material has physics of its own.
| Material | How the result looks | What to know |
|---|---|---|
| Stainless steel | Contrasting black annealing or a matt white mark | Permanently resistant to abrasion and chemicals |
| Anodised aluminium | A bright, contrasting white or light grey mark | The coloured anodised layer is removed, relief is minimal |
| Plain aluminium | A matt light grey texture | Lower contrast than on anodised metal |
| Brass, bronze | A golden mirror-like cut or a dark, deep incision | May develop a handsome patina over time |
| Titanium | From dark grey through to a deep black | Maximum mechanical strength and corrosion resistance |
| Gold, silver | The finest jewellery-grade micro-engraving | Only a minimal, technologically necessary amount of precious metal is removed |
| Painted metal | The base metal beneath the paint is exposed | The colour of the marks depends on the structure of the base metal |
| Glass, ceramics | An elegant white frosted finish | It gives no black — only a matt microstructure |
| Genuine leather | A dark, deep impression with a clean outline | The scent of the heat treatment fades within 1–2 days |
| Wood | A pronounced dark brown relief | Tone and depth depend on the density of the grain |
- PVC and vinyl-bearing materials — they release toxic chlorine when heated
- Toxic low-grade rubbers
- Applying the factory serial numbers of luxury brands to replicas
- Anything else — send a photo and we will tell you honestly whether we will take it on
With technical captions
A name on the bottle, L’Étoile
A halftone portrait from a photograph
Adding a Cyrillic layout
Plaques for the year-end awards
Guests’ devices in a single shift
Lettering right around the body
Serial marking of a batch
Initials on leather
A Zippo lighter
A chrome-plated case: the beam exposes the base metal, so the mark comes out light and will not rub away in a pocket.
A price before you write to us
It works to our price list: the base job plus the discount for volume. Artwork, typeface selection and positioning are included in the price. The exact figure is confirmed by the engraver once he has seen the item.
A five-step procedure
Step 03 is the reason people come back to us: the pilot beam shows exactly where the inscription will sit, with no thermal contact with the item.
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01 10–15 MIN
Intake and assessment
We assess the material and the geometry of the item and choose the type of beam that suits the job.
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02 INCLUDED IN THE PRICE
Artwork
We prepare a vector sketch and choose the typefaces. You approve the preview free of charge, before any work begins.
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03 MANDATORY
Alignment
Positioning with a pilot beam — no heat and no contact with your item.
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04 FROM 10 UNITS
Pre-production sample
Before the run we make a test piece and show it to you. Only then does the batch go into production.
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05 ON THE DAY IT IS READY
Quality control
The item is cleaned, the contrast checked and the piece packed. Collection from the studio, or delivery.
The beam physically alters the structure of the material or removes a layer — the engraving does not rub off and does not fade.
The machine comes to you
A mobile rig on the client’s premises: the guest chooses the inscription and receives a personalised gift there and then. We bring all the equipment ourselves.
Personalisation at the point of sale
A guest buys a selective fragrance or an accessory and takes it away with their name on it. This is how we worked with L’Étoile, Parfum Gallery and Bloom Parfums.
- SHIFT OF 4–8 HRS, OR HOURLY
- OPERATOR IN DRESS CODE
- REPORT ON ITEMS PRODUCED
Activation at an event
An exhibition, a conference, an opening, the launch of a new product. The stand with its queue becomes a draw in its own right: two minutes and the item is in the guest’s hands.
- 30–60 ITEMS/HR
- BRANDED STAND
- BLANKS SUPPLIED TURNKEY
Marking on site
For when the item cannot be moved: installed equipment, panels, furniture, large structures in the client’s own workshop. We come out and mark them in place.
- TASHKENT AND THE REGIONS OF UZBEKISTAN
- TRIPS ABROAD
- TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION CHARGED SEPARATELY
Corporate gifts and production runs
Gifts for clients and for the team, brand merchandise, welcome packs, award pieces, industrial marking. Contract, invoice, e-invoice (ESF), acceptance certificates, treasury and departmental contracts. A 50% deposit, and a pre-production sample before the batch is started.
A turnkey production run
You bring the items, or we source them ourselves. Artwork, pre-production sample, batch, packing.
- FROM 10 UNITS · FROM −10% OFF
- LEAD TIME FROM 1 WORKING DAY
- CONTRACT, INVOICE, ESF, CERTIFICATE
Gifts for a date in the calendar
New Year, a company anniversary, 8 March, the year’s results, onboarding. We choose an item to fit the budget per person, and we keep to the date.
- FROM 80 000 PER PERSON
- NAMES FROM YOUR LIST
- PACKING AND SORTING
A marking contract
A long-term contract for manufacturers and government bodies: serial numbers, nameplates, instrument panels to regulation, a fixed price for the period.
- GOST / ISO
- FIXED PRICE
- TREASURY CONTRACTS
| CLIENT | ITEM | MATERIAL | RUN | LEAD TIME |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L’Étoile | Perfume bottles, guests’ names | glass | on-site | one shift |
| IQOS · Philip Morris | Devices and accessories | plastic, metal | batch run | per contract |
| BYD Auto | Corporate items, keys | metal | batch run | per contract |
| Ministries and agencies of Uzbekistan | Plaques, medals, protocol sets | brass, steel | contract | to regulation |
| Akfa Group · Artel | Technical part marking, merchandise | metal, plastic | series | ongoing contract |
| Kapitalbank · Ipak Yuli | VIP gifts, award plaques | metal, leather | batch run | to a date |
Five points that save a day
If you have no artwork, we will make it ourselves — that is included in the price. If you do have it, here is what we need.
- 01 Vector: .ai, .svg, .pdf — outlined, with no raster effects
- 02 Raster: .png or .tiff, from 600 dpi at actual size
- 03 Line weight from 0,15 mm, type size from 4 pt
- 04 Black and white only: we convert any gradient to halftone ourselves
- 05 A margin of no less than 3 mm from the edge of the item
Worries and clarifications
Will the engraving wear off over time? −
No. The beam physically alters the structure of the material or removes a layer — it is neither paint nor a sticker. The marking does not rub off, does not fade and lasts for life. On brass a noble patina may develop over time; that is a property of the metal itself.
Can you do it while I wait? −
A standard inscription, initials or a logo takes 15–20 minutes while you wait, with no rush surcharge. A keyboard takes 30–45 minutes. It is best to message us on Telegram beforehand — we will tell you whether the engraver is free.
Can you put Cyrillic characters on a MacBook keyboard? −
Yes, it is one of the jobs we do most often. We engrave the keycaps themselves, and the backlight shines through the new character exactly as it does through the factory one. It costs 250 000 UZS and takes 30–45 minutes.
Will the device keep its warranty? −
We work only on the outer surface and never open the casing. Formally, though, any engraving is an intervention in the product and may affect the manufacturer’s warranty service. We tell you this before we start.
Can you do a portrait from an ordinary phone photo? −
Yes, provided the facial features are visible and the shot is not too noisy. We convert the halftone portrait to a raster ourselves. On metal the result is more contrasting, on glass softer — we will show you a sample before the work.
Do you work under contract, with electronic invoices and on government contracts? −
Yes: contract, invoice, electronic VAT invoices, acceptance certificates. We work under treasury and departmental contracts and take part in tenders. Corporate batches carry a 50% prepayment.
What happens if a large batch comes out faulty? −
Before a run of 10 or more we make a control sample and approve it with you. Quality control during the run includes a contrast check. If the fault is ours, we re-engrave the item or replace it at our own expense.
The studio on Buzbazar
Every order is handled by one engraver, from inspecting the item to packing it. Come in with your piece: more often than not we will do it while you wait, in 15–20 minutes.
“I brought in a keyboard with no Cyrillic. They did it in a day, hit every keycap dead on, and the backlight comes through evenly.”
“We set up a stand at the opening — guests queued up of their own accord. Over the shift they took away more than two hundred gifts with their names on.”
Write to us — we reply within 10–15 minutes
A photo of the item and what should go on it. We will tell you straight away whether we will take it, what it costs and when you can collect it. Telegram is our main channel.