ABN: 62 502 622 772
A little bit of history...
The Stencil Place started life back in 1986 as Square One Engraving. It was started by Michael and his father Isaak Masion (born in Russia, and emigrated to Australia in 1980).
Back then, we were a small engraving company, who after a few years, started designing and manufacturing architectural signage as well.
In 1988 the business moved to Moorabbin and we invested in our first large format CNC router. This was one of the first machines of its type in Melbourne, and heralded a technological revolution. Michael becomes the General Manager, and we changed our name to A-Grade Signage.
In 2004 the factory moved to Ferntree Gully and then to Bayswater.
Whilst we had been designing and manufacturing stencils since day one, in 2006, the decision was made to transition into stencils and away from signs.
From there, we have gone from strength to strength, and have gone on to become one of Australia's biggest stencil manufacturers, making everything from Road Marking Stencils down to Coffee Stencils. No to mention our own, in-house designed, iLOCK Interlocking Stencil System.
And then....
As of December 1st, 2016, our long term Production Manager, Tim Love, has moved up, and gone into partnership with Michael. We are now trading as The Stencil Place.
OUR COMPANY POLICY.
There is an old saying in manufacturing....
When you, the customer, orders a job, you usually have 3 options to choose from, but you can only choose 2.
Your options are:
1. Fast turn-around. 2. Better price. 3. High quality.
So, you have to pick 2 from this list. What do you get?
- Fast and Better Price...but the quality may not be so good.
- Fast and High Quality....but it's going to be more expensive.
- Better Price and High Quality.....but it's not going to be a quick turnaround.
BUT!!!!
Michael and Tim do not accept this concept as part of The Stencil Place's business structure, nor their attitude to customer service.
They strive to ensure that every job, manufactured for our valued customers, provides High Quality, Competitive Price and a Super Quick Turnaround.
Constant Quality Improvement (CQI)
Instead of being complacent, we are always looking to improve our service, level of finish and offer our customers better prices. This means constantly exploring new ideas, materials and technology.
Can you give me a breadcrumb to follow to the bit to edit colors on front page buttons....can't seem to remember my way back to the bit with the 'edit css' button...must be tired.
Also, have a bo peep at the 'Zone Shipping' at the bottom of the list and look at it's setup.Mike wants set prices to our listed places ie metro/national metro/rural metro.....Will this work the way we want?
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Please to add.......
1.Payment Options
-Direct Deposit - we append order confirmation with our bank details, they deposit, we check, deposit hits/clears we send.
-Over-The-Phone
Credit Card we contact them and do transaction while the are on the phone.
Cheque-In-The-Mail they send a cheque, we whack it in the bank, it clears, we dispatch
Note somewhere….We do not do cash on pick up, all payments must be finalised before shipment of goods.
2.Shipping Options
Melbourne Metro (This one just tells them in their confirmation email that we will contact them to notify of P/H costs.)
Other Capital City Metro (This one just tells them in their confirmation email that we will contact them to notify of P/H costs.)
National Rural (This one just tells them in their confirmation email that we will contact them to notify of P/H costs.)
International (This one just tells them in their confirmation email that we will contact them to notify of P/H costs.)
Local PickUp.
// DONE - 3.Print friendly version of order confirmation at checkout
// DONE - 4.Make trade/retail section fixded up….Pricing/min purchase/etc
Tim's work;
Stencils to order. We manufacture and stock a comprehensive range of road marking stencils and materials handling stencils and if we don't stock it, we'll make your stencil(s) to order. Fast turnaround times, high quality product and very competitive prices - order your stencils from A Grade Stencils today!
Engraving is essentially where The Stencil Place began. Our business started, over 20 years ago, engraving small plaques and labels on a manual pantograph. Now, of course, we embrace modern technology and use ultra high precision CNC technology. Whilst our engraving capabilities encompass a large variety of styles and types, we will not generally engrave things like jewelery, glassware and other similar 'high risk' items.
CNC Machining of most plastics, most non ferrous metals and some light gauge steels, is a rapidly expanding section of our business. The Stencil Place are happy to provide our services at the CAD/CAM stage of your design right through to CNC machining of prototype parts or large production runs.
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Stencils on demand. We manufacture and stock many generic stencils and we'll make your stencil to order. Made to order or off the shelf with many stencil kits to choose from, fast turnaround times - get your stencils off A Grade Signage mate!
Engraving delicate items with due diligence and care, we'll engrave your big stainless steel (or dull copper) job with the same diligence and care even if we have to do the engraving on one of our CNC Machines.
CNC Machining from modding computer cases to boring miniature engine blocks. A Grade Signage can cut your CNC Machining needs to high standards.
Rapid prototyping will speed your project into 'go'. See A Grade Signage for all your rapid prototyping needs. I need to say more about rapid prototyping.
Signs and signage are our specialist business in which we take great pride, we'll do your signs and signage with such attention to detail and eye for finish, we'll make ourselves proud to 'hang' it in our online gallery of signs and signage - pending your release to use images of the work we'll do for you.
