ABOUT US

Colorado Heirloom, Inc. has been a premier supplier of wood products to the awards and laser engraving industry since 1987. Our hardwood strips, plaques, wooden boxes, picture frames, and custom wood products are recognized the world over, and have become synonymous with quality.

As a wood products manufacturer in this industry for 30 years we have seen many product changes, especially since the introduction of the laser machines several years ago and now with the direct color print systems coming to the market. The products have moved from award plaques to hang on the wall to more functional personalized awards such as boxes and clocks. Boxes are currently very popular. They can be engraved or printed with 3D designs or color logos and be personalized outside as well as inside. Most of the time the boxes are used for the presentation of a very special gift or award. Boxes can be customized to fit the gift or award to give them a very high end look and presentation. Many woods are available and can be mixed to create different looks. Wood is very engravable and holds its high value perception whether used with trendy colors or traditional natural beauty. Color lacquers are also available to create diverse looks and engrave well. Laser engraving and color printing can be used very effectively together. Many gift and award professionals use the many selections of thinner wood blanks to create their own brand and line of products sold in their stores and online. It is quite inspiring to see what many in the award industry are creating with a piece of wood and a high tech laser engraver and/or printer. As a wood products manufacturer it is very inspiring and rewarding to be a part of many imaginative projects that come to life to provide very valuable, honorable and fun personalized gifts and awards for any occasion.

Though we have grown a lot since our beginnings 39 years ago, we are still proud to call Loveland, CO home. In August, 2015 we moved into our own larger facility. We are still growing and continue to dream up new products and ways of achieving our customers visions. One thing that has not changed is our never ending focus on quality and customer satisfaction.

Our most popular product is our Solid Hard Wood Strips.
Why choose Colorado Heirloom's solid wood strips over other company's strips or instead of plywoods or veneer wood products?
Superior grain and color matching is one main reason. When customers order larger sized sheets, we are in control of how we glue up boards to achieve the larger pieces. Colorado Heirloom can also make custom sizes of strips in overall width, length AND thickness. This can minimize waste on the customer's end if they have a special project, or you can order sheets that fit the size of your laser bed. Manufacturing custom thicknesses allows more versatility for products that can be produced (ie: thin wood strips for inlays or business cards, or thick pieces so that you can cut your own frames or plaques or signs).
Quite often plywoods or veneer woods have just one face or side of high quality. Using solid woods ensures that both sides and faces of the strips are of superior quality. We do our best to minimize knots and sap grains in our woods giving better yield and results for products.
Using Solid Wood strips has better natural laser engraving results. When using solid hard woods the need for color fill after engraving can quite often be eliminated.
Strips can be ordered with Finish on both sides or Unfinished. Why have those options? With the finished wood strips, laser engraved smoke and soot residue can be easily cleaned without ruining your beautiful engravings or the wood itself. Finish also adds another layer of protection to help keep the strips more stable. Unfinished strips are quite often used so that customers can paint their own designs, or apply their own stains to the pieces. Unfinished strips are still sanded smooth so that they are ready for that customer's process or paint application.
Need some color added to your strips? Not a problem! Colorado Heirloom offers 16 stock colors in TWO different ways. Choose a Colored Lacquer so that the color is opaque, this appears like a paint on the surface of the wood, but it is smooth Lacquer, just like our clear lacquer, tinted to the color you choose. Would you like to still see some grain through the color? Then choose one of the stains for a transparent look. The stains are coated with our clear lacquer so that the surface is not left open to the elements and the stain will not rub off after being handled or engraved.
One of the stock colors offered not quite right? We also offer color matching for both lacquers and stains so that you can get the color you are after!
Colorado Heirloom also offers Baltic Birch Plywood and various Wood Veneer with MDF core strips.
These woods are often used as a more cost effective wood substrate for projects that do not need as detailed high end engraving. Or for those projects where solid wood is not needed for parts of your project.
Our Plywood and MDF core Veneers are made and sourced in the US, using formaldehyde free and glitter free glues. Making them Environmentally and laser friendly.
If our stock sizes do not work for your projects, these can also be made to your custom width and lengths.
These sheet goods come in 5/32" and 1/4" thicknesses for the MDF core Wood Veneer strips, and 1/8" and 1/4" thicknesses for the Baltic Birch Plywood strips (more thickness options are available for Baltic Birch plywood upon request).
Just email us your specification to cheirloom@gmail.com and we would be happy to quote your desired sizes and specifications!