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Award industry news, product knowledge, materials and sourcing guides for trophy, medal and award buyers.

Custom Medals: Materials, Finishes and Production Process

Custom medals are medals manufactured to your event’s design — your logo, shape, colors, ribbon, and packaging — through die-striking or die-casting, plating, enamel or print decoration, and assembly. They are the world’s most scalable award format: the same process…

Wholesale Trophies: MOQ, Samples, Pricing & Container Orders

Wholesale trophies are trophies, medals, plaques, and award products purchased in bulk from a factory or supplier — typically by distributors, importers, sports event companies, and corporate buyers — at factory-direct prices instead of retail prices. If you are starting…

How Are Trophies Made? 7-Step Trophy Manufacturing Process

Trophies are made through a seven-step manufacturing process: design review, mold development, forming, surface finishing, decoration, assembly, and quality control. In a real trophy factory, every step is controlled in-house so that a 5,000-piece order matches the approved sample piece…