How Gaudio's New 3D Printers are Revolutionising Trophy Manufacturing

We harness the true power of craftsmanship at Gaudio Awards, using materials such as acrylic, aluminium, and wood to create beautiful, long-lasting custom trophies. However, there are some limitations to these traditional methods. Some shapes are tricky to cut, and some details are just too fine to achieve by hand. Plus, moulds for complex components can take time to produce.

This is where 3D printing changes the game. By building each component layer by layer, our printers allow us to create incredibly intricate shapes that wouldn’t be possible through conventional means. Each award can then be painted in a range of custom colours for a trophy that’s truly on-brand. This results in more creative freedom, more opportunities for personalisation, and more ways to make your custom 3D printed trophy stand out.

As well as opening up a whole world of creative possibilities, our new 3D printers are streamlining the production process. We can move straight from design into manufacturing without the need for specialist tools or moulding, which significantly cuts down our lead times. So, if you’re working to a tight deadline, we can turn your initial idea into a custom 3D printed trophy faster than ever.

So, we’ve talked about the capabilities of our machines in-depth – but what results are they helping us achieve? These examples below wouldn’t be possible without the addition of our 3D printers…

Take the Murray Walker Award, for example. This award honours a legendary icon of the motorsport industry, so we knew it needed something special. While off-the-shelf microphone trophies do exist, they weren’t quite suitable for this brief. Instead, we 3D printed an exact replica of the famous microphone design, which allowed us to achieve the technical accuracy and emotional resonance that the award deserved.

For the Coca-Cola Excellence Awards, we used 3D printing to craft custom components for the iconic Coca-Cola bottle’s label and cap. Combined with a solid aluminium body, these elements helped us bring the renowned soft drink to life in trophy form, creating a result that was crisp, polished, and unmistakably on-brand.