About
Marco Awards Group

Marco Awards Group is a wholesale trophy component distributor with over 30 company-owned domestic distribution centers, including locations in both Canada and Puerto Rico. We carry a complete line of products from the top manufacturers in the industry to meet all of your awards and recognition needs; figures, medals, marble, columns, plaques, giftware, hardware and so much more!

What We Can Do For You

Our buying power helps you reduce the amount of stock you have on hand, which allows you to operate your business more profitably. Whatever you need, you can be sure we have it in stock and can ship it to you within 24 hours of receiving your order, often the same day!

What We Can't Do For You

We are not a retail trophy store. We do not sell assembled trophies, and we do not sell to end users. We only sell trophy components, and we only sell them to awards and recognition retailers.

Member Organizations

We are a member of the following organizations:

Awards and Recognition Association (ARA)
Personalization & Identification Institute (P&I)

Awards

Voted ARA's 1998-1999 Supplier of the Year by our customers!

A History of Success

1977	Discount Trophy was founded as a retail trophy business in East Hartford, Connecticut.
1978	Developed a wholesale division to serve local New England retailers through increased buying power. Became the northeast distributor of the Sunburst line of die cast trophy figures.
1980	Produced first wholesale parts catalog. Began attending trade shows in the northeast. Became a wholesale distributor of PDU products. Moved the wholesale distribution to South Windsor, CT.
1982	Purchased the tooling for the Sunburst line of die cast trophy figures.
1984	Became a distributor for the Sunco line of Chinese trophy marble. Concluded an agreement to purchase real estate in Wisconsin to establish a second distribution warehouse location.
1985	Purchased the manufacturing facilities of Die Casters, Inc. in Mauston, WI. Purchased the U.S. distribution of Sunco International marble and opened third distribution warehouse location in Simi Valley, CA. Moved the Connecticut distribution location to a much larger facility in an industrial park in East Hartford, CT.
1987	Built a new 25,000-sq. ft. distribution facility in Mauston, WI. Built a new 25,000-sq. ft. distribution facility in Palm Coast, FL. The companies fourth warehouse location.
1989	Purchased a 25,000-sq. ft. warehouse in Richmond, VA to become the companies fifth warehouse location.
1992	Appointed by the court as the attorney in fact for the liquidation of Marvin L. Walker a five million-dollar wholesale distributor with locations in Atlanta, GA - Houston, TX - Los Angeles, CA. Consolidated Los Angeles into our Orange, CA warehouse closed Texas and continued operations in Atlanta as the companies sixth warehouse location.
1993	Merged with Marvin L. Walker in Puerto Rico and later acquired full control to become our first off shore warehouse location.
1994	Built a new 25,000-sq. ft. distribution center to service the northeast in South Windsor, CT. Acquired Windy City Distribution in Chicago to become the seventh warehouse location in Bensenville, IL. Established a supply agreement with G.B. Distribution in Quebec, Canada to become the second international location.
1995	Opened a new distribution center in Houston, TX to be the companies eighth domestic U.S. warehouse location. Founded Marco Plastic Industries to serve as the import arm of the company.
1996	Purchased Vernon, CT 70,000-sq. ft. warehouse location to serve as corporate headquarters and the new home of Marco Plastic Industries where imported products could be cross-docked to other warehouse locations and the new company could expand its line.
1997	Built a 10,000-sq. ft. addition onto the Vernon warehouse to accommodate the rapid growth of Marco Plastic Industries. Acquired Econoplaque, the original manufacturer of fiberboard plaques. Their line is incorporated into the wholesale distribution and is still in production today.
1998	Awarded a new PDU distributorship in San Antonio, TX and opened a full line warehouse become the companies ninth domestic location. A retail acrylic catalog is produced for customer use. Discount Trophy introduces a new retail catalog for customer use.
1999	Acquired Alenite Corporation, an eight million-dollar Chicago based manufacturing company with 5 distribution locations but for the time being it is run as a separate company. Acquired the East Coast distribution location of Tower Ribbon in Lodi, NJ as a tenth warehouse location and moved it to North Bergen, NJ. At the international trade show in Las Vegas the company is named "Supplier of the Year" for the year 1998-1999.
2000	Alenite division opens a new 20,000-sq. ft. warehouse in Cleveland, OH. MPI increases its import operations and seeks new suppliers throughout the world. Discount Trophy begins supplying a complete line of Italian cups.
2002	Alenite division opens a new distribution center in Memphis, TN. MPI adds major new lines in resin products and becomes the largest importer of Resin Trophy products in the U.S. with more sizes and styles than all other distributors combined.
2003	Purchased a 65,000-sq. ft. warehouse in Lawrenceville, GA to improve customer service in the southeast. MPI introduces a high-end giftware catalog and adds an extensive line of optical crystal to its stable of award components. A crystal retail catalog is also produced.
2004	Marco Awards Group is formed to incorporate all of the companies now included under the Discount Trophy umbrella. Discount Trophy ends its alliance with PDU and replaces all PDU products with Marco Plastic Industries products in all locations. A new 60-page retail catalog is produced to include MPI products. MPI continues new product innovation with the introduction of the popular RFH resin plate series.
2005	A 136,000-sq. ft. southeast regional distribution center is purchased in Lawrenceville, GA to cross dock company products throughout the southeastern and south central U.S. Reddy Awards with locations in Phoenix, AZ and Commerce, CA is purchased and added to the Marco Awards Group. The wholesale trophy distribution of Weiss & Biheller is purchased and consolidated with Marco's own import operations making it the largest importer of trophy marble in the US. MPI takes extrusion fabricating to the next level with their own manufacturing plant turning out proprietary styles and offering elegant new foils including holographic black on thick walled extrusions.
2006	A new 25,000-sq. ft. distribution center is opened in Lenexa, KS. The New Jersey warehouse is moved from North Bergen to Edison, NJ. The Illinois warehouse is moved from Bensenville, IL to a new 60,000-sq. ft warehouse in Elk Grove Village, IL. This new much larger facility will improve Midwest customer service and allow the company to cross-dock products to other Midwestern warehouses at a lower cost. A 40 page retail Golf catalog is produced to showcase diverse awards to this ever growing market. MPI continues product innovation with the introduction of the unique sports ball high relief medals and the Spinner series of revolving sports ball resin trophies.
2007	To celebrate the 30th anniversary Marco Awards Group published it's largest wholesale catalog to date (318 pages). Marco Plastic Industries opened an office in China to source products and improve vendor relations. A new 76 page retail catalog is released to broaden our customers marketing ability.
2008	Electronic innovations enabled Marco Awards Group customers to link their web sites to an on line version a newly released 100 page retail catalog. The beginning of the year saw the opening of Santa Fe Springs, CA warehouse and the establishment of a quality control department to supervise off shore vendors. The Arizona warehouse both moves and expands to better serve the southwest. The distribution system now totals 22 warehouse locations.
2009	Dramatic changes began the year with the merger of Discount Trophy/Marco Awards Group and Charlotte, NC based Plastic Plus Awards creating the largest distribution network in the Industry with a total of 32 locations. The Quality Control Department sets up in plant inspections at select vendors in China and begins to introduce a date code system. The addition of 10 warehouse locations gave the combined company an opportunity to consolidate and enlarge several locations. Two Memphis, TN warehouses were combined into one larger facility. The Dallas, TX warehouse was moved and expanded. Two Houston, TX locations were combined and enlarged. The Orange, CA warehouse was expanded to 60,000-sq. ft. Also, Barhill Manufacturing, a leading manufacturer of quality assembled plaques and clocks, was acquired and added to Marco Awards Group. The Awards and Recognition Association inducted President and Founder Marcel O. Bizier into its "Hall of Fame" at the ARA International trade show in Las Vegas. A new 48 page crystal catalog was released. A new design department is established to create new items for the awards industry.
2010	A new wholesale distribution center was opened in Portland, OR and the company established two more independent distributors, Dern Trophy Manufacturing Corp. and Rocky Mountain Award Distributors. Discount Trophy Puerto Rico became a more dominant force by acquiring Caribbean Awards. A new 56 page acrylic catalog was released along with a new 108 page retail catalog. The Marco Awards Group wholesale catalog expands to 512 pages the largest wholesale catalog in the industry.
—	To be continued...