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CTOnews.com Feb. 16 News A new video on YouTube showcases one of the "rarest Apple products on Earth": the 10-year award. It's a souvenir Apple gives employees after 10 years at the company. It is made of the same aluminum as Apple products, with a stainless steel Apple logo embedded in the middle.

The video, from DongleBookPro, explains that Apple switched to this new aluminum design for its 10-year awards sometime around 2020 or 2021, and that past 10-year awards were made of crystal instead of aluminum.

CTOnews.com understands that the aluminum used to make this award is the same aluminum used to make Apple products. There is a stainless steel apple logo on the front, the number "10" and the employee's name engraved on the side, and an apple polishing cloth inside the box.

The instructions on the trophy explain the production process in more detail:

Your 10-year prize is made of the 6000 series aluminum we use to make our products. Residues from the production process are collected and reconstituted to create a custom alloy that can be 100% recycled. the alloy is cast into long aluminum ingot, each of which is then cut into blocks and machine to that finished size. The surface is finely sandblasted and the edges are diamond cut. The block is then anodized to seal the surface and form a protective layer. Finally, a stainless steel apple logo is embedded in the center.

There was also a congratulatory letter autographed by Apple CEO Tim Cook:

Congratulations on reaching this milestone. The work you've done, the challenges you've encountered, and the breakthroughs you've achieved--they've all made a profound and lasting contribution to Apple's mission to change the world.

On behalf of everyone at Apple, thank you for everything you've brought to our journey together.

DongleBookPro says the trophy is also available in 20-year and 30-year anniversary versions. Below is an image of 9to5Mac, showing the 20-year award version in a darker space gray color, and the 10-year award version of the crystal version.

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