Voting for Round 1 of the third annual โCoolest Thing Made in Nebraskaโ competition is officially open. Votes can be cast here.
Public voting for the top 16 products in the bracket-style competition will be held Wednesday, September 11, through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, September 22. Manufacturers, students and all Nebraskans are invited to vote for their favorite product manufactured in Nebraska each week through the month of September at nemanufacturingalliance.com. Each voter is permitted one vote per matchup, per round.
The following Nebraska manufacturers and their products are among the top 16 contenders.
โข Valley Center Pivot, Valley Irrigation โ A Valmont Company, Valley
โข Barrel Aged Lord of Ord, Scratchtown Brewing Company, Ord
โข Toilet Paper, Outlook Nebraska, Omaha
โข Autonomous Feed Truck, ALA Engineering, Scottsbluff
โข 9mm Luger +P Critical Duty, Hornady, Grand Island
โข Conti SilentSync, ContiTech, Lincoln
โข Hand-Painted Wallpaper, Vahallan, Lincoln
โข Convertible Checkout Counter, Lozier, Omaha
โข Grandmaโs Fruitcake, Beatrice Bakery Company, Beatrice
โข Sugar, Western Sugar Cooperative, Scottsbluff
โข Insulin Syringes, Embecta, Holdrege
โข Marble Pack-Off, Marble Technologies, Lincoln
โข USB Charger, Lester Electrical, Lincoln
โข Simply Sunflower Oil, Simply Sunflower, Ord
โข BonnaVilla Modular Home, Chief Industries, Aurora
โข MIRA – miniRAS, Virtual Incision, Lincoln
Descriptions of each product and its manufacturer can be found here.
The contest, hosted by the NE Manufacturing Alliance and powered by the NE Chamber, celebrates the stateโs thriving manufacturing industry with Nebraska residents, students, educators, community leaders, manufacturers and especially, the more than 100,000 Nebraska makers working in manufacturing every day.
The tournament leads Nebraskans into the annual celebration of NE Manufacturing Month this October. The Coolest Thing will be announced October 29 at the NE Chamberโs Manufacturing Summit in La Vista, where the top 16 finalists are invited to display their products.