LINCOLN, Nebraska — September 11, 2024 — Voting for Round 1 of the third annual “Coolest Thing Made in Nebraska” 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.
• Valley Center Pivot, Valley Irrigation – A Valmont Company, Valley
• Barrel Aged Lord of Ord, Scratchtown Brewing Company, Ord
• Toilet Paper, Outlook Nebraska, Omaha
• Autonomous Feed Truck, ALA Engineering, Scottsbluff
• 9mm Luger +P Critical Duty, Hornady, Grand Island
• Conti SilentSync, ContiTech, Lincoln
• Hand-Painted Wallpaper, Vahallan, Lincoln
• Convertible Checkout Counter, Lozier, Omaha
• Grandma’s Fruitcake, Beatrice Bakery Company, Beatrice
• Sugar, Western Sugar Cooperative, Scottsbluff
• Insulin Syringes, Embecta, Holdrege
• Marble Pack-Off, Marble Technologies, Lincoln
• USB Charger, Lester Electrical, Lincoln
• Simply Sunflower Oil, Simply Sunflower, Ord
• BonnaVilla Modular Home, Chief Industries, Aurora
• 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 state’s 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 Chamber’s Manufacturing Summit in La Vista, where the top 16 finalists are invited to display their products.
