This is the 7th year of the contest put on by Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce and Johnson Financial Group. CLICK HERE TO VOTE.
Voters slashed a list of 121 products made around the state in the first round of voting. The second round of voting starts a bracket-style competition, which will winnow the 16 finalists to four, with the winning product to be named during an event in Madison on Oct. 19.
Products made in Northeast Wisconsin won 3 of the last 6 competitions, and the area’s streak has a strong chance of continuing: 7 of this year’s 16 finalists are made here, and only two of them are going head-to-head in the first brackets.