WHBY-Radio Appleton/Oshkosh: Local companies advance in ‘Coolest Thing’ contest

APPLETON – Five companies from the Fox Valley area made it to the second round of the “Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin” contest.

Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce spokesman Nick Novak says they had nearly 150 nominees, and an online vote narrowed them to 16.

Plexus in Neenah is the No. 1 seed, for a product that’s a diagnostic machine for COVID-19, the flu, and other illnesses.

Keep reading at WHBY.com.

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