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MADISON – Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) – the combined state chamber and manufacturers’ association – partnered with Johnson Financial Group to announce this year’s Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin on Wednesday at WMC’s annual Business Day in Madison event. Pierce Manufacturing’s Electric Fire Truck from Appleton was officially crowned the 2022 winner. Over its seven years, the Coolest Thing ...

"The Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin" contest has reached the finals, with only four products remaining. Nick Novak, Vice President of Communications and Marketing for Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce joined us on Monday, Oct. 17 to discuss the finalists. He also discussed what is at stake for the finalists as well as detailed information about the remaining products. Voting is ...

Marshfield's own H&S Manufacturing is a finalist for Coolest Thing Made In Wisconsin. H&S Manufacturing getting nominated for their Loadmaster 2X. The heavy machinery carries over 60,000 pounds of product and able to fill up a 40-foot semi trailer in one dump, making it a very popular product for efficiency, which has it sitting in the last four of Coolest ...

The field has been cut to four in the 2023 Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin competition, and half of them are from Eastern Wisconsin. An electric fire truck made at Appleton’s Pierce Manufacturing, and Plexus Corp’s Quidel Savanna, made in Neenah, have made the Final Four. Also making the cut is a UTV made by Columbia Vehicle Group in Reedsburg ...

Online voters have propelled the Loadmaster 2X Forage Dump Box into the final round in this year's 'Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin' contest. Produced by H&S Manufacturing in Marshfield, the harvesting dump cart can transport up to 60,000 pounds of forage and lift it as high as 15 feet in the air so it can be dumped into a large ...

A zero-emission electric fire truck and a lab machine that can provide results of tests of infectious diseases within minutes are among the four finalists for the 2022 “Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin.” And they are both made in our corner of the state -- in the Fox Valley, to be specific. Pierce Manufacturing’s first zero-emission pumper truck, built in ...

The Tomberlin E-Merge Beachcomber from Columbia Vehicle Group in Reedsburg is a Top 4 finalist in the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce and Johnson Financial Group Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin contest. The finalists were announced via an Oct. 12 livestream broadcast on Facebook, YouTube, and madeinwis.com. The final round of voting has begun, individuals can vote once per day, per device ...

The votes are in, and the top 4 coolest things made in Wisconsin are an electric fire truck, a PCR test, a piece of harvesting equipment and an electric vehicle that people can use to move their beach gear. The Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce announced the finalists Wednesday in its ongoing, annual Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin contest. The competition started with nearly 150 nominees, and more ...

Jolly Good Soda is done with its run in a contest to decide the “Coolest Things Made in Wisconsin.”  The competition is sponsored by Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce and Johnson Financial Group in an annual contest that will conclude at 12:00 noon on October 19th.  The winner will be announced later that day at the WMC’s Business Day in Madison. Jolly Good, ...

A Reedsburg business has advanced to the top four of the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce's Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin Contest. The contest highlights the state's manufacturing industry and brings attention to the cool items made in the state as well as career opportunities available. Of the top 16 products in the bracket this year, two were from southern Wisconsin: ...