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GREEN BAY - Northeast Wisconsin has one of the finalists in the “Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin” contest. Kimberly-Clark’s Nano preemie diapers will compete with items from Caterpillar, MuL Technology, and C.C. Moo. The diapers were specially designed with NICU nurses and neonatal therapists to make them comfortable and functional for babies weighing less than two pounds. This is the final ...

Top 4 Products to Compete in Popular Vote Round to Determine Winner MADISON – Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) and Johnson Financial Group announced on Monday the Top 4 products moving on in the Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin contest. Nearly 100,000 votes have been cast so far, and the final round of voting will take place from Tuesday, Oct. ...

GREEN BAY - Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (MWC) along with Johnson Financial Group released the top eight finalists earlier this week for the 2020 coolest thing made in Wisconsin contest. South Milwaukee's Caterpillar Global Mining, is one of the eight remaining as its electric rope shovel (#7 seed) has made it to the second round of voting. The electric rope shovel ...

MILWAUKEE - Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (MWC) along with Johnson Financial Group released the top eight finalists earlier this week for the 2020 coolest thing made in Wisconsin contest. South Milwaukee's Caterpillar Global Mining, is one of the eight remaining as its electric rope shovel (#7 seed) has made it to the second round of voting. The electric rope shovel is ...

MANITOWOC - Eight companies in the state are still in the running for the Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin 2020. Among those is the #4 seed, Appleton’s Boldt Company for their STAAT Mod, which aims to assist with the shortage of hospital beds and address the safety of patients & healthcare workers due to the coronavirus pandemic. They are facing off ...

APPLETON - Three local businesses are still alive in an online contest. Eight companies are left in the “Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin” competition. The local ones are Mercury Marine in Fond du Lac, Kimberly-Clark in Neenah, and The Boldt Company in Appleton. Lakeside Plastics in Oshkosh and Plexus in Neenah were eliminated in the last round. Voting in the current ...

FOND DU LAC - Fond du Lac County's contenders in the Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin contest have made it into the top eight. Marine engineering manufacturer Mercury Marine won over Stoughton Trailers, and Mayville Engineering Co. Outdoors, which makes shotshell reloaders and clay target machines, beat out Ki Mobility from Stevens Point, according to Monday's Facebook Live announcement from Wisconsin ...

GREEN BAY - Four of the eight finalists in the latest “Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin” contest are from Northeast Wisconsin. The entries with local ties are: Fond du Lac’s Mercury Marine, with its Bravo Four S Forward-Facing Drive Neenah’s Kimberly-Clark, with its Nano Preemie Diapers Appleton’s Boldt Company, with its STAAT Mod units Mayville’s MEC Outdoors, with its 600 Jr. ...

MADISON – Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) and Johnson Financial Group announced on Monday the Top 8 products moving on in the Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin contest. More than 50,000 votes have been cast since the beginning of the contest. The Top 8 products were announced via a livestream broadcast on Facebook, YouTube and MadeInWis.com. The announcement show can ...

MADISON - Voting continues this week for this year’s contenders of the “Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin.” Nick Novak of Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce has been busy tabulating all the votes and explains all the details with WISC-TV's Christina Lorey. Watch the segment at Channel3000.com.