Makers Madness’ Contest Opens Voting to Name The Coolest Thing Made in Illinois Including 20 Kane County Products
The sixth annual "Makers Madness" contest is back, giving the public the power to decide which product earns the title of Coolest Thing Made in Illinois!
This year, 20 Kane County-made products are among the more than 250 nominees.
Maker's Madness Nomination Voting Products in Kane
- ActivWall, Aurora Storage Products, Inc., Aurora
- American Flag, J.C. Schultz The Flagsource, Batavia
- Bison VFsync PMAC Motor, Bison AMETEK, St. Charles
- Blow/Fill/Seal sterile filling machines, Weiler Engineering, Inc., Elgin
- BoulePro200AX, USACH, Elgin
- Carrier Tap, Tek Pak, Inc., Batavia
- E.S.P Enhanced Spatial Positioning Push-toTalk, OTTO Engineering, Carpentersville
- Enpro Vent Tube and Ball Cage Detection System, AmeriChem Systems, Inc., Aurora
- Envelopes, Continental Envelope, Geneva
- Gindo's Spice of Life, Gindo's Spice of Life, St. Charles
- Gripple Spider, Gripple Inc., Aurora
- Gushers, General Mills, Geneva
- High Speed Laser Marking Machine, AmeriChem Systems, Inc., Aurora
- Joseph Renard Stringed Instruments, StringWorks, Geneva
- O-Cedar EasyWring RinseClean Spin Mop System, Freudenburg Household Products, LP, Aurora
- P15 Tamper Evident Cap and Spout for Flexible Pouch Packaging, Hoffer Plastics Corporation, South Elgin
- Precast Concrete, Dukane Precast, Naperville, Aurora, Plainfield
- Safety Bumpers, Mantec Services Inc., St. Charles
- Silo Track Cloud Inventory Management System, Monitor Technologies, Elburn
- Ultra3000, Richardson Electronics, Lafox
The event is hosted by the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association.
Voting is open online, and the public can vote up to five times a day until March 16, with the top 16 finalists announced on March 18. A bracket-style tournament will then determine the winner, leading up to the awards ceremony on April 9 at the Governor’s mansion.
Last year’s winner? The Komatsu mining truck, a massive vehicle used in construction. Will a Kane County product take the title this year? Cast your vote and find out!
