(Des Moines, IA) – The first round of voting has officially wrapped, and officials with the Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) have announced the Top 16 products in their “Coolest Thing Made in Iowa” competition!
The Top 16 products and their manufacturers include:
- Mi-T-M ePowerStation (Mi-T-M Corporation – Peosta)
- Pella Steady Set (Pella Corporation – Pella)
- Beer Caves (Walk-In Coolers & Freezers) (Leer, Inc. – Carroll)
- Weiler D1075 Blasthole Drill (Weiler – Knoxville)
- Butter Braid Pastries (Country Maid, Inc. – West Bend)
- Ironclad Tornado Shelter & Gun Safe (Ironclad Shelter Solutions, LLC – Earlham)
- Spalding Arena Renegade Basketball Hoop (Spalding – Jefferson)
- Winnebago EKKO 23B (Winnebago – Forest City)
- Gushers (General Mills – Cedar Rapids)
- Cedar Ridge Straight Bourbon Whiskey (Cedar Ridge Distillery – Swisher)
- Load Cell (Scale-Tec – Anamosa)
- Flexzilla Garden Hose (Legacy Manufacturing – Marion)
- Marie Callender’s Pot Pie (Conagra – Council Bluffs)
- 23-28XL Scraper (Mobile Track Solutions – Elkader)
- Sterzing’s Potato Chips (Sterzing Food Company – Burlington)
- dScribe Studio, 55″ – Digital Lightboard (Revolution Lightboards – Dubuque)
Now the competition really heats up. The voting is NOW OPEN for the Top 16, and we need you to help decide which products advance to the next round. This is your chance to rally behind your favorites, spread the word, and help crown Iowa’s coolest creation.
| How to Vote: |
| Visit www.coolestthingia.com, and click “Cast Your Vote” at the top of the homepage. Select up to four products that you think deserve the title Coolest Thing Made in Iowa by clicking vote – don’t forget to look through all the nominees. Once your favorite products have been selected, click “Submit Vote”. Come back each day and do it again. You can vote once per device, every 24 hours. |
