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IMA’s Makers Madness – Vote for Champaign County Products

March 22, 2022 | Category: Business, Champaign, Champaign County, Manufacturing, Research Park, University of Illinois

Voting is now open for this year’s Makers Madness: The Coolest Thing Made In Illinois, presented by Comcast Business.

The competition by Illinois Manufacturers’ Association is designed to highlight the many different products made in Illinois, including everything from food products and military flashlights to automobiles and components for the aerospace industry. This round of votes will determine the Top 16 products from the 311 unique products that were nominated from across the state.

Voting will take place at www.makersmadnessil.com through midnight on April 3. Voters can cast up to five votes per day in the first round as the field of products is narrowed.

Vote for products made in Champaign County:

  • 9904-UDX-4K – Cobalt Digital
  • Automobile Bumpers – Flex-N-Gate
  • CAT Filters – Advanced Filtration Systems Inc. (AFSI)
  • CERV2 Smart Ventilation System – Build Equinox
  • Colorfil HVAC Filter – Serionix
  • Curtis Orchard Hard Cider – Blind Pig Brewing
  • Custom Blazed Diffraction Gratings – Inprentus
  • Custom Pipe Organs – John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, LLC
  • Epitaxial Wafers – II-VI EpiWorks
  • Frasca Full Flight Simulators – Frasca International
  • Gill Vaulting Pole – Litania Sports Group
  • Graduation Cap & Gown – Herff Jones
  • Heinz Ketchup – Kraft Heinz Company
  • Kraft Mac & Cheese – Kraft Heinz Company
  • Miracle Whip – Kraft Heinz Company
  • Moisture-free Halides – APL Engineered Materials
  • Museum Exhibits – Taylor Studios
  • Plastic Closures – Silgan Closures
  • Porter 1835 Competition Portable Backstop – Litania Sports Group
  • Red Solo Cup – Dart Container Corporation
  • Riggs Illinois Koelsch – Riggs Beer Company
  • RUSK Hair Products – Beauty Quest Group
  • Seri Face Mask – Serionix
  • SHIELD COVID-19 Saliva Test – University of Illinois
  • SlimShield222 Lamp – Eden Park Illumination
  • Sun Bucket – Sun Buckets
  • Teflon Wafer Dippers – ShapeMaster, Inc.
  • TerraSentia – EarthSense
  • The Ability Hand – PSYONIC
  • TOMi Scope – PhotoniCare
  • Torq Tactical Flashlight – First-Light USA
  • VR Gowns – PolyCo
  • Wooly Mammoth (Museum Display) – Taylor Studios