Illinois
What is the coolest product made in Illinois? There’s a competition to find out
SPRINGFIELD, Sick. – NFL Helmets, MLB bats, John Deere combines, Caterpillar Bulldozers — what do all these merchandise have in widespread?
They’re made in Illinois, and so they’re all “cool.”
The query the Illinois Producers’ Affiliation needs you to contemplate is “which Illinois-made product is the best?”
“Perhaps it is your favourite meals or drink, Dave’s house roast espresso for instance. A chunk of sports activities or leisure tools, a automobile or mode of transportation, family items, widespread instruments, perhaps it is a product used to avoid wasting lives,” stated Mark Denzler, President of the IMA. “The chances are countless.”
For the fourth straight 12 months, nominations kicked off for “The Coolest Factor Made in Illinois” on-line competitors. The defending champ is Rivian’s R1T Electrical Truck, which obtained 800,000 votes final 12 months within the closest-ever competitors.
“Any product manufactured in Illinois might be nominated,” stated Denzler. “Whereas qualifying merchandise should be made in Illinois, the manufacturing headquarters would not essentially must be in our state.”
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Should you’re a producer, nominate your product. Should you’re a lawmaker, nominate a producer in your district.
If in case you have pals or household that make a product, nominate them by going to MakersMadnessIL.com.
Nominations finish Feb. 19 (when voting begins) and the winner will likely be introduced on the finish of March by Illinois. Gov. J.B. Pritzker.