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Lehigh Valley (PA) 2025 Contest

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The flagship What’s So Cool About Manufacturing® contest is held annually in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley area, where the first contest took place in 2014. The 2025 Lehigh Valley contest featured teams from Pennsylvania’s Lehigh, Northampton, and Carbon counties and was produced by the Manufacturers Resource Center (MRC) in Allentown, PA.

Voting times: Mar 17th, 2025 (12:01 am) – Mar 19th, 2025 (11:59 pm)

Contest voting has ended.

Best of PA Nominees

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Northeast

Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc.

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Lower Macungie

Crayola

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Saucon Valley

Allen Organ Company

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Nazareth Area

Freshpet, Inc.


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Contest Awards

Outstanding Overall ProgramNazareth Area (Freshpet, Inc.)
Viewers ChoiceNazareth Area (Freshpet, Inc.)
Outstanding VideographyLower Macungie (Crayola)
Outstanding CreativitySaucon Valley (Allen Organ Company)
Outstanding EditingNortheast (Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc.)
Outstanding CoolNitschmann (Solar Technology, Inc.)
Outstanding Team SpiritWind Gap (FMI)
Outstanding Educational ValueBroughal (Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.)
Outstanding Outreach PlanSpringhouse (B. Braun Medical Inc.)
Outstanding Brand PlacementSouth Mountain (Just Born Quality Confections)
Outstanding Career PathwayNorthampton Area (Victaulic)
Best CTE StoryLehighton Area (Blue Ridge Pressure Castings)
Sweet Manufacturing Career Institute of Technology

Contest Videos

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Broughal

Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.

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Trexler

Stanley Black & Decker

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Orefield

SunOpta

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Penn-Kidder

AMPAL, Inc.

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Springhouse

B. Braun Medical Inc.

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South Mountain

Just Born Quality Confections

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Bangor Area

ABEC

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Nazareth Area

Freshpet, Inc.

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Wind Gap

FMI

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L.B. Morris

B.T.M. Incorporated

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Salisbury

Polymer Contours, Inc.

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Saucon Valley

Allen Organ Company

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St. Anne

ATAS International, Inc.

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Northern Lehigh

Precision Roll Grinders

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Raub

Piramal Critical Care, Inc.

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Catasauqua

ARCH Medical Solutions

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East Hills

Tyber Medical

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Panther Valley

Hydra-Tech Pumps

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Northampton Area

Victaulic

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Palmerton Area

TPEI

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Southern Lehigh

Amcor Rigid Plastics

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Weatherly Area

Highwood USA

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Lower Macungie

Crayola

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Northeast

Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc.

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Nitschmann

Solar Technology, Inc.

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Whitehall-Coplay

Ocean Spray

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Lehighton Area

Blue Ridge Pressure Castings

Additional Participating Teams

We applaud HMMS and Northwestern Lehigh Middle School for their participation in this year’s program.


Sponsors

The What’s So Cool About Manufacturing® contests are supported regionally by their sponsors and partners. Production support is provided for several Pennsylvania contests by eMediaWorks in Center Valley, PA, and additional support in Pennsylvania is provided by Sahl Communications and EmpowerStar Enterprises.


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Contest Manager

Karen Buck
Manufacturers Resource Center (MRC)
610.628.4626