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.
Contest voting has ended.
Best of PA Nominees
Contest Awards
| Outstanding Overall Program | Nazareth Area (Freshpet, Inc.) |
| Viewers Choice | Nazareth Area (Freshpet, Inc.) |
| Outstanding Videography | Lower Macungie (Crayola) |
| Outstanding Creativity | Saucon Valley (Allen Organ Company) |
| Outstanding Editing | Northeast (Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc.) |
| Outstanding Cool | Nitschmann (Solar Technology, Inc.) |
| Outstanding Team Spirit | Wind Gap (FMI) |
| Outstanding Educational Value | Broughal (Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.) |
| Outstanding Outreach Plan | Springhouse (B. Braun Medical Inc.) |
| Outstanding Brand Placement | South Mountain (Just Born Quality Confections) |
| Outstanding Career Pathway | Northampton Area (Victaulic) |
| Best CTE Story | Lehighton Area (Blue Ridge Pressure Castings) |
| Sweet Manufacturing | Career Institute of Technology |
Contest Videos
Additional Participating Teams
We applaud HMMS and Northwestern Lehigh Middle School for their participation in this year’s program.
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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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Karen Buck
Manufacturers Resource Center (MRC)
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