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 Lehigh Valley contest features teams from Pennsylvania’s Lehigh, Northampton, and Carbon counties. It is produced by the Manufacturers Resource Center (MRC) in Allentown, PA.
2025 Awards Event
Wednesday, March 26
Stabler Arena, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Teams and Manufacturers
| Bangor Area Middle School | ABEC | |
| Broughal Middle School | Lutron Electronics Company, Inc. | |
| Catasauqua Middle School | ARCH Medical Solutions | |
| East Hills Middle School | Tyber Medical | |
| HMMS | C.F. Martin & Company, Inc. | |
| L.B. Morris School | B.T.M. Incorporated | |
| Lehighton Area Middle School | Blue Ridge Pressure Castings | |
| LMMS | Crayola | |
| Nazareth Area Middle School | Freshpet, Inc. | |
| Nitschmann Middle School | Solar Technology, Inc. | |
| Northampton Area Middle School | Victaulic | |
| Northeast Middle School | Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc. | |
| Northern Lehigh Middle School | Precision Roll Grinders | |
| Northwestern Lehigh Middle School | Bosch Rexroth Corporation | |
| Orefield Middle School | SunOpta | |
| Palmerton Area Junior High School | TPEI | |
| Panther Valley Jr Sr High School | Hydra-Tech Pumps | |
| Penn-Kidder Campus | AMPAL, Inc. | |
| Raub Middle School | Piramal Critical Care, Inc. | |
| Salisbury Middle School | Polymer Contours, Inc. | |
| Saucon Valley Middle School | Allen Organ Company | |
| South Moutain Middle School | Just Born Quality Confections | |
| Southern Lehigh Middle School | Amcor Rigid Plastics | |
| Springhouse Middle School | B. Braun Medical, Inc. | |
| St. Anne School | ATAS International, Inc. | |
| Trexler Middle School | Stanley Black & Decker | |
| Weatherly Area Middle School | Highwood USA | |
| Whitehall-Coplay Middle School | Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. | |
| Wind Gap Middle School | FMI |
Contest Videos
Coming soon
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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Karen Buck
Manufacturers Resource Center (MRC)
610.628.4626