The flagship What’s So Cool About Manufacturing® contest for the Lehigh Valley marked its fifth anniversary in 2018. The 2018 contest featured 30 teams from 22 school districts in Lehigh, Northampton, and Carbon counties and the Diocese of Allentown. The Lehigh Valley contest was produced by the Manufacturers Resource Center (MRC) in Allentown, PA, and production support was provided by PBS39 Lehigh Valley in Bethlehem, PA.
Best of PA Nominees
Contest Awards
| Outstanding Overall Program | Northeast (Atlas Machining & Welding) |
| Viewers Choice | Northampton Area (B. Braun Medical) |
| Outstanding Creativity | Saucon Valley (Solar Technology, Inc.) |
| Outstanding Editing | Lower Macungie (ProtoCAM) |
| Outstanding Cool | Raub (Dynalene) and East Hills (Piramal Critical Care) |
| Outstanding Team Spirit | Wilson Area (Victualic Company) |
| Outstanding Videography | Springhouse (Crayola) |
| Outstanding Career Pathway | Whitehall-Coplay (Follett, LLC) |
| Outstanding Marketing Plan | Nazareth Area (Equipto) |
| Outstanding Educational Value | Broughal (Eastern Surfaces) and Palmerton (KME Kovach) |
| Sweet Manufacturing Cupcake Display | Lehigh Career and Technical Institute |
| Sweet Manufacturing Cupcake | Career Institute of Technology |
Contest Videos
Contest Manager
Karen Buck
Manufacturers Resource Center (MRC)
610.628.4626
