OAK BROOK – The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association recently announced the start of the initial round of voting for Makers Madness, a bracket-style tournament in which voters across the state will decide which product is “The Coolest Thing Made in Illinois.”

The full list of 311 products nominated can be found here and officials have released a list of products nominated from southern Illinois:

City/Town	Product	Manufacturer
Ridgway	Dinger Baseball bats	Dinger
Benton	DTH Drill Bits	Mincon Rockdrills USA
Carbondale	40 Below Joe	Beaded Distribution
Carbondale	COVID-19 Specimen Shippers	COM-PAC
Carbondale	INTEGRA Pre-Zippered Roll Stock	COM-PAC
Carbondale	Promask Painter’s Tape	Intertape Polymer Group
Carterville	AM Transformers	Amerag
Du Quoin	Insulated Power Cable	Prysmian Group
Ina	Uncle Joe’s BBQ Sauce	Uncle Joe’s
Marion	Sunroof	Aisin
Mount Vernon	Tires	Continental Tire
Mount Vernon	Modular Elevators	Phoenix Modular Elevator
Pittsburgh	Steel	US Steel
Wolf Lake	Dynamite	Dyno Nobel

 

Voting is ongoing and a winner will be announced March 24.