The Delaware State Chamber of Commerce and its affiliate, the Delaware Manufacturing Association, want to raise awareness of products made in the First State.
That led the organizations to launch a contest entitled – the Coolest Thing Made in Delaware. This inaugural contest serves manufacturing, which employs 28,000 Delawareans. Another goal is to promote the sector as a career path that can come without student loan debt.
The contest will be structured in a basketball-like “Final Four” bracket format.
“Delaware’s low cost of doing business, central location, and skilled workforce position the state as a center for manufacturing. With an output of nearly $5.6 billion, the industry is a major force in Delaware’s economy and the third-largest traded sector,” said DSCC President Michael J. Quaranta. “Not only do manufacturers make products that meet the needs of consumers right here in the First State, but they have global – even galactic – impacts.”
Nominations will be accepted from now until February 21. Eligible companies are manufacturers whose nominated product is manufactured at a Delaware-based site. The product must be made using a manufacturing process. Participants are welcome to nominate as many products as they’d like during the initial nomination period.
On February 22, all qualifying nominees will be announced, and the popular vote will commence. Manufacturers, employees, and consumers alike can participate in the voting. Votes can be cast once per day, per device at www.DSCC.com/MFG. After the popular vote round ends on February 29, the top 16 products — one per company — will compete in the bracket-style contest.
The winner will be announced at the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce’s Spring Manufacturing & Policy Conference on March 28 at Delaware Technical Community College, Dover.
