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Best of PA 2025 Contest

The What’s So Cool About Manufacturing® Best of PA Contest features videos from contests throughout the state. A special panel of judges select the state’s top three videos, and the team with the most votes per day in its regional contest receives the state Viewers Choice Award.

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2025 Awards Event

Wednesday, May 14, 12:30 p.m.
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, Harrisburg, PA



Best of PA Nominees

Nominees are selected from regional What’s So Cool About Manufacturing® contests throughout Pennsylvania. A contest’s number of nominees is determined by its total number of entries.

Berks Schuylkill (PA)

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Boyertown West

Morgan Truck Body

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D.H.H. Lengel

Blaschak Anthracite

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Conrad Weiser

Alcon

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Mahanoy Area

Hydro


Central Susquehanna (PA)

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Mount Carmel Area

Dyco Inc.

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Huntingdon Area

Gardners Candies, Inc.


Chester Delaware (PA)

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Delaware County Christian

Lavazza, Inc.


Lehigh Valley (PA)

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Northeast

Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc.

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Saucon Valley

Allen Organ Company

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Lower Macungie

Crayola

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Nazareth Area

Freshpet, Inc.


North Central (PA)

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Johnsonburg Area

American Axle & Manufacturing


Northern Tier (PA)

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Mountain View

Golis Machine

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Montrose Area

Andre & Son


Philadelphia Region (PA)

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Upper Moreland

KMM Group Ltd.


Pittsburgh Central (PA)

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Mount Lebanon

MECCO


Pittsburgh East (PA)

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Somerset Area

4 Guys Fire Trucks


South Central (PA)

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Pequea Valley

Astro Machine Works

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ELCO

Triple-M-Farms

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Ephrata Area

High Steel Service Center


Southern Alleghenies (PA)

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Bedford Area

The Organic Snack Company

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Chestnut Ridge

Mission Critical Solutions


West Central (PA)

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Lakeview

Hall Manufacturing Technology, LLC


Best of PA Judges

Brittany Garzillo

Brittany Garzillo

Emmy Award-Winning Producer/Reporter
Mount Laurel, N.J.

Katelyn Smith

Katelyn Smith

Emmy Award-Winning Anchor/Reporter
WGAL News 8, Lancaster, PA

Gina Masciola

Gina Masciola

Executive Director of Education
WQED PBS, Pittsburgh, PA

WQED Education

Gwen Anderson

Education Outreach Coordinator
WQED PBS, Pittsburgh, PA


Past Best of PA Winners

2024Broughal Middle School, Bethlehem, PA
2023Northeast Middle School, Bethlehem, PA
2022Eyer Middle School, Macungie, PA
2021Contest Not Held
2020Saint Clair Area Middle School, Saint Clair, PA
2019Neil Armstrong Middle School, Fairless Hills, PA
2018Northeast Middle School, Bethlehem, PA

Best of PA Partners


Best of PA Planning Team


Best of PA Contest Manager

Karen Buck
Manufacturers Resource Center (MRC)
610.628.4626