The What’s So Cool About Manufacturing® Best of PA 2026 Contest featured videos from contests throughout the state. A special panel of judges selected the state’s top three videos, and the team with the most votes per day in its regional contest received the state Viewers Choice Award. Nominees are selected from the 13 Pennsylvania regional contests in 2026, which had 165 entries.
Contest Winners
Best of PA Nominees
Nominees are selected from the 13 regional What’s So Cool About Manufacturing® contests in 2026.
Berks Schuylkill (PA)
Central Susquehanna (PA)
Chester Delaware (PA)
Lehigh Valley (PA)
North Central (PA)
Northern Tier (PA)
Philadelphia Region (PA)
Pittsburgh Central (PA)
Pittsburgh East (PA)
South Central (PA) East
South Central (PA) West
Southern Alleghenies (PA)
West Central (PA)
Best of PA Judges
Elizabeth Matthews
Public Information Officer
Will County Sheriff’s Office, Joliet, Ill.
Jeff Sutker
Assistant Lecturer of Journalism
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Ill.
Marcus Harrison
Director of Marketing and Communications
WGTE Public Media, Toledo, OH
Past Best of PA Winners
| 2025 | Lower Macungie Middle School, Macungie, PA |
| 2024 | Broughal Middle School, Bethlehem, PA |
| 2023 | Northeast Middle School, Bethlehem, PA |
| 2022 | Eyer Middle School, Macungie, PA |
| 2021 | Contest Not Held |
| 2020 | Saint Clair Area Middle School, Saint Clair, PA |
| 2019 | Neil Armstrong Middle School, Fairless Hills, PA |
| 2018 | Northeast Middle School, Bethlehem, PA |
Best of PA Sponsors
Best of PA Partners
Best of PA Planning Team
Karen Buck
Manufacturers Resource Center (MRC)
610.628.4626
