Lehigh Valley (PA) 2026 Contest

The flagship What’s So Cool About Manufacturing® contest is held annually in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley area, where the first contest took place in 2014. The 2026 Lehigh Valley contest is produced by the Manufacturers Resource Center (MRC) in Allentown, PA.

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Contest Teams

Bangor Area Middle School	Kitchen Magic
Broughal Middle School	Stanley Black & Decker
Catasauqua Middle School	Bosch Rexroth Corporation
East Hills Middle School	Just Born Quality Confections
Easton Area Middle School	Victaulic
Harrison-Morton Middle School	Solar Technology, Inc.
J.T. Lambert Intermediate School	Weiler Abrasives Group
L.B. Morris School	Hydra-Tech Pumps
Lehighton Area Middle School	AMPAL, Inc.
Lehman Intermediate School	United Envelope
Lower Macungie Middle School	Sharp
Nazareth Area Middle School	B. Braun Medical Inc.
Northampton Area Middle School	Polymer Contours, INC
Northeast Middle School	Ocean Spray
Northern Lehigh Middle School	Primo Brands
Northwestern Lehigh Middle School	FMI
Orefield Middle School	Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
Palmerton Area Junior High School	FLSmidth Cement
Panther Valley Jr/Sr High School	Blue Ridge Pressure Castings
Penn-Kidder Campus	TPEI
Raub Middle School	Precision Roll Grinders
St. Joseph the Worker School	ATAS International, Inc.
Salisbury Middle School	SunOpta
Saucon Valley Middle School	Crayola
South Mountain Middle School	Alleguard
Southern Lehigh Middle School	C.F. Martin & Co., Inc.
Springhouse Middle School	Mack Trucks
Trexler Middle School	Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc.
Whitehall-Coplay Middle School	Lehigh Valley Plastics
Wind Gap Middle School	Freshpet, Inc.

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Sponsors

The What’s So Cool About Manufacturing^® contests are supported regionally by their sponsors and partners. Production support is provided for several Pennsylvania contests by eMediaWorks in Center Valley, PA, and additional support in Pennsylvania is provided by Sahl Communications and EmpowerStar Enterprises.

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Contest Contacts