The 2025 What’s So Cool About Manufacturing® contest for Pennsylvania’s South Central region featured teams from Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York counties. The contest was produced by MANTEC in York, PA.
Voting times: Apr 8th, 2025 (12:01 am) – Apr 10th, 2025 (11:59 pm)
Contest voting has ended.
Best of PA Nominees

Contest Awards
Outstanding Overall Program | Pequea Valley (Astro Machine Works) |
Viewers Choice | ELCO (Triple-M-Farms) |
Outstanding Cool | Manheim Township (Harden Architectural Security Products) |
Outstanding Creativity | Ephrata Area (High Steel Services Center) |
Outstanding Career Pathway | West York Area (York Precision Machining & Hydraulics) |
Outstanding Educational Value | Lower Dauphin (Phoenix Contact) |
Outstanding Outreach Plan | ELCO (Triple-M-Farms) |
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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 Manager
Cindi Moses
MANTEC
717.341.4312