COLUMBIA — Eight products advance in the third annual Manufacturing Madness contest presented by BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina. The winner will earn the title of “Coolest Thing Made in SC.”
The public voted March 4-7 for their favorites during the Top 16 round, and more than 103,000 votes were cast to determine which products would advance to the Top 8 bracket.
Voters can visit scmanufacturingmadness.com to select a winner from each pairing in the bracket, cutting the field in half each week until the ultimate winner is selected from the Top 4. The winner will be announced in a ceremony at the Statehouse on March 28.
The 2024 Top 8 finalists are:
• Honda Talon 1000R-4 Fox Live Valve, American Honda Motor Co., Inc. South Carolina Manufacturing, Florence
• 9-Speed Automatic Transmission, ZF Transmissions, Laurens
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• High Noon Sun Sips, E. & J. Gallo Winery, Chester
• M240 Series Machine Guns, FN Manufacturing, LLC, Richland
• Fire Sprinklers, Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co., Inc., Pickens
• 670LXS, Scout Boats, Dorchester
• Reishi, MycoWorks, Union
• Signa Hero MRI Scanner, GE HealthCare, Florence
Created by the South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance, the Manufacturing Madness: The Coolest Thing Made in SC contest debuted in 2022. The F-16 Fighting Falcon made by Lockheed Martin in Greenville won the contest in 2023, and Steel made by Nucor Steel Berkeley in Huger won the inaugural contest in 2022.
Remaining contest timeline:
- Through March 14: Top 8 bracket voting
- March 18-21: Final round of bracket voting
- March 28: Winner announced
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