2024 Nominees
​VOTING TAKES PLACE Sept 25-29

​The NE Manufacturing Alliance's Coolest Thing Made In Nebraska ​competition highlights Nebraska's manufacturing industry. The diversity and quality of the products nominated are a testament to the dedication and work ethic of Nebraska’s manufacturing industry. Nebraska's manufacturing industry is truly the backbone of our economy!

Take a closer look and you’ll be amazed by all the cool products Nebraska manufacturers make.

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Top 8 Products in the Coolest Thing Made In Nebraska Contest

Coolest Thing
Chocolate Meltaways
- Bakers Candies ​

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​World Famous Chocolate Meltaways – globally synonymous with the state of Nebraska among chocolate connoisseurs.​

Coolest Thing
All Terrain Tracked Wheelchair
- Rocket Mobility

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​All-terrain tracked wheelchairs  empower independence. Made in Columbus, Rocket Mobility can help disabled hunters, veterans, farmers and anyone else with mobility issues to reclaim their off-road independence.
So go ahead, break down the barriers of limited mobility. Get off the concrete and get back into nature. Go far, fast.

Coolest Thing
Invisi-Lug Clay Paver 
- Endicott Clay Products

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​INVISI-LUG clay pavers are durable and have incredibly high compressive strength, giving you everything you’ve wanted in a paver.  They also have recessed lugs, which leave you with proper joint spacing to eliminate chippage, no need for buying plastic spacers, faster installation and more that other materials cannot mimic.

​Coolest Thing
Flyover Whiskey
- Flyover Whiskey

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​Farm-to-flask whiskey.  Flyover Whiskey uses corn planted on family farms to distill and bottle it into custom whiskey. ​
Coolest Thing
Fire Truck 
- Danko Emergency Equipment
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​Danko manufactures quick attack, fire suppressant skid units, and fire tanker trucks.
Coolest Thing
Geo-thermal Greenhouse
-  Greenhouse in the Snow
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​This geo-thermal greenhouse utilizes primarily geo-thermal heat from the earth, but passive solar is also a part of the energy used to grow other plants.  The energy and water use is minimal compared to  above ground greenhouses. Over 700 of these greenhouses have been installed over the past 10 years.   The ability to utilize the greenhouse year-round is a plus in northern states. ​
Coolest Thing
Ignis Firefighting System
- Drone Amplified
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​A drone-based aerial ignition system that ignites backburns to contain wildfires to better manage land and reduce the risk of wildfires. The IGNIS system attaches to a drone and is equipped with a thermal and visual camera.  Firefighters can import the latest reconnaissance data from the fire into our ignition flight app to plan ignition missions and update them according to fire behavior.  IGNIS uses small “ping-pong” ball ignition spheres filled with a chemical, drops them and they’re ignited 30-60 seconds later to precisely ignite the fireline used to contain fires.
Coolest Thing
Ram Air Turbine (RAT) Hub
-  Collins Aerospace
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​Our RAT Hub is at the heart of an aircraft’s emergency power system. In fact, RATs have saved over 2,400 lives over the past five decades. If an airplane lost power, the RAT would deploy from the airplane’s wing or fuselage and rotate to extract sufficient power from the airstream to control and land the aircraft. RATs are designed to be small and have a self-governing device that limits the turbine’s speed. Collins Aerospace designs and manufactures hydraulic, electric and hybrid RATs. ​

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    2024 Top 8 Coolest Things Made in Nebraska