SOUTHERN ILLINOI (WBC/DANA COMM. ) — The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association just announced the start of the initial round of voting for Makers Madness, a bracket- stye tournament in which voters across the state will decide which product is The Coolest Thing Made in Illinois.
While you can find the full list of 311 products nominated at www.makersmadnessil.com, officials have released a list of products nominated from southern Illinois.
Voting continues and a winner will be announced on March 24.
| City/Town | Product | Manufacturer |
| Ridgway | Dinger Baseball bats | Dinger |
| Benton | DTH Drill Bits | Mincon Rockdrills USA |
| Carbondale | 40 Below Joe | Beaded Distribution |
| Carbondale | COVID-19 Specimen Shippers | COM-PAC |
| Carbondale | INTEGRA Pre-Zippered Roll Stock | COM-PAC |
| Carbondale | Promask Painter’s Tape | Intertape Polymer Group |
| Carterville | AM Transformers | Amerag |
| Du Quoin | Insulated Power Cable | Prysmian Group |
| Ina | Uncle Joe’s BBQ Sauce | Uncle Joe’s |
| Marion | Sunroof | Aisin |
| Mount Vernon | Tires | Continental Tire |
| Mount Vernon | Modular Elevators | Phoenix Modular Elevator |
| Pittsburgh | Steel | US Steel |
| Wolf Lake | Dynamite | Dyno Nobel |