Every year, the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce and Johnson Financial Group host the Manufacturing Madness Tournament, where the Coolest Things Made in Wisconsin compete for bragging rights. This year, eleven Waukesha County products made it into the tournament, among 130 statewide, and one of them has reached the final round of eight. 

Our highest-ranking local product in the contest is the Revo long-range wireless sensor, which alerts ice fishermen when fish have latched onto their tip-ups. It sends long-range, wireless alerts to a handheld worn by the user or a smartphone. Made by Vulture Systems of Menomonee Falls, Revo is the company’s newest product, and it’s the only device on the market that can be mounted on tip-up flags and monitor the t-bar of the tip-up for spinning. 

Revo is competing against a maple syrup evaporator, and you can cast your vote to help Vulture Systems win by going to https://www.madeinwis.com/contests/2024-contest/ by October 8. The top four products will be announced October 9 and voting will continue for another week to choose the ultimate winner to be announced October 17.

Moving Made EZ Kit

Photo by Box Latch Products

Converge Multi-Cook Oven

Photo by Alto-Shaam

Octane Coffee

Photo by Automated Coffee Shop

The other Waukesha County products that made it into the contest this year include:  

Moving Made EZ Kit by Box Latch Products in Pewaukee, which streamlines packing and unpacking boxes with two patented reusable gadgets, minimizing the need for tape and reducing the frustration inherent in packing boxes. 

Converge^Ò Multi-Cook Oven by Alto-Shaam in Menomonee Falls, which can grill meat, steam vegetables and air fry onion rings all at the same time, in the same compact oven. 

Octane Coffee by Automated Coffee Shop, Inc. in Pewaukee: The first fully automated coffee drive-thru in the world. 

Framespreader tool

Photo by G-Tools

Hydroheater

Photo by Hydro-Thermal Corporation

Java Twist

Photo by Java Twist

Framespreader® by G-Tools in Oconomowoc, the fastest, most accurate code-compliant door frame installation tool, which is a must have tool for tradesmen who set door frames.

Hydroheater^Ò by Hydro-Thermal Corporation in Waukesha is an industrial direct steam injection heater that mixes hot steam into any process fluid at the speed of sound, creating a shockwave in the heat transfer process and instantly heating the liquid to your desired temperature. 

Java Twist by Java Twist LLC in Pewaukee, a cold brew coffee product line infused with a variety of fruit juice. 

TE5 Time Delay Relay

Photo by Macromatic|Trystar

Spaulding ECG Solution

Photo by Spaulding Medical

3D Sand Printed Molds

Photo by Versevo Inc.

Fazio's Advent Calendar

Photo by Fazio's Chocolate

TE5 by Macromatic | Trystar in Waukesha, a series of 17.5MM time delay relays—a game-changer in precise time-based industrial control, all packed into a space-saving design. 

Spaulding ECG Solution by Spaulding Medical in Menomonee Falls is a portable, user-friendly 12-lead ECG acquisition device supported by a mobile app and web-based technology to allow for real-time access to cardiac information anytime, anywhere.

3D Sand Printed Molds by Versevo Inc. in Hartland which is an additive sand printing technology to generate molds used to produce production-level castings without the need for traditional tooling.

Fazio’s Holiday Advent Calendar by Fazio’s Chocolate in Elm Grove, which was specifically designed from an artist’s rendition of their store front and includes hand-made confections using Fazio’s private recipes.