(INDIANAPOLIS) — The Indiana Chamber’s third annual Coolest Thing Made in Indiana tournament is down to the Sweet 16.

The contest started with 47 competitors, and interest remained high with thousands of votes cast in the second round as the field of 32 was trimmed in half.

The 16 remaining companies are from 15 cities, including: Batesville, Columbus, Decatur, English, Gary, Grabill, Granger, Greens Fork, Indianapolis, Lafayette, Nashville, Plymouth, Seymour, Syracuse and Wawaka.

The third round of voting tipped off this morning and will conclude Nov. 13 at 9 p.m.

Round two winners can be seen and votes for the third round can be cast at www.indianachamber.com/coolestthing.

As with the first two rounds, round three winners will be chosen through public fan voting, with the products receiving the highest votes in each matchup moving to the next round. A voter may vote once per matchup per round. Voters must vote for all matchups in each round to have their votes count.

Vote totals reset at the beginning of each round. The schedule for the remaining rounds is as follows:

Quarterfinals: November 14-17
Semis: November 20-24
Finals: November 27-30

The winner of the contest will be announced December 13 at the Indiana Chamber’s 2023 Best IN Manufacturing Awards Luncheon.

Companies entered in this one-of-a-kind contest face off in a single-elimination bracket format with winners chosen through public fan voting. Each winner goes to the next round until the Coolest Thing Made in Indiana champion is crowned. For fairness, the initial matchups were generated via an online randomizer, notes the Indiana Chamber.

To participate, a company did not need to be headquartered in Indiana, but the product entered must be manufactured in the state. Companies are limited to having one product nominated for entry.

Janus Motorcycles of Goshen took top honors in the inaugural competition and the Indiana Chamber honored Leesburg-based Maple Leaf Farms for its roast half duck in the second annual Coolest Thing Made in Indiana tournament.

The Coolest Thing Made in Indiana and Indiana Best Places to Work in Manufacturing programs are supported by spirit sponsor Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership (Purdue MEP); gold sponsor Kalenborn Abresist Corporation; and silver sponsors Evonik Corporation and Tippecanoe Labs and Joyce/Dayton Corp.

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The Indiana Chamber partners with 25,000 members and investors – representing over four million Hoosiers – to achieve the mission of “cultivating a world-class environment which provides economic opportunity and prosperity.”