These Honorees

Make Missouri Proud

Scroll the list, give ‘em a click, a round of applause or a slow clap if that’s your vibe. Let’s celebrate the makers who are putting Missouri on the map—one AWESOME thing at a time.

ABEC Inc.,
custom single-run bioreactor
(Springfield)

American Products,
AP-DATA data center enclosure
(Strafford)

Askinosie Chocolate LLC,
72% Mababu, Tanzania Dark Chocolate Bar
(Springfield)

TOP HONORS AWARD
Brewer Science Inc.,
antireflective coatings
(Rolla)

Brunswick Corp.,
Lowe Boats Roughneck Pathfinder
(Lebanon)

Cardinal Scale Manufacturing Co.,
Armor truck scales
(Webb City)

Cooper Gear and Manufacturing Inc.,
precision gears
(Anderson)

Gray Manufacturing Co. Inc.,
wireless portable lift system
(St. Joseph)

Hammons Products Co.,
black walnuts
(Stockton)

I.V. House Inc.,
TLC Splints
(St. Louis)

THE SHOWCASE AWARD
Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp. USA,
Kawasaki EVO series engines
(Maryville)

Morris Packaging LLC,
sustainable and flexible packaging
(Jefferson City)

Orscheln Products LLC,
fluid level indicators
(Moberly)

ReNuTeq Holdings LLC,
structural engineered bamboo
(St. Charles)

Vroom Solar MO Inc.,
Vroom 3000
(Springfield)

Watson Custom Tanks,
stainless steel process tanks
(Springfield)

Meet the Judges

This year’s top 16 products manufactured in Missouri, as well as a top honors award, were chosen by seven judges from across the state. They are as follows:

• Shad Burner, principal at KBS Group LLP and CEO of Southeast Missouri Regional Economic Development Inc.

• Stephen Foutes, director of the Missouri Division of Tourism

• Janelle Higgins, vice president of marketing and communications at Missouri Partnership

• Amy Kauffman, executive director of the MOKan Partnership

• Jason Moore, director of the Missouri State Fair

• Katherine O’Toole, executive director of the Greater Kansas City Chapter of the National Tooling & Machining Association

• Brian Weiler, director of aviation at Springfield-Branson National Airport