Neenah-based Plexus, an electronics engineering, manufacturing and aftermarket providers supplier, is the winner of this 12 months’s Coolest Factor Made in Wisconsin contest.

The corporate’s Bevi Bottleless Water Dispenser gained the vast majority of the greater than 187,000 votes solid on this 12 months’s contest.

The Bevi Bottleless Water Dispenser is a brilliant water dispenser that gives on-demand filtered, flavored and glowing water with the purpose of eliminating the usage of plastic bottles. Customers have saved over 400 million single-use plastic bottles to this point, in keeping with Plexus.

“The Bevi Bottleless Water Dispenser combines sustainability and innovation to vastly cut back the carbon footprint of its end-users, embodying our imaginative and prescient to assist create the merchandise that construct a greater world,” stated Todd Kelsey, chief government officer of Plexus. “This product, manufactured at our facility in Appleton, is consultant of our international group’s dedication and dedication in bringing that imaginative and prescient to life. We’re proud to have Bevi honored by WMC and the state of Wisconsin because the Coolest Factor Made in Wisconsin.”

Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce and Johnson Financial Group have partnered for eight years to host the statewide contest. Greater than 100 merchandise have been nominated for the competition this 12 months, representing dozens of producing sub-sectors and every nook of the state. After an preliminary standard vote spherical and a bracket-style event generally known as “Manufacturing Insanity,” 4 finalists competed for the Coolest Factor Made in Wisconsin trophy.

“The Coolest Factor Made in Wisconsin contest continues to showcase the very best of Wisconsin manufacturing,” stated WMC president and CEO Kurt Bauer. “Not solely do our producers produce all kinds of merchandise used everywhere in the world, they supply high-paying jobs, spend money on their communities and bolster our state’s financial system.”