Elgin company’s machine one of eight products in running for ‘Coolest Thing Made in Illinois’

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An Elgin company that produces a high-tech machine to tranform silicon carbide balls into semiconductor pucks is in the running for “Coolest Thing Made in Illinois” in the Illinois Manu…

The BoulePro 200AX machine, produced by USACH of Elgin to tranform silicon carbide balls into semiconductor pucks, is in the running for “Coolest Thing Made in Illinois” in the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association’s fifth annual “Makers Madness” competition.

Voters have winnowed down the list by deciding what moves forward when asked to choose between two products. Votes that will decide what goes on to the Final Four can be cast at USACH says its machine dramatically decreases the labor costs, manufacturing footprint, time and total cost for the puck-making process.

Other Fox Valley-made products were in the competition but eliminated in earlier rounds. Among them were ActivWall from Aurora Storage Products, Inc., an interactive, educational storage system, and Gindo’s Hot Sauce made by Gindo’s Spice of Life in St. Charles.

 

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