Raymond Corportation’s journey to ‘Coolest Thing Made in NY’ finals comes to an end

GREENE, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – The Raymond Corporation’s high-capacity order picker has been voted out of the Coolest Thing Made in New York competition.

On Monday, it was announced that the high-capacity order picker, which made it to the final four in the competition , was not chosen to be in the finals.

Weekly winners are decided by a public vote on the Made in New York website , allowing New Yorkers to have a direct say in determining the coolest product made in the state.

The Raymond high-capacity order picker is a first-of-its-kind narrow aisle lift truck that maximizes warehouse space without increasing company footprints.

Forty-five businesses applied for this year’s contest and competed in the initial popular vote. The top 16 businesses that received the most votes advanced to the head-to-head bracket tournament

The final round of voting will begin on September 2.

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