, drew thousands of exhibitors from around the world looking to get their products on store shelves or through home-shopping channels.
With her SPIN yarn dispenser and storage solution, Alicja Ramotowski, a Notre Dame senior, was among two second-place winners. Purdue University senior Augustine Curran-Munoz was one of three third-place winners for his Ground coffee recycler system that stores and heat-treats used coffee grounds to be used as fertilizer. It treats the grounds in a dedicated storage capsule and compresses them into compact fertilizer pucks, saving on storage space.More Hoosier-made products
Fort Wayne-headquartered Summit Brands, which has Dryel at-home dry cleaner and Fels-Naptha laundry bar soap among its brands. Wabash Valley Farms, the Monon company that gave us the WhirleyPop stovetop popcorn popper, displayed holiday products, including an advent calendar.Hundreds of other products were introduced at the show, which was held in conjunction with the Travel Good Show this year.
For more comfy travel, the Sleep Pod by FLYYPOD ultra lightweight portable sleeping bag is temperature controlled based on the individual’s body temperature. It’s made of recycled water bottles and plastic ocean waste such as fishing nets.