Although more than half a dozen local manufacturers got shut out of the Kansas Manufacturing Council's annual "Coolest Thing Made in Kansas" bracket competition, one Kansas City-area company may prove to have the "Coolest Innovation" yet.
Ronawk Inc., an Olathe-based life sciences startup, and three other Kansas manufacturers have advanced to the final round in the new category.
Founded by CEO A.J. Mellott and CTO Heather Decker, the three-and-a-half-year-old company built a biological platform…
