| Ranked as the leading manufacturing journalist | | | | largestmanufacturing public relations firm worldwide. |
| worldwide, and founder of the Manufacturing Media | | | | Cutler is the publisherand editor of Manufacturing |
| Consortium, Thomas R. Cutler has been telling the | | | | Profiles, which provides in-depth analysisregarding |
| remarkable stories of manufacturers for more than a | | | | technology selection by manufacturers. |
| decade. | | | | Cutler authored the Manufacturers' Public Relations |
| Cutler started the consortium in 1999 when many | | | | and Media Guide in |
| media outlets had not assign a reporter or journalist to | | | | 2004 and will publish an updated version in January |
| cover the manufacturing sector. According to Cutler, | | | | 2008. TR Cutler, Inc. is best known for create the |
| "Everything else was covered; from education to | | | | Manufacturing Media Blitz (a six monthprogram |
| banking to real estate...the manufacturing sector was | | | | allowing manufacturers to create intensive branding, |
| greatly neglected by the media. The idea behind the | | | | salespipelines, and newsworthy media coverage in a |
| Manufacturing Media Consortium was to assemble the | | | | short span of time.) |
| editors, journalists, staff writers, economist who were | | | | Cutler suggested, "Despite a smaller percentage of the |
| writing about trends and data within the industrial | | | | workforce, themanufacturing sector remains vital, |
| marketplace. There were just three hundred initial | | | | critical, and a significant aspect of the economy. With |
| participants; today there are over three thousand." | | | | 90% of manufacturers privately-held and with under a |
| Cutler has authored more than a thousand feature | | | | hundred employees, many have yet to tell the media |
| articles for hundreds of publications; he is a regular | | | | their company or product story. In an effort to make |
| contributing editor to Automation.com, | | | | great product, too often these stories remain untold. |
| AutomationMedia.com, Quality Digest, The Machinist, | | | | This trend is beginning to change as global selling, |
| Industry 2.0, and many other publications (both online | | | | internet outreach, and marketing savvy enters the |
| and in print.) Cutler is also the | | | | consciousness of the small and mid-sized |
| President and CEO of TR Cutler, Inc., ( the | | | | manufacturer. |