Every two years the Manufacturing Marketing firm, TR Cutler,
Inc. conducts a national survey about the optimism of
manufacturers throughout the U.S. The Las Vegas Journal Review
reporter, Jennifer Robison reported the survey results at:
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jan-15-Sun-2006/busin
ess/5210919.html
Robison accurately reported that, "A survey from TR Cutler, a
Florida company that conducts marketing research and public
relations for manufacturers nationwide, found that 70.6 percent
of private manufacturers in Las Vegas said they believe 2006
will be better for business than 2005.
When last conducted, November 2003, the manufacturing sector was
coming out of a long-term slump. Indeed the economy of the
manufacturing sector has improved drastically in the past two
years. Among the 2429 privately-held manufacturers surveyed,
optimism was stronger in almost all geographic sectors, with few
exceptions. Las Vegas is among the most optimistic geographic
regions in the United States.
In November 2003 48.9 percent of local factory operators
expected a better year ahead. Manufacturers in Louisville, Ky.,
were the most optimistic, with 77.1 percent expecting improved
conditions in 2006. At the low end, manufacturers in Minneapolis
were the least hopeful, with 44.3 percent expecting more sales
in 2006."
Thomas R. Cutler, who founded the Manufacturing Media
Consortium in 1999; it has grown the participation from 300
journalists to more than twenty five hundred journalists,
editors, trendsetters, and key manufacturing leaders worldwide.
Cutler has authored more than 1000 articles for a wide range of
manufacturing periodicals, industrial publications, and business
journals including most of the leading monthly trade
publications. TR Cutler, Inc., (www.trcutlerinc.com), is the
nation's largest manufacturing marketing and public relations
firm, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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