Ranked as the leading manufacturing journalist worldwide, and founder of the Manufacturing Media Consortium, Thomas R. Cutler has been telling the remarkable stories of manufacturers for more than a decade.

Cutler started the consortium in 1999 when many media outlets had not assign a reporter or journalist to cover the manufacturing sector. According to Cutler, Everything else was covered; from education to banking to real estate...the manufacturing sector was greatly neglected by the media. The idea behind the Manufacturing Media Consortium was to assemble the editors, journalists, staff writers, economist who were writing about trends and data within the industrial marketplace. There were just three hundred initial participants; today there are over three thousand.

Cutler has authored more than a thousand feature articles for hundreds of publications; he is a regular contributing editor to Automation.com,
AutomationMedia.com, Quality Digest, The Machinist, Industry 2.0, and many other publications (both online and in print.) Cutler is also the
President and CEO of TR Cutler, Inc., (www.trcutlerinc.com) the largest
manufacturing public relations firm worldwide. Cutler is the publisher
and editor of Manufacturing Profiles, which provides in-depth analysis
regarding technology selection by manufacturers.

Cutler authored the Manufacturers Public Relations and Media Guide in
2004 and will publish an updated version in January 2008. TR Cutler, Inc. is best known for create the Manufacturing Media Blitz (a six month
program allowing manufacturers to create intensive branding, sales
pipelines, and newsworthy media coverage in a short span of time.)

Cutler suggested, Despite a smaller percentage of the workforce, the
manufacturing sector remains vital, critical, and a significant aspect of the economy. With 90% of manufacturers privately-held and with under a hundred employees, many have yet to tell the media their company or product story. In an effort to make great product, too often these stories remain untold. This trend is beginning to change as global selling, internet outreach, and marketing savvy enters the consciousness of the small and mid-sized manufacturer.