Cutler continues to serve as editor of quarterly publication Manufacturing Profiles and authors more than three hundred feature articles annually for more than two hundred publications.

Thomas R. Cutler also serves as spokesperson for ETO Institute (www.etoinstitute.org).

Cutler is founder of Manufacturing Media Consortium™ consisting of more than two thousand journalists worldwide writing about trends in manufacturing sector. Cutler is author of best-selling PR guide, The Manufacturer’s Public Relations and Media Guide. Cutler is a national public speaker, and recently announced August 2005 launch of PR Advantage™ -- an affinity PR program for Manufacturing Associations and their members.

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