| Manufacturing Optimism Survey reported by | | | | |
| Tampa Bay Business Journal and complied by TR | | | | Atlanta (74.1%) |
| Cutler, Inc. | | | | |
| | | | Nashville (73.6%) |
| Every two years the Manufacturing Marketing | | | | |
| firm, TR Cutler, Inc. ( conducts a national | | | | Memphis (73.1%) |
| survey about the optimism of manufacturers | | | | |
| throughout the U.S. The Tampa Bay | | | | Tampa (72.2%) |
| Business Journal | | | | |
| reported the survey results at: | | | | Charlotte (71.8%) |
| | | | |
| When last conducted, November 2003, the | | | | Cincinnati (71.6%) |
| manufacturing sector was coming out of a | | | | |
| long-term slump. Indeed the economy of the | | | | Chicago (71.4%) |
| manufacturing sector has improved drastically | | | | |
| in the past two years. Among the 2429 | | | | Orlando (71.2%) |
| privately-held manufacturers surveyed, | | | | |
| optimism was stronger in almost all | | | | San Antonio (70.8%) |
| geographic sectors, with few exceptions. The | | | | |
| most optimist geographic regions are: | | | | Thomas R. Cutler, who founded the consortium |
| | | | in 1999, has grown the participation from 300 |
| With a rating of >70% saying 2006 will be | | | | journalists to more than two thousands key |
| better or much better than 2005 | | | | clients, journalists, editors, trendsetters, |
| | | | and key business leaders worldwide. Cutler |
| Louisville (77.1%) | | | | has authored more than 1000 articles for a |
| | | | wide range of manufacturing periodicals, |
| Dayton (76.9%) | | | | industrial publications, and business |
| | | | journals including most of the leading |
| Dallas (76.3%) | | | | monthly trade publications. TR Cutler, |
| | | | Inc., ( is the nation's largest manufacturing |
| Cleveland (76.1%) | | | | marketing and public relations firm, based in |
| | | | Fort Lauderdale, Florida. |
| Milwaukee (75.2%) | | | | |
| | | | TR Cutler, Inc. |
| Kansas City (75.0%) | | | | |