Albany Business Review Reports
By: Thomas Cutler, Sat Feb 11th, 2006 02:17:47 PM
Every two years the manufacturing marketing firm, TR Cutler, Inc. conducts a national survey about the optimism of manufacturers throughout the U.S. The Albany Business Review reported the survey results at:
http://www.bizjournals.com/industries/manufacturing/general/2005/12/26/albany_daily1.html.
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. The most optimist geographic regions are:
With a rating of >60% saying 2006 will be better or much better than 2005
Albany (66.5%) Columbus (66.1%) Pittsburgh (65.3%) Portland (65.0%) Detroit (63.2%) Sacramento (62.2%) San Jose (60.8%)
Thomas R. Cutler, who founded the consortium in 1999, has grown the participation from 300 journalists to more than two thousands key clients, journalists, editors, trendsetters, and key business
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