Oakland Park, FL -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/23/2017 -- Nearly seven in 10 (69%) U.S. small and medium-sized manufacturers expect significant revenue growth in the next year. According to the inaugural MFG Pulse survey released today by TR Cutler, Inc., these U.S. manufacturers are optimistic about the economy and confident about their future business performance.
The new survey measures economic confidence and growth prospects among small and medium-sized manufacturers in 20 global markets.
Key findings include:
- Optimistic about the economy: 58% of U.S. manufacturing executives (vs. 32% overall) are positive about the global economy over the next 12 months.
- Expecting to grow: Among those optimistic responded, ten percent expect significant revenue growth exceeding (8%)in the next 12 months.
Thomas R. Cutler will meet with the Manufacturing Media Consortium on March 13, 2017 in New York City to discuss 2017 Lean manufacturing trends.
About TR Cutler, Inc.
TR Cutler, Inc. was founded seventeen years ago by Thomas R. Cutler. Cutler is the President and CEO of Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based, TR Cutler, Inc., (http://www.trcutlerinc.com), the largest manufacturing communication firm worldwide with four dozen industry experts and thought leaders on staff. Cutler maintains extraordinary relationships with clients, journalists, editors, economists, trendsetters, and key business leaders worldwide and has become a key resource for those writing about the manufacturing sector. Cutler founded the Manufacturing Media Consortium in 1999, which now has more than 6,000 global members including journalists, editors, publishers, and economists, worldwide writing about trends, industrial data, manufacturing case studies, material handling profiles, and robotics feature articles. Cutler works with thousands of media outlets to expand the coverage and importance of the manufacturing media coverage.
Cutler has authored more than 6,000 articles for a wide range of manufacturing periodicals, industrial publications, and business journals each published in leading monthly trade magazines, B2B periodicals, blogs, and marquis publications globally. Cutler is the most published freelance industrial journalist worldwide, and more than 3500 industry leaders follow Cutler on Twitter daily at @ThomasRCutler.