Ft. Lauderdale, FL -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/11/2015 -- Manufacturing journalist, Thomas R. Cutler, authored a feature article in the current issue of Automation & Controls Today. The feature, titled, "Safety = Fork Truck Free," discussed how fork truck free systems may be a safer and more profitable alternative to forklifts.

According to Cutler, the fork truck free approach will work for any company that operates production lines and processes that are normally fed materials using forklifts; many leading companies are considering these new vision-guided driverless options.

To read the entire article, go to: http://bit.ly/1MsZ8wQ

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TR Cutler, Inc., the Manufacturing Media Consortium, and Manufacturing Journalist Thomas R. Cutler

TR Cutler, Inc.
TR Cutler, Inc. was founded sixteen years ago by Thomas R. Cutler. 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 5,000 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 thousands follow Cutler on Twitter daily at @thomasrcutler. Cutler is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists, Online News Association, American Society of Business Publication Editors, and Committee of Concerned Journalists. Cutler serves on the advisory and editorial boards of publications focusing on material handling, automation, safety, quality, and lean manufacturing best-practices. Cutler is the President and CEO of Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based, TR Cutler, Inc., (www.trcutlerinc.com), the largest manufacturing communication firm worldwide with four dozen of industry experts and thought leaders on staff.