Acknowledgments

Many persons participated in the various activities of the 1992 Census of
Manufactures. The overall planning and review of the census operations were
performed by the Economic Census Staff of the Economic Planning and
Coordination Division.

Manufacturing and Construction Division prepared this report.  David W.
Cartwright, Assistant Chief for Census and Related Programs, was
responsible for the overall planning, management, and coordination of the
census of manufactures. Planning and implementation were under the
direction of:

  Judy Dodds, Chief, Food, Textiles, and Apparel Branch,
    assisted by Robert Reinard and Nat Shelton, Section Chiefs,
    primary staff assistance by Maria Dixon, Keith Featherstone, Rhonda
      Geddings, David Gromos, Karen Harshbarger, Andrew Kraynak, John
      Miller, and Steve Pope.

  Michael Zampogna, Chief, Wood and Chemical Products Branch,
    assisted by Allen Foreman and Ted McGrath, Section Chiefs,
    primary staff assistance by Arlinda Allen, Kim Ciurca, Lissene
      Hafenrichter, Walter Hunter, Jim Jamski, Evelyn Jordan, Brenda
      Lukenich, Robert Miller, Susan Pasdar, Joyce Pomeroy, Sue Sundermann,
      and Denneth Wallace.

  Ken Hansen, Chief, Metals and Industrial Machinery Branch,
    assisted by Mike Brown and Mendel Gayle, Section Chiefs,
    primary staff assistance by Brenda Campbell, Mary Ellickson, Merry
      Glascoe, Mary Jane Gwynn, JoAnna Nguyen, Annette Ralston, Renee Reda,
      Jerome Roth, Ann Truffa, Richard Weisler, and Mike Yamaner.

  Bruce Goldhirsch, Chief, Electrical and Transportation Branch,
    assisted by Raphael Corrado and Milbren Thomas, Section Chiefs,
    primary staff assistance by Carol Beasley, Indrek Grabbi, Richard
      Keach, Belva Kirk, Jack Matthews, Michael Narod, Lynn Sizemore, Wanda
      Sledd, and Ric Williamson.

Brian Greenberg, Assistant Chief for Research and Methodology Programs,
assisted by Stacey Cole, provided the mathematical and statistical
techniques as well as the coverage operations.

Baruti A. Taylor, under the direction of A. William Visnansky, Chief,
Special Reports Branch, performed overall coordination of the publication
process. Julius Smith, Jr. and Andrew W. Hait provided primary staff
assistance.

The Economic Planning and Coordination Division provided the computer
processing procedures. Shirin A. Ahmed, Assistant Chief for Post Data
Collection Processing, was responsible for editing and the analysts'
interactive database review and correction system. Design and
specifications were prepared under the supervision of Dennis L. Wagner,
Chief, Post Collection Census Branch, assisted by S. Mark Schmidt and
Robert A. Rosati.

The staff of the Data Preparation Division, Judith N. Petty, Acting Chief,
performed mailout preparation and receipt operations, clerical and
analytical review activities, data keying, and geocoding review.

The Geography Division staff developed geographic coding procedures and
associated computer programs.

The Economic Statistical Methods and Programming Division, Charles P.
Pautler, Jr., Chief, developed and coordinated the computer processing
systems. Martin S. Harahush, Assistant Chief for Quinquennial Programs, was
responsible for design and implementation of the computer systems. Gary T.
Sheridan, Chief, Manufactures and Construction Branch, assisted by Gerald
S. Turnage, supervised the preparation of the computer programs.

Computer Services Division, Marvin D. Raines, Chief, performed the computer
processing.

The staff of the Administrative and Publications Services Division, Walter
C. Odom, Chief, performed publication planning, design, composition,
editorial review, and printing planning and procurement for publications
and report forms. Cynthia G. Brooks provided publication coordination and
editing.

Special acknowledgment is also due the many businesses whose cooperation
has contributed to the publication of these data.  If you have any
questions concerning the statistics in this report, please see the
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