Cutlery and Allied Trades Research Association knowledge which is available to everyone on a competitive fee paying basis, however CATRA will enter into dialogue with consumers and users of cutlery, knives and tools where their expertise may be of help, on a free of charge basis. Petersen's Bowhunting magazine uses CATRA to measure sharpness of arrowheads. CATRA manufactures a wide range of special purpose equipment including knife and cutlery testing machines and knife sharpening systems including the CATRAHONE and CATRASHARP machines Cutlery and Allied Trades Research Association Cutlery and Allied Trades Research Association (CATRA) is an internationally known research and technology organisation in Sheffield, England which
Luke Messer in 2006, and was succeeded by Sean Eberhart. Messer was a registered lobbyist from 2006 to 2012. In 2006, Messer joined Ice Miller LLP's lobbying division as a partner of their public affairs group. His decision to join Ice Miller came a month after voting in favor of Indiana leasing the Indiana Toll Road to Cintra-Macquarie, an international consortium, for "75 years at a cost of $3.85 billion." Ice Miller, Indiana's largest law firm, represented Cintra-Macquarie in the deal. Messer said he "did not know they represented anyone in connection with the Toll Road." Messer served as the Indiana co-chair