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AI Visibility Index: Contract Machining & Machine Shops in Alabama

When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a contract machining & machine shops supplier in Alabama, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.

  • 147 companies tracked
  • Last measured September 30, 2026
  • Next measurement October 30, 2026

The headline numbers

Never named by AI

129 of 147

companies never appeared in a single buying question

They were asked the same 5 buying questions as everyone else in this cell and were not named once.

  • 18 named at least once
  • 129 never named
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Cell average
0.39of 15

Across all 147 tracked companies.

Top ten average
5.5of 15

The ten most visible companies in the cell.

A company's score is how many of the 15 measured answers named it.

The top ten in Alabama

These are the companies AI assistants named most often when Alabama buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.

Top 10 most AI-visible Contract Machining & Machine Shops companies in Alabama, measured September 30, 2026
RankCompanyAI visibility
1
Amtec Solutions Group
30 employeesHuntsville, Alabama
3 name variants
  • Amtec Solutions Groupmost common9
  • Amtec Solutions Group (ASG)3
  • Amtec Solutions Group – CNC Machining1

13 of 15 answers

2
Tin-Mar Inc
45 employeesHuntsville, Alabama

8 of 15 answers

3
Mc Allister Tool & Machine
17 employeesHuntsville, Alabama
2 name variants
  • McAllister Tool & Machinemost common6
  • McAllister Tool & Machine (MTM)1

7 of 15 answers

4
K & S Machining
Alabama

6 of 15 answers

5
ECL Dynamics
Alabama

5 of 15 answers

6
B & W Machine & Tool Co
Muscle Shoals, Alabama

4 of 15 answers

7
GMJ Machine Company
40 employeesWilmer, Alabama
2 name variants
  • GMJ Machine Companymost common2
  • GMJ Machine Company, Inc.1

3 of 15 answers

8
Lee Precision Machine Shop Inc.
30 employeesAthens, Alabama
2 name variants
  • Lee Precision Machinemost common2
  • Lee Precision Machine Shop, Inc.1

3 of 15 answers

9
Talladega Castings and Machine Co.
55 employeesTalladega, Alabama
2 name variants
  • Talladega Castings & Machine Co.most common2
  • Talladega Castings & Machine Company1

3 of 15 answers

10
Longleaf Machining LLC
Alabama
2 name variants
  • Longleaf Machining LLCmost common2
  • Longleaf Machining1

3 of 15 answers

29 more companies were named at least once. Companies outside the top ten are counted in the averages but not named here.

Also named, based in another state

AI assistants named these companies too, but MacRAE'S lists them in a different state, not Alabama. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

CompanyStateMentions
Jordan Machine CompanyWisconsin9 of 15
ALIGN PRECISIONPennsylvania4 of 15
IMS, Inc.New Jersey4 of 15
SEMCO ManufacturingIndiana4 of 15
Mills MachiningIllinois2 of 15
Smith & Company LLCOregon2 of 15

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The five questions we asked

Every company in this cell is measured on the same questions, written the way a buyer would type them. That is what makes the ranking a comparison rather than a collection of anecdotes.

  1. 1“Best contract machining and machine shop companies in Alabama”
  2. 2“Who supplies precision CNC milled and turned components on contract in Alabama”
  3. 3“I need a Alabama contract machining partner for a 2,000-unit stainless steel medical device run, who should I talk to”
  4. 4“Top contract machining and machine shop suppliers in Alabama for industrial OEM buyers”
  5. 5“Which Alabama contract machining and machine shop providers can handle 5-axis CNC work with tight tolerance requirements”
  6. 6“List 20 contract machining and machine shop companies in Alabama with their specialties.”the roster question

Each question is asked more than once, which is why a company's score is out of 15 answers rather than out of the number of questions.

Where AI drew its answers from

These are the sources the answers in this cell leaned on most, ranked by how many of the named companies each one stands behind.

  • amtecsolutionsgroup.com
    3 companies
  • semcomanufacturing.com
    3 companies
  • ksmachining.com
    2 companies
  • mcallistertool.com
    2 companies
  • alignprecision.com
    2 companies
  • alspi.com
    2 companies
  • edwardsequipment.com
    2 companies
  • leeprecisionmachine.com
    2 companies
  • tcmco.com
    2 companies
  • apex-al.com
    2 companies
  • gmjmachine.com
    2 companies
  • hirecnc.com
    2 companies

58 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 45 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Alabama in context

Alabama ranks 12th of 35 measured states in this category. Each bar is the share of that state's tracked companies that AI assistants named at least once; across every measured state in this category the share is 7%.

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