AI Visibility Index: Contract Machining & Machine Shops in Michigan

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

707 companies tracked
Last measured September 30, 2026
Next measurement October 30, 2026

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

676 of 707

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.

31 named at least once
676 never named

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Cell average: 0.09of 15
Across all 707 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 5.3of 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 Michigan

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Contract Machining & Machine Shops companies in Michigan, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Kloiber Industrial Michigan	Michigan	12 of 15 answers
2	Rite Tool Inc 9 employeesSterling Heights, Michigan	Sterling Heights, Michigan	7 of 15 answers
3	Protomatic Inc. 22 employeesDexter, Michigan 3 name variants Protomaticmost common4 Protomatic Medical1 Protomatic Inc.1	Dexter, Michigan	6 of 15 answers
4	Global CNC Industries, Ltd. 34 employeesPlymouth, Michigan	Plymouth, Michigan	5 of 15 answers
5	Precision Mold & Machining Services Inc. 8 employeesWarren, Michigan 2 name variants Precision Mold and Machining Services Inc.most common3 Precision Mold & Machining Services2	Warren, Michigan	5 of 15 answers
6	Tritex Medical Manufacturing Michigan	Michigan	5 of 15 answers
7	Taylor Turning Co 25 employeesWixom, Michigan	Wixom, Michigan	4 of 15 answers
8	Polaris Engineering 10 employeesFraser, Michigan	Fraser, Michigan	3 of 15 answers
9	R K Tool, Inc. 10 employeesSterling Heights, Michigan	Sterling Heights, Michigan	3 of 15 answers
10	Galaxy Industries Michigan	Michigan	3 of 15 answers

44 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 Michigan. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Dynamics Group	Pennsylvania	5 of 15
Advanced CNC Technology, Inc.	Arkansas	4 of 15
MAPCO Manufacturing	Ohio	3 of 15
Progress Machining	Ontario	3 of 15
C&S Machine	New Jersey	2 of 15
Innovated Machining Solutions (IMS)	Alabama	2 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“Best contract machining and machine shop companies in Michigan”
2“Who supplies precision CNC milled and turned components on contract in Michigan”
3“I need a Michigan contract machining partner for a 2,000-unit stainless steel medical device run, who should I talk to”
4“Top contract machining and machine shop suppliers in Michigan for industrial OEM buyers”
5“Which Michigan contract machining and machine shop providers can handle 5-axis CNC work with tight tolerance requirements”
6“List 20 contract machining and machine shop companies in Michigan 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.

protomatic.com
3 companies
thomasnet.comDirectory
2 companies
precisionmold.com
2 companies
trutron.com
2 companies
lincolnparkboring.com
1 company
acalprecision.com
1 company
advcnctech.com
1 company
airmetalcorp.com
1 company
aodmfg.com
1 company
arete-usa.com
1 company
autocam-medical.com
1 company
bioproimplants.com
1 company

67 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 61 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Michigan in context

Michigan ranks 32nd 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%.

Michigan (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (7%)

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