AI Visibility Index: Contract Machining & Machine Shops in Oregon

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

119 of 135

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.

16 named at least once
119 never named

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Cell average: 0.32of 15
Across all 135 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 Oregon

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Contract Machining & Machine Shops companies in Oregon, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Portland Precision Manufacturing Company Oregon 2 name variants Portland Precision Manufacturing Companymost common8 Portland Precision Manufacturing2	Oregon	10 of 15 answers
2	Outback Manufacturing Inc. 6 employeesBend, Oregon	Bend, Oregon	9 of 15 answers
3	ISCO Manufacturing Solutions Oregon	Oregon	7 of 15 answers
4	Oregon Swiss Precision Inc. 25 employeesGrants Pass, Oregon 2 name variants Oregon Swiss Precisionmost common5 Oregon Swiss Precision, Inc.1	Grants Pass, Oregon	6 of 15 answers
5	A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. 49 employeesNewberg, Oregon	Newberg, Oregon	4 of 15 answers
6	Ran-Tech Engineering and Aerospace, Inc 20 employeesClackamas, Oregon	Clackamas, Oregon	4 of 15 answers
7	Northtech Machining Oregon	Oregon	4 of 15 answers
8	Western Precision Products Inc 35 employeesTualatin, Oregon	Tualatin, Oregon	3 of 15 answers
9	BDE Manufacturing Technologies Oregon	Oregon	3 of 15 answers
10	Exakt Edge Manufacturing Oregon	Oregon	3 of 15 answers

35 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 Oregon. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Northwest Machine Works	Colorado	11 of 15
Clark Industries	Missouri	1 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 Oregon”
2“Who supplies precision CNC milled and turned components on contract in Oregon”
3“I need a Oregon 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 Oregon for industrial OEM buyers”
5“Which Oregon 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 Oregon 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.

linquip.com
3 companies
ppmfg.com
2 companies
grovtecmachining.com
2 companies
cncshopfinder.com
2 companies
gkcncservices.com
2 companies
gpmnw.com
2 companies
oregonswiss.com
2 companies
sherpa-design.com
2 companies
aremanufacturing.com
1 company
northtechmachining.com
1 company
profacture.com
1 company
westernprec.com
1 company

51 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 43 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Oregon in context

Oregon ranks 13th 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%.

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

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