AI Visibility Index: Contract Machining & Machine Shops in Wisconsin

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

422 of 447

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.

25 named at least once
422 never named

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Cell average: 0.18of 15
Across all 447 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 6.9of 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 Wisconsin

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Contract Machining & Machine Shops companies in Wisconsin, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	CDM Tool & Manufacturing Co Hartford, Wisconsin	Hartford, Wisconsin	10 of 15 answers
2	Pro Products, Inc. 8 employeesSturgeon Bay, Wisconsin	Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin	10 of 15 answers
3	Pindel Global Precision Wisconsin	Wisconsin	9 of 15 answers
4	Schumacher Machine LLC Wisconsin 2 name variants Schumacher Machine LLCmost common6 Schumacher Machine1	Wisconsin	7 of 15 answers
5	Swift Manufacturing & Engineering, Inc. Wisconsin 2 name variants Swift Manufacturing & Engineering, Inc.most common6 Swift Manufacturing & Engineering1	Wisconsin	7 of 15 answers
6	Kirsan Engineering Inc 50 employeesPleasant Prairie, Wisconsin 2 name variants Kirsan Engineering, Inc.most common5 Kirsan Engineering1	Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin	6 of 15 answers
7	Mitotec Precision Wisconsin	Wisconsin	6 of 15 answers
8	Manitowoc Tool & Machining LLC 11 employeesManitowoc, Wisconsin 2 name variants Manitowoc Tool & Machining, LLCmost common4 Manitowoc Tool & Machining (MTM)1	Manitowoc, Wisconsin	5 of 15 answers
9	Owens Industries, Inc. 50 employeesOak Creek, Wisconsin 2 name variants Owens Industries, LLCmost common4 Owens Industries1	Oak Creek, Wisconsin	5 of 15 answers
10	Mahuta Tool Corp. 19 employeesGermantown, Wisconsin 2 name variants Mahuta Tool Corp.most common3 Mahuta Tool Corporation1	Germantown, Wisconsin	4 of 15 answers

39 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 Wisconsin. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Trinity Precision Solutions	New Mexico	4 of 15
Diversified Tooling Innovations (DTI)	Michigan	2 of 15
Schafer Manufacturing Co.	North Carolina	2 of 15
Blackhawk Engineering	Iowa	1 of 15
Chief Manufacturing	Texas	1 of 15
Takco Manufacturing	Indiana	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 Wisconsin”
2“Who supplies precision CNC milled and turned components on contract in Wisconsin”
3“I need a Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin for industrial OEM buyers”
5“Which Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin 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.

regentdieandtool.com
4 companies
sullivancorp.com
3 companies
actoolco.com
3 companies
hypro.com
3 companies
owensind.com
2 companies
mahutatool.com
2 companies
mantool.com
2 companies
swiftmanufacturing.com
2 companies
trinityprecisionsolutions.com
2 companies
kirsan.com
2 companies
schumachermachine.com
2 companies
static1.squarespace.com
2 companies

65 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 53 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Wisconsin in context

Wisconsin ranks 28th 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%.

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

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