AI Visibility Index: Conveyors & Material Handling Equipment in Illinois

When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a conveyors & material handling equipment supplier in Illinois, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

277 of 296

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.

19 named at least once
277 never named

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Cell average: 0.18of 15
Across all 296 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 5.1of 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 Illinois

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Conveyors & Material Handling Equipment companies in Illinois, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	T&T Consulting and Engineering, Inc. Illinois 2 name variants T&T Consulting and Engineering, Inc.most common6 T&T Consulting and Engineering1	Illinois	7 of 15 answers
2	Flex-Line Automation Inc 13 employeesChester, Illinois	Chester, Illinois	6 of 15 answers
3	Warehouse Systems Inc. 10 employeesNorthbrook, Illinois	Northbrook, Illinois	6 of 15 answers
4	Chicago Metalcraft Illinois	Illinois	6 of 15 answers
5	ConFab Systems, Inc. 10 employeesPosen, Illinois 2 name variants ConFab Systems, Inc.most common3 ConFab Systems2	Posen, Illinois	5 of 15 answers
6	Industrial Handling Equipment 8 employeesGurnee, Illinois 2 name variants Industrial Handling Equipment Co., Inc.most common4 Industrial Handling Equipment Co. (IHE)1	Gurnee, Illinois	5 of 15 answers
7	CIC Engineering Illinois	Illinois	5 of 15 answers
8	Industrial Kinetics Inc. Downers Grove, Illinois 3 name variants Industrial Kinetics, Inc.most common2 Industrial Kinetics, Inc. (IKI)1 Industrial Kinetics (IKI)1	Downers Grove, Illinois	4 of 15 answers
9	Quantum Technical Services, Inc. 20 employeesFrankfort, Illinois 2 name variants Quantum Technical Servicesmost common3 Quantum Technical Services, Inc.1	Frankfort, Illinois	4 of 15 answers
10	Delano Conveyor & Equipment Co. 5 employeesNaperville, Illinois	Naperville, Illinois	3 of 15 answers

38 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 Illinois. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Associated (Associated Integrated Supply Chain Solutions)	Indiana	2 of 15
Conveyor Concepts, Inc.	Michigan	2 of 15
Crown Concepts	Arizona	2 of 15
DTS America	Tennessee	2 of 15
Precision Engineered Inc.	California	2 of 15
1 Source Material Handling	California	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 suppliers of conveyors and material handling equipment in Illinois”
2“Who supplies custom stainless steel sanitary conveyor systems in Illinois”
3“I need a Illinois conveyor and material handling partner for a new automated packaging line, who should I talk to”
4“Top conveyors and material handling equipment suppliers in Illinois for food and beverage plant buyers”
5“Which Illinois conveyor and material handling integrators can design turnkey systems with robotics and PLC controls”
6“List 20 conveyors and material handling equipment companies in Illinois 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.

thomasnet.comDirectory
14 companies
iki.com
3 companies
confabconveyors.com
2 companies
ihecorp.com
2 companies
koppco.net
2 companies
tandtce.com
2 companies
tceconveyors.com
2 companies
chicagometalcraft.com
1 company
flex-lineautomation.com
1 company
lioninc.us
1 company
1sourcemh.com
1 company
acemetal.com
1 company

59 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 47 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Illinois in context

Illinois ranks 23rd of 27 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 10%.

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