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MeasuredAI Visibility Index: Conveyors & Material Handling Equipment in Iowa
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a conveyors & material handling equipment supplier in Iowa, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
- 92 companies tracked
- Last measured September 30, 2026
- Next measurement October 30, 2026
The headline numbers
Never named by AI
75 of 92
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.
- 17 named at least once
- 75 never named
- Cell average
- 0.43of 15
Across all 92 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 Iowa
These are the companies AI assistants named most often when Iowa buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RMH Systems Iowa | Iowa | 9 of 15 answers |
| 2 | Conveyor Engineering & Manufacturing 63 employeesCedar Rapids, Iowa | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | 6 of 15 answers |
| 3 | Custom Conveyor & Equipment Corporation Iowa 2 name variants
| Iowa | 6 of 15 answers |
| 4 | Cablevey Conveyors 20 employeesOskaloosa, Iowa 2 name variants
| Oskaloosa, Iowa | 5 of 15 answers |
| 5 | Vande Berg Scales 29 employeesSioux Center, Iowa | Sioux Center, Iowa | 5 of 15 answers |
| 6 | PFI – Precision Food Innovations Iowa | Iowa | 5 of 15 answers |
| 7 | Chantland MHS Co 71 employeesDakota City, Iowa 2 name variants
| Dakota City, Iowa | 4 of 15 answers |
| 8 | CR Conveying Inc. Iowa | Iowa | 4 of 15 answers |
| 9 | Riverside Mechanical Iowa 2 name variants
| Iowa | 4 of 15 answers |
| 10 | Universal Industries Inc 42 employeesCedar Falls, Iowa 2 name variants
| Cedar Falls, Iowa | 3 of 15 answers |
36 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 Iowa. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.
| Company | State | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| CAP (Capital City Equipment / CAP Iowa Material Handling) | Missouri | 3 of 15 |
| Premier A & B Services | Michigan | 2 of 15 |
| Air Process Systems & Conveyors Co., Inc. | Louisiana | 1 of 15 |
| Associated (Associated Solutions – Des Moines) | Indiana | 1 of 15 |
| Iowa Fluid & Material Handling (via Semcor) | Missouri | 1 of 15 |
| Iowa Fluid Power / IFP Automation | 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 suppliers of conveyors and material handling equipment in Iowa”
- 2“Who supplies custom stainless steel sanitary conveyor systems in Iowa”
- 3“I need a Iowa 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 Iowa for food and beverage plant buyers”
- 5“Which Iowa conveyor and material handling integrators can design turnkey systems with robotics and PLC controls”
- 6“List 20 conveyors and material handling equipment companies in Iowa 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.comDirectory20 companies
- capiowa.com4 companies
- customconveyor.com2 companies
- pficonveyors.com2 companies
- riversidemechanical.com2 companies
- 3e-co.com2 companies
- associated-solutions.com2 companies
- iowafluidpower.com2 companies
- ustitanmfg.com2 companies
- warehousesolutionsinc.com2 companies
- rmhsystems.com1 company
- conveyoreng.com1 company
53 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 37 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.
Iowa in context
Iowa ranks 5th 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%.
- Kansas24%
- Maryland22%
- South Carolina21%
- Virginia19%
- Iowa18%
- Oregon17%
- Alabama17%
- Washington16%
- Tennessee15%
- Kentucky15%
- Minnesota14%
- Massachusetts13%
- Georgia12%
- Missouri12%
- North Carolina12%
- Connecticut11%
- Wisconsin11%
- Michigan9%
- Pennsylvania9%
- Indiana8%
- New Jersey8%
- New York7%
- Illinois6%
- Ohio6%
- Florida6%
- Texas6%
- California4%
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