AI Visibility Index: Conveyors & Material Handling Equipment in Tennessee

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

105 of 124

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
105 never named

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Cell average: 0.48of 15
Across all 124 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 5.5of 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 Tennessee

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Conveyors & Material Handling Equipment companies in Tennessee, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Smalley Manufacturing Company Knoxville, Tennessee 4 name variants Smalley Manufacturing Companymost common6 Smalley Manufacturing2 Smalley Manufacturing Company, Inc.1 Smalley Manufacturing Co., Inc.1	Knoxville, Tennessee	10 of 15 answers
2	American Conveyor Group Inc. Burns, Tennessee 2 name variants American Conveyor Group (ACG Conveyors)most common5 American Conveyor Group, Inc.2	Burns, Tennessee	7 of 15 answers
3	Conveyor Component Sys LLC Knoxville, Tennessee 3 name variants Conveyor Component Systems, LLCmost common4 Conveyor Component Systems (CCS)1 Conveyor Component Systems1	Knoxville, Tennessee	6 of 15 answers
4	GRAFCO 11 employeesMemphis, Tennessee	Memphis, Tennessee	6 of 15 answers
5	Handling Systems Inc 11 employeesNashville, Tennessee 2 name variants Handling Systems, Inc.most common3 Handling Systems, Inc. (HSI)2	Nashville, Tennessee	5 of 15 answers
6	Macawber Engineering, Inc. 40 employeesMaryville, Tennessee	Maryville, Tennessee	5 of 15 answers
7	Progistic Systems Tennessee 2 name variants Progistic Systemsmost common3 Progistic Systems, LLC2	Tennessee	5 of 15 answers
8	Sattler Manufacturing Tennessee	Tennessee	4 of 15 answers
9	Snap Lock, Inc. Tennessee	Tennessee	4 of 15 answers
10	DRM LLC 40 employeesLawrenceburg, Tennessee 2 name variants DRM Controls (DRM, LLC)most common2 DRM Controls1	Lawrenceburg, Tennessee	3 of 15 answers

32 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 Tennessee. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Material Handling Solutions, Inc.	Texas	5 of 15
Dynamic Systems, LLC	New York	3 of 15
Associated Packaging – Associated Integrated Solutions (AIS)	Illinois	1 of 15
Custom Control Solutions (CCS)	Washington	1 of 15
Diversified Conveyors, Inc. (DCI)	Minnesota	1 of 15
HSC – Handling Systems & Conveyors	Arkansas	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 Tennessee”
2“Who supplies custom stainless steel sanitary conveyor systems in Tennessee”
3“I need a Tennessee 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 Tennessee for food and beverage plant buyers”
5“Which Tennessee conveyor and material handling integrators can design turnkey systems with robotics and PLC controls”
6“List 20 conveyors and material handling equipment companies in Tennessee 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
13 companies
smalleymfg.com
4 companies
ccsys.us
3 companies
cisco-eagle.com
3 companies
nkcinnovations.com
2 companies
associatedpackaging.com
2 companies
drmcontrols.com
2 companies
handlingsystemsinc.com
2 companies
readysystemsus.com
2 companies
acgconveyors.com
1 company
automationdesignworks.com
1 company
ccs-tn.com
1 company

43 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 36 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Tennessee in context

Tennessee ranks 9th 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%.

Tennessee (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (10%)

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