AI Visibility Index: Custom & Special Machinery in Michigan

When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a custom & special machinery supplier in Michigan, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

112 of 142

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.

30 named at least once
112 never named

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Cell average: 0.51of 15
Across all 142 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 5.6of 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 Michigan

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Custom & Special Machinery companies in Michigan, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	XPS Automation Michigan	Michigan	9 of 15 answers
2	Applied Tech & Resources 22 employeesLapeer, Michigan	Lapeer, Michigan	7 of 15 answers
3	Flexible Automation Inc 5 employeesBurton, Michigan	Burton, Michigan	7 of 15 answers
4	MAS Equipment & Engineering Michigan	Michigan	6 of 15 answers
5	True North Design Michigan	Michigan	6 of 15 answers
6	Tri-Mation Industries Michigan	Michigan	5 of 15 answers
7	Automated Systems Inc 44 employeesAuburn Hills, Michigan 2 name variants Automated Systems, Inc. (ASI)most common3 Automated Systems, Inc.1	Auburn Hills, Michigan	4 of 15 answers
8	Conveyor Concepts 11 employeesCoopersville, Michigan	Coopersville, Michigan	4 of 15 answers
9	JR Automation 87 employeesStevensville, Michigan	Stevensville, Michigan	4 of 15 answers
10	Solutions 4 Automation Michigan	Michigan	4 of 15 answers

52 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 Michigan. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Gable Manufacturing	Idaho	3 of 15
Alliance Engineering, Inc.	Utah	2 of 15
ATS Industrial Automation (ATS Automation Tooling Systems)	Illinois	1 of 15
Tri-County Tool & Engineering	Florida	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 custom and special machinery companies in Michigan”
2“Who supplies custom automated assembly machinery in Michigan”
3“I need a Michigan custom machinery partner for a new high-speed packaging line, who should I talk to”
4“Top custom and special machinery suppliers in Michigan for manufacturing engineering buyers”
5“Which Michigan custom machinery builders can handle turnkey design, fabrication, and integration of robotic systems”
6“List 20 custom and special machinery companies in Michigan 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
11 companies
trictool.com
8 companies
churchill-tech.com
2 companies
gablemfg.com
2 companies
aggtool.com
2 companies
allianceautomationllc.com
2 companies
automatedsystemsinc.com
2 companies
betzmachine.com
2 companies
colesmachine.com
2 companies
inovatech.com
2 companies
lakeshoreworks.com
2 companies
toolingtechgroup.com
2 companies

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

Michigan in context

Michigan ranks 6th of 10 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 20%.

Michigan (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (20%)

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