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AI Visibility Index: Forgings in Michigan

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

  • 74 companies tracked
  • Last measured September 30, 2026
  • Next measurement October 30, 2026
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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

59 of 74

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.

  • 15 named at least once
  • 59 never named
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Cell average
0.47of 15

Across all 74 tracked companies.

Top ten average
4.5of 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 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 Forgings companies in Michigan, measured September 30, 2026
RankCompanyAI visibility
1
DELT Forge, Inc.
Michigan
2 name variants
  • DELT Forge, Inc.most common6
  • DELT Forge4

10 of 15 answers

2
LC Manufacturing
Michigan
2 name variants
  • LC Manufacturingmost common6
  • LC Manufacturing LLC1

7 of 15 answers

3
Brass Aluminum Forging
Ferndale, Michigan
4 name variants
  • Brass Aluminum Forging Enterprises (BA Forging)most common2
  • Brass Aluminum Forging Enterprises2
  • Brass Aluminum Forging Enterprises (BAFE)1
  • BA Forging (Brass Aluminum Forging Co.)1

6 of 15 answers

4
Trenton Forging Company
90 employeesTrenton, Michigan

6 of 15 answers

5
Lansing Forge Inc
15 employeesLansing, Michigan

4 of 15 answers

6
Michigan Forge
Michigan
3 name variants
  • Michigan Forgemost common2
  • Michigan Forge (Forge Resources Group)1
  • Michigan Forge Company1

4 of 15 answers

7
American Axle & Manufacturing
325 employeesDetroit, Michigan

2 of 15 answers

8
Bay Cast Inc
18 employeesBay City, Michigan

2 of 15 answers

9
Great Lakes Forge
7 employeesTraverse City, Michigan

2 of 15 answers

10
Lincoln Forge
40 employeesBrownstown Charter Twp, Michigan

2 of 15 answers

26 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.

CompanyStateMentions
NETFORMIndiana2 of 15
Walker ForgeWisconsin2 of 15
Forged Solutions Group – Detroit (Steel Industries)Florida1 of 15
OneMonroe (Monroe Engineering Products)Indiana1 of 15
Orchid Orthopedic SolutionsCalifornia1 of 15

Named, but placed in another state

The AI answers themselves put these companies in a different state, so they were not counted for Michigan. Whether MacRAE'S lists them elsewhere is not yet known.

CompanyStateMentions
Michigan Manufacturing InternationalMaryland5 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. 1“Best suppliers of forgings in Michigan”
  2. 2“Who supplies custom closed-die steel forgings in Michigan”
  3. 3“I need a Michigan forging partner for a 10,000-piece heavy truck axle component run, who should I talk to”
  4. 4“Top forgings suppliers in Michigan for OEM purchasing buyers”
  5. 5“Which Michigan forging companies can handle near-net-shape alloy steel parts with full traceability”
  6. 6“List 20 forgings 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
    19 companies
  • iqsdirectory.comDirectory
    5 companies
  • macraesbluebook.comDirectory
    4 companies
  • deltforge.com
    2 companies
  • muellerforgings.com
    2 companies
  • baforging.com
    2 companies
  • forgedsolutionsdetroit.com
    2 companies
  • forging.org
    2 companies
  • michmfg.com
    2 companies
  • steel-technology.com
    2 companies
  • alliedchucker.com
    1 company
  • cdn.thomasnet.com
    1 company

39 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 29 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 3rd of 7 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 18%.

Michigan (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (18%)

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