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MeasuredAI Visibility Index: Heat Treating Services in Michigan
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a heat treating services supplier in Michigan, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
- 82 companies tracked
- Last measured September 30, 2026
- Next measurement October 30, 2026
The headline numbers
Never named by AI
61 of 82
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.
- 21 named at least once
- 61 never named
- Cell average
- 1.06of 15
Across all 82 tracked companies.
- Top ten average
- 6.8of 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.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun Steel Treating, Inc. South Lyon, Michigan 3 name variants
| South Lyon, Michigan | 11 of 15 answers |
| 2 | Hy-Vac Technologies Inc 12 employeesDetroit, Michigan 2 name variants
| Detroit, Michigan | 9 of 15 answers |
| 3 | Heat Treating Services 40 employeesPontiac, Michigan 3 name variants
| Pontiac, Michigan | 8 of 15 answers |
| 4 | Industrial Steel Treating Company 104 employeesJackson, Michigan 4 name variants
| Jackson, Michigan | 7 of 15 answers |
| 5 | Detroit Steel Treating Co 32 employeesPontiac, Michigan | Pontiac, Michigan | 6 of 15 answers |
| 6 | Superior Heat Treat LLC 24 employeesClinton twp, Michigan | Clinton twp, Michigan | 6 of 15 answers |
| 7 | ALD Thermal Treatment, Inc. Michigan 2 name variants
| Michigan | 6 of 15 answers |
| 8 | Atmosphere Heat Treating Inc 19 employeesWixom, Michigan 3 name variants
| Wixom, Michigan | 5 of 15 answers |
| 9 | Induction Services Inc 5 employeesWarren, Michigan 2 name variants
| Warren, Michigan | 5 of 15 answers |
| 10 | Temp-Rite Steel Treating Inc 18 employeesHarrison Twp, Michigan 3 name variants
| Harrison Twp, Michigan | 5 of 15 answers |
19 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Solar Atmospheres of Michigan | California | 4 of 15 |
| Aalberts Surface Technologies – Livonia | Maryland | 2 of 15 |
| Bodycote Thermal Processing – Holland, MI | Massachusetts | 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 heat treating services companies in Michigan”
- 2“Who supplies vacuum heat treating for precision metal components in Michigan”
- 3“I need a Michigan heat treating partner for a production run of hardened steel shafts, who should I talk to”
- 4“Top heat treating services suppliers in Michigan for industrial OEM buyers”
- 5“Which Michigan heat treating service providers can handle carburizing and quenching of alloy steels”
- 6“List 20 heat treating services 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.comDirectory6 companies
- htsmi.com4 companies
- woodworthheattreating.com4 companies
- indstl.com4 companies
- thermalprocessing.com3 companies
- ampht.com3 companies
- atmosphereheattreat.com3 companies
- bodycote.com3 companies
- eastlind.com3 companies
- hitechsteel.com3 companies
- tempritesteeltreating.com3 companies
- hy-vac.com2 companies
43 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 33 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 1st of 5 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 22%.
- Michigan26%
- California25%
- Pennsylvania20%
- Ohio20%
- New York15%
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