AI Visibility Index: Industrial Machinery & Equipment Distributors in Massachusetts

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

90 of 111

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
90 never named

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Cell average: 0.32of 15
Across all 111 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 3.3of 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 Massachusetts

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Industrial Machinery & Equipment Distributors companies in Massachusetts, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Packard Machinery Company Massachusetts	Massachusetts	5 of 15 answers
2	Cal-Pak Inc North Andover, Massachusetts 2 name variants Cal-Pak, Inc.most common2 Cal‑Pak2	North Andover, Massachusetts	4 of 15 answers
3	Boshco, Inc. 16 employeesBillerica, Massachusetts	Billerica, Massachusetts	3 of 15 answers
4	Harpak-Ulma Packaging LLC 20 employeesTaunton, Massachusetts 2 name variants Harpak‑ULMA Packaging, LLCmost common2 Harpak‑ULMA Packaging1	Taunton, Massachusetts	3 of 15 answers
5	AMH Boston Massachusetts	Massachusetts	3 of 15 answers
6	Carlson Fabrication Solutions Massachusetts	Massachusetts	3 of 15 answers
7	Fabricating & Production Machinery, Inc. Massachusetts	Massachusetts	3 of 15 answers
8	LOMA Massachusetts	Massachusetts	3 of 15 answers
9	LOMA – Lights Out Manufacturing Automation Massachusetts	Massachusetts	3 of 15 answers
10	Northeast Packaging & Automation Massachusetts	Massachusetts	3 of 15 answers

40 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 Massachusetts. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Brooks Associates	Missouri	6 of 15
American Material Handling Corp (AMH Warehouse Solutions)	California	4 of 15
New England Tool Corporation	Connecticut	4 of 15
Absolute Robot Inc. (ARI)	Ohio	1 of 15
Crown Packaging – Boston Branch	Maryland	1 of 15
Distribution International – Sharon Branch	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 industrial machinery and equipment distributors in Massachusetts”
2“Who supplies automated palletizing systems through distributors in Massachusetts”
3“I need a Massachusetts industrial machinery distributor to support a new packaging line installation, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial machinery and equipment distributors in Massachusetts for manufacturing plant buyers”
5“Which Massachusetts industrial machinery distributors can provide turnkey installation and maintenance support”
6“List 20 industrial machinery and equipment distributors in Massachusetts 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.

lightsoutma.com
4 companies
amhboston.com
3 companies
machinetools.com
3 companies
pacificpkg.com
2 companies
brooksmachinery.com
2 companies
cal-pak.com
2 companies
carlsonfab.com
2 companies
en.wikipedia.orgDirectory
2 companies
fanucamerica.com
2 companies
harpak-ulma.com
2 companies
machineelectrical.com
2 companies
netoolcorp.com
2 companies

55 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 52 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Massachusetts in context

Massachusetts ranks 18th of 31 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 14%.

Massachusetts (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (14%)

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