AI Visibility Index: Industrial & Process Controls in Michigan

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

316 of 335

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
316 never named

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Cell average: 0.15of 15
Across all 335 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 4.8of 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.

Top 10 most AI-visible Industrial & Process Controls companies in Michigan, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Acromag Inc 60 employeesWixom, Michigan	Wixom, Michigan	6 of 15 answers
2	CEC Controls Company 90 employeesWarren, Michigan 4 name variants CEC Controls Companymost common3 CEC Controls (SCIO Automation)1 CEC Controls Company, Inc.1 CEC Controls1	Warren, Michigan	6 of 15 answers
3	Forefront Control Systems, Inc 5 employeesHolland, Michigan	Holland, Michigan	6 of 15 answers
4	Industrial Control 14 employeesZeeland, Michigan 3 name variants Industrial Control (MCE Automation)most common2 Industrial Control2 Industrial Control (an MCE company)1	Zeeland, Michigan	5 of 15 answers
5	Systems Specialties 8 employeesBloomfield Hills, Michigan 2 name variants Systems Specialtiesmost common4 Systems Specialties, Inc.1	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan	5 of 15 answers
6	HH Barnum 60 employeesBrighton, Michigan	Brighton, Michigan	4 of 15 answers
7	KMC Global Controls & Automation Michigan	Michigan	4 of 15 answers
8	Nagel Controls Michigan	Michigan	4 of 15 answers
9	PanelBoy Controls Michigan 2 name variants PanelBoy Controlsmost common3 PanelBoy Controls LLC1	Michigan	4 of 15 answers
10	RMS Industries LLC Michigan 2 name variants RMS Industries LLCmost common3 RMS Industries1	Michigan	4 of 15 answers

46 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
American Instrumentation, Inc.	Connecticut	5 of 15
Applied Control Inc. (ACI Automation)	Colorado	2 of 15
DGE Inc.	California	1 of 15
Motion Industries – Motion Ai (Michigan locations)	Illinois	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 industrial and process controls in Michigan”
2“Who supplies PLC-based industrial control panels in Michigan”
3“I need a Michigan industrial controls partner for automating a new production line, who should I talk to”
4“Top industrial and process controls suppliers in Michigan for manufacturing engineering buyers”
5“Which Michigan industrial controls integrators can handle safety-rated motion control systems”
6“List 20 industrial and process controls 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.

scio-automation.com
4 companies
ai2us.com
3 companies
en.wikipedia.orgDirectory
2 companies
aci-automation.com
2 companies
alpha-tran.com
2 companies
controls-crew.com
2 companies
exceldirect.com
2 companies
hoekstraelectric.com
2 companies
mceautomation.com
2 companies
panelboycontrols.com
2 companies
protech-electricalcontrols.com
2 companies
rmsindustriesllc.com
2 companies

62 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 59 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 22nd of 32 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 6%.

Michigan (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (6%)

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