AI Visibility Index: Jigs, Fixtures & Custom Tooling in Minnesota

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

62 of 89

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.

27 named at least once
62 never named

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Cell average: 0.84of 15
Across all 89 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 5.8of 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 Minnesota

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Jigs, Fixtures & Custom Tooling companies in Minnesota, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Industrial Tool Inc 45 employeesAnoka, Minnesota 2 name variants Industrial Tool, Inc.most common7 Industrial Tool, Inc. (ITI)3	Anoka, Minnesota	10 of 15 answers
2	Island Tool & Die 5 employeesPine Island, Minnesota 2 name variants Island Tool & Diemost common7 Pine Island Tool & Die1	Pine Island, Minnesota	8 of 15 answers
3	New Ulm Precision Tool Inc 23 employeesNew Ulm, Minnesota 3 name variants New Ulm Precision Tool (The Specialty Mfg. Co.)most common3 New Ulm Precision Tool3 New Ulm Precision Tool (The Specialty Mfg. Co. division)2	New Ulm, Minnesota	8 of 15 answers
4	Schmitz Machine Tool Minnesota	Minnesota	8 of 15 answers
5	Duo-Tec Tool & Machine 18 employeesMaple Grove, Minnesota	Maple Grove, Minnesota	5 of 15 answers
6	FabFour Inc. Minnesota	Minnesota	5 of 15 answers
7	MRG Tool And Die 50 employeesFaribault, Minnesota 2 name variants MRG Tool & Die Corporationmost common3 MRG Tool and Die1	Faribault, Minnesota	4 of 15 answers
8	Pederson Tool & Design 18 employeesRamsey, Minnesota	Ramsey, Minnesota	4 of 15 answers
9	Die Technology Inc 12 employeesSt Michael, Minnesota	St Michael, Minnesota	3 of 15 answers
10	MME Group, Inc. 56 employeesVadnais Heights, Minnesota	Vadnais Heights, Minnesota	3 of 15 answers

35 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 Minnesota. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Technical Methods Inc.	North Dakota	4 of 15
Applied (Applied Industrial Technologies – MN engineering group)	New York	1 of 15
Applied Engineering	California	1 of 15
Damark Manufacturing	Wisconsin	1 of 15
Diligence, Inc.	New York	1 of 15
EMF, Inc.	New Hampshire	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 jigs, fixtures and custom tooling in Minnesota”
2“Who supplies custom quick-change machining fixtures in Minnesota”
3“I need a Minnesota partner to design and build production jigs and fixtures for a new assembly line, who should I talk to”
4“Top jigs, fixtures and custom tooling suppliers in Minnesota for manufacturing engineering buyers”
5“Which Minnesota jig, fixture and custom tooling specialists can design and build fully modular CNC workholding systems”
6“List 20 jigs, fixtures and custom tooling companies in Minnesota 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.

specialtymfg.com
8 companies
thomasnet.comDirectory
8 companies
nemi.com
3 companies
industrial-tool.com
2 companies
go-applied.com
2 companies
islandtool.com
2 companies
jensenmachining.com
2 companies
mntooling.com
2 companies
be-usa.com
1 company
dietechnology.com
1 company
4thaxismachine.co
1 company
agassiztool.com
1 company

49 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 44 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Minnesota in context

Minnesota ranks 1st of 17 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 9%.

Minnesota (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (9%)

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