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

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

327 of 349

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.

22 named at least once
327 never named

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Cell average: 0.15of 15
Across all 349 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 5.9of 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 Ohio

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Jigs, Fixtures & Custom Tooling companies in Ohio, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	XL Pattern Shop Inc 5 employeesOrrville, Ohio	Orrville, Ohio	10 of 15 answers
2	Trim Tool & Machine Ohio 2 name variants Trim Tool & Machinemost common9 Trim Tool & Machine, Inc.1	Ohio	10 of 15 answers
3	Silver Tool, Inc. 12 employeesMiamisburg, Ohio	Miamisburg, Ohio	8 of 15 answers
4	Rialto Manufacturing Inc 19 employeesMarion, Ohio 2 name variants RiAlto Manufacturingmost common4 Rialto Manufacturing, Inc.3	Marion, Ohio	7 of 15 answers
5	Lahm Tool Company Ohio 2 name variants Lahm Tool Companymost common3 Lahm Tool2	Ohio	5 of 15 answers
6	TE‑CO Workholding Ohio	Ohio	5 of 15 answers
7	AFC Tool Company Inc 9 employeesDayton, Ohio 3 name variants AFC Tool Company (FC Precision)most common2 AFC Tool Company (FC Precision Inc.)1 AFC Tool Company (now FC Precision)1	Dayton, Ohio	4 of 15 answers
8	HME‑Tool Ohio	Ohio	4 of 15 answers
9	Anchor Pattern Machine 6 employeesColumbus, Ohio 2 name variants Anchor Pattern & Machinemost common2 Anchor Pattern Machine1	Columbus, Ohio	3 of 15 answers
10	Jerry Tools 16 employeesCincinnati, Ohio	Cincinnati, Ohio	3 of 15 answers

41 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 Ohio. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Co-Op Tool / Production Workholding	Pennsylvania	12 of 15
Tool Tech	Missouri	5 of 15
C&T Tooling & Manufacturing (CTTI)	Illinois	1 of 15
H.M.E.-Tool	Ontario	1 of 15
Olympian Tool	Michigan	1 of 15
United Tool & Engineering	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 suppliers of jigs, fixtures and custom tooling in Ohio”
2“Who supplies custom quick-change machining fixtures in Ohio”
3“I need a Ohio 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 Ohio for manufacturing engineering buyers”
5“Which Ohio 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 Ohio 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.

afctool.com
4 companies
productionworkholding.com
3 companies
te-co.com
3 companies
trimtoolmachine.com
2 companies
anchorpatternmachine.com
2 companies
ctti-inc.com
2 companies
hme-tool.com
2 companies
hodie.com
2 companies
jergensinc.com
2 companies
lahmtool.com
2 companies
pticmm.com
2 companies
rialtomfg.com
2 companies

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

Ohio in context

Ohio ranks 14th 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%.

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

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