AI Visibility Index: Laser & Waterjet Cutting Services in Indiana

When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a laser & waterjet cutting services supplier in Indiana, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.

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

Look up your company Get your monthly report

The headline numbers

Never named by AI

60 of 75

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.

15 named at least once
60 never named

Not sure whether you are one of them?Check your domain

Cell average: 0.4of 15
Across all 75 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 6.4of 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 Indiana

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Laser & Waterjet Cutting Services companies in Indiana, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Waterjet Cutting of Indiana Indiana	Indiana	12 of 15 answers
2	Abrasive Waterjet of Indiana Indiana 2 name variants Abrasive Waterjet of Indianamost common11 Abrasive Waterjet of Indiana (AWJIN)1	Indiana	11 of 15 answers
3	Rhodes Fabrication Indiana 4 name variants Rhodes Fabricationmost common4 Rhodes Fabrication (RHO Fabrication)1 Rhodes Fabrication (RHO Fab)1 Rhodes Fabrication (RhoFab)1	Indiana	7 of 15 answers
4	High Performance Alloys, Inc. 25 employeesTipton, Indiana 3 name variants Hoosier WaterJetmost common4 Hoosier WaterJet (High Performance Alloys)2 High Performance Alloys, Inc.1	Tipton, Indiana	6 of 15 answers
5	Diamond Waterjet Indiana	Indiana	6 of 15 answers
6	Lee & Paulding, Inc. Indiana	Indiana	5 of 15 answers
7	Premier WaterJet Indiana	Indiana	5 of 15 answers
8	Buhrt Engineering Inc 25 employeesWarsaw, Indiana 2 name variants Buhrt Engineering, Inc.most common3 Buhrt Engineering1	Warsaw, Indiana	4 of 15 answers
9	Fortis Steel Co. Indiana 2 name variants Fortis Steel Co.most common3 Fortis Steel Company1	Indiana	4 of 15 answers
10	KBC Machine, Inc. Indiana 2 name variants KBC Machine, Inc.most common3 KBC Machine1	Indiana	4 of 15 answers

32 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 Indiana. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
O’Neal Manufacturing Services – Indianapolis	Kentucky	2 of 15
Central Steel & Wire – Portage Laser Center	Illinois	1 of 15
Hammond Machine Works	Texas	1 of 15
Industrial Metal Fabricators, Inc. (IMF Midwest)	Ontario	1 of 15
thyssenkrupp Materials NA – South Bend facility	South Carolina	1 of 15

One of these yours?

A complete Blue Book listing is one of the sources assistants read in this category. Confirming your details is free.

Get your monthly report

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 laser and waterjet cutting services companies in Indiana”
2“Who supplies precision laser-cut stainless steel panels in Indiana”
3“I need a Indiana laser or waterjet cutting partner for a short-run custom machinery project, who should I talk to”
4“Top laser and waterjet cutting services suppliers in Indiana for industrial equipment buyers”
5“Which Indiana laser and waterjet cutting service providers can handle thick plate cutting with tight tolerances”
6“List 20 laser and waterjet cutting services companies in Indiana 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.

rhofab.com
5 companies
thomasnet.comDirectory
4 companies
globalspec.comDirectory
3 companies
waterjetindiana.com
2 companies
fortissteelco.com
2 companies
buhrt.com
2 companies
gcfab.net
2 companies
huncilman.com
2 companies
kbcmachine.com
2 companies
lpmfg.net
2 companies
premierwaterjets.com
2 companies
troyerbrothers.net
2 companies

54 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 43 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Indiana in context

Indiana ranks 2nd of 12 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 13%.

Indiana (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (13%)

Look up a company

Enter a domain or a company name to see whether it is tracked in this cell, and whether the answers named it. This is a lookup against a measurement already taken, so it is instant.

Try hpalloy.com or any other domain

The public Index publishes one measurement per cell. A monthly report covers your own company:

Every question it was named on
Every question it was not
What moved

Your own position is only ever shown to you.