AI Visibility Index: Metal Cutting Tools in Indiana

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

360 of 374

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.

14 named at least once
360 never named

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Cell average: 0.13of 15
Across all 374 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 5.2of 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 Metal Cutting Tools companies in Indiana, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Dolen Tool Sales Inc. 10 employeesGreenwood, Indiana	Greenwood, Indiana	11 of 15 answers
2	Tech Tools Inc 7 employeesSouth Bend, Indiana	South Bend, Indiana	10 of 15 answers
3	Accurate Cutting Technologies Indiana	Indiana	5 of 15 answers
4	Nicholas Precision Works Indiana 3 name variants Nicholas Precision Worksmost common3 Nicholas Precision Works (NPW Tools)1 Nicholas Precision Works LLC1	Indiana	5 of 15 answers
5	Peak Toolworks Indiana	Indiana	5 of 15 answers
6	G L Technologies 5 employeesWilliamsport, Indiana 2 name variants GL Technologies LLCmost common3 GL Technologies1	Williamsport, Indiana	4 of 15 answers
7	Decatur Diamond, LLC 30 employeesDecatur, Indiana 2 name variants Decatur Diamondmost common2 Decatur Diamond (Heritage Cutter)1	Decatur, Indiana	3 of 15 answers
8	Powell Tool Supply Inc 20 employeesSouth Bend, Indiana	South Bend, Indiana	3 of 15 answers
9	Rite-Way Industries Inc 38 employeesNew Albany, Indiana 2 name variants RiteWay Industriesmost common2 Rite-Way Industries (RWI Tools)1	New Albany, Indiana	3 of 15 answers
10	Whitney Tool Company, Inc. 30 employeesBedford, Indiana	Bedford, Indiana	3 of 15 answers

19 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
Tri-State Tool Grinding	Ohio	6 of 15
CGI Tool (GWS Tool Group)	Florida	2 of 15
BlackHawk Industrial	Ohio	1 of 15
Carbide, Cutting Tools, Abrasives, Inc.	California	1 of 15
Cutting Tools Inc.	Texas	1 of 15
Performance Carbide	Iowa	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 metal cutting tool companies in Indiana”
2“Who supplies carbide indexable metal cutting inserts in Indiana”
3“I need a Indiana metal cutting tool partner for a high-volume CNC machining program, who should I talk to”
4“Top metal cutting tool suppliers in Indiana for precision machining buyers”
5“Which Indiana metal cutting tool specialists can support custom geometries for hard turning applications”
6“List 20 metal cutting tool 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.

mep.purdue.edu
3 companies
gltech-llc.com
2 companies
illianaindustrialsupplyinc.com
2 companies
ritewayindustries.com
2 companies
techniksusa.com
2 companies
dolentool.com
1 company
factooling.com
1 company
powelltool.com
1 company
whitneytool.com
1 company
accuratecuttingtech.com
1 company
centurytoolandengineering.com
1 company
cmitooling.com
1 company

46 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 42 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 20th of 28 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 4%.

Indiana (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (4%)

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