AI Visibility Index: Metal Cutting Tools in Wisconsin

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

366 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

347 of 366

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
347 never named

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

Cell average: 0.15of 15
Across all 366 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 6.3of 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 Wisconsin

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Metal Cutting Tools companies in Wisconsin, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Dew Tool Grinding Services 8 employeesOak Creek, Wisconsin 4 name variants Dew Tool Grinding Servicemost common4 Dew Tool Grinding Services3 Dew Tool Grinding & Supply2 Dew Tool Grinding Services, Inc.1	Oak Creek, Wisconsin	10 of 15 answers
2	Wisconsin Industrial Supply Company 12 employeesFranksville, Wisconsin 4 name variants Wisconsin Industrial Supply Co. (WISC)most common5 Wisconsin Industrial Supply Co.3 Wisconsin Industrial Supply – STARBUCX Tools division1 Wisconsin Industrial Supply Co. / PDQ Tooling1	Franksville, Wisconsin	10 of 15 answers
3	Mid States Carbide Wisconsin	Wisconsin	9 of 15 answers
4	Lindsay Cutting Tools Wisconsin	Wisconsin	8 of 15 answers
5	Elenco Carbide Tool Corporation 25 employeesPlymouth, Wisconsin	Plymouth, Wisconsin	5 of 15 answers
6	ICS Cutting Tools Inc 29 employeesCasco, Wisconsin 2 name variants ICS Cutting Toolsmost common4 ICS Cutting Tools, Inc.1	Casco, Wisconsin	5 of 15 answers
7	GDX Industrial Wisconsin	Wisconsin	5 of 15 answers
8	Advanced Tooling, Inc 20 employeesMt Calvary, Wisconsin	Mt Calvary, Wisconsin	4 of 15 answers
9	Valley Tool Inc 17 employeesAppleton, Wisconsin 2 name variants Valley Tool, Inc.most common2 Valley Tool2	Appleton, Wisconsin	4 of 15 answers
10	Carbide Tools Manufacturing Inc 15 employeesMenomonee Falls, Wisconsin 3 name variants Carbide Tools Manufacturing (GWS Tool Group – CTMI)most common1 Carbide Tools Manufacturing (GWS Tool Group)1 Carbide Tools Manufacturing1	Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin	3 of 15 answers

26 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 Wisconsin. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
ICE Tools	Michigan	2 of 15
Specialty Tools Inc.	California	2 of 15
Concept Machine – Wisconsin	Kentucky	1 of 15
ICE (Inserts Cutting Tools Engineering)	South Carolina	1 of 15
ICE Industrial Cutting Expert (ICE Tools)	Michigan	1 of 15
Kinetic Co.	Georgia	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 metal cutting tool companies in Wisconsin”
2“Who supplies carbide indexable metal cutting inserts in Wisconsin”
3“I need a Wisconsin metal cutting tool partner for a high-volume CNC machining program, who should I talk to”
4“Top metal cutting tool suppliers in Wisconsin for precision machining buyers”
5“Which Wisconsin metal cutting tool specialists can support custom geometries for hard turning applications”
6“List 20 metal cutting tool companies in Wisconsin 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.

thomasnet.comDirectory
7 companies
ice-tools.com
6 companies
dewtool.com
5 companies
wiscinc.com
4 companies
gwstoolgroup.com
3 companies
valleytool.net
3 companies
icscuttingtools.com
2 companies
en.wikipedia.orgDirectory
2 companies
toolfab.com
2 companies
toolman.ws
2 companies
advancedtoolinginc.net
1 company
midstatescarbide.com
1 company

49 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 38 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Wisconsin in context

Wisconsin ranks 13th 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%.

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

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 dewtool.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.