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Measured

AI Visibility Index: Metal Stampings in California

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

  • 375 companies tracked
  • Last measured September 30, 2026
  • Next measurement October 30, 2026

The headline numbers

Never named by AI

363 of 375

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.

  • 12 named at least once
  • 363 never named
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Cell average
0.16of 15

Across all 375 tracked companies.

Top ten average
6.8of 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 California

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Metal Stampings companies in California, measured September 30, 2026
RankCompanyAI visibility
1
Cheek Engineering & Manufacturing
10 employeesIrvine, California

14 of 15 answers

2
Aranda Tooling, Inc.
110 employeesChino, California
2 name variants
  • Aranda Tooling, Inc.most common8
  • Aranda Tooling2

10 of 15 answers

3
Proformance Manufacturing Inc
20 employeesCorona, California
2 name variants
  • Proformance Manufacturing, Inc.most common9
  • Proformance Manufacturing1

10 of 15 answers

4
All-New Stamping Co
150 employeesEl Monte, California
3 name variants
  • All-New Stamping Co.most common7
  • All‑New Stamping Co., Inc.1
  • All‑New Stamping1

9 of 15 answers

5
Scandic
California

8 of 15 answers

6
Metco Fourslide Manufacturing Inc
23 employeesGardena, California
3 name variants
  • Metco Fourslide, Inc.most common2
  • Metco Fourslide2
  • Metco Fourslide Mfg., Inc.1

5 of 15 answers

7
Pacific Metal Stampings, Inc.
30 employeesValencia, California

3 of 15 answers

8
Verdugo Tool & Engineering
17 employeesChatsworth, California

3 of 15 answers

9
AZ Mfg, Inc.
California

3 of 15 answers

10
California Progressive Engineering
California

3 of 15 answers

13 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 California. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

CompanyStateMentions
Progressive Die & Stamping, Inc.Tennessee8 of 15
OMNI Engineering Inc.Wisconsin3 of 15
Pro Precision Metal FabricatingSouth Carolina1 of 15
West Coast ManufacturingWashington1 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. 1“Best metal stampings companies in California”
  2. 2“Who supplies custom progressive die metal stampings in California”
  3. 3“I need a California metal stampings partner for a 100,000 unit appliance bracket run, who should I talk to”
  4. 4“Top metal stampings suppliers in California for automotive OEM buyers”
  5. 5“Which California metal stampings companies can handle high-volume stainless steel progressive die work”
  6. 6“List 20 metal stampings companies in California 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.

  • allnewstamping.com
    3 companies
  • metcofourslide.com
    3 companies
  • arandatooling.com
    2 companies
  • thomasnet.comDirectory
    2 companies
  • bandel.com
    2 companies
  • dual-sonic.com
    2 companies
  • halladay.tech
    2 companies
  • omni-eng.com
    2 companies
  • progressivedieandstamping.com
    1 company
  • proformancemfg.com
    1 company
  • aard.com
    1 company
  • azmfginc.com
    1 company

38 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 29 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

California in context

California ranks 20th of 20 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%.

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

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