AI Visibility Index: Metal Stampings in Michigan

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

391 of 416

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.

25 named at least once
391 never named

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Cell average: 0.2of 15
Across all 416 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 6.6of 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 Michigan

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Metal Stampings companies in Michigan, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Pridgeon & Clay 890 employeesGrand Rapids, Michigan	Grand Rapids, Michigan	11 of 15 answers
2	K & K Die Inc 50 employeesSterling Heights, Michigan	Sterling Heights, Michigan	8 of 15 answers
3	Sterling Die & Engineering 23 employeesMacomb, Michigan	Macomb, Michigan	8 of 15 answers
4	Proto-Gage 70 employeesSterling Heights, Michigan 3 name variants Proto Gage Tool & Diemost common4 Proto Gage Tool & Die Inc.2 Proto Gage1	Sterling Heights, Michigan	7 of 15 answers
5	JMS Incorporated Michigan 2 name variants JMS Incorporatedmost common6 JMS (Jagemann Stamping Michigan operations)1	Michigan	7 of 15 answers
6	C & M Manufacturing Co 33 employeesNew Baltimore, Michigan 2 name variants C&M Manufacturing Corp.most common4 C&M Manufacturing2	New Baltimore, Michigan	6 of 15 answers
7	Variety Die & Stamping Co 75 employeesDexter, Michigan	Dexter, Michigan	6 of 15 answers
8	Cameron Tool Corporation 62 employeesLansing, Michigan 3 name variants Cameron Tool Corporationmost common2 Cameron Tool Company2 Cameron Tool1	Lansing, Michigan	5 of 15 answers
9	Degele Manufacturing, Inc. 40 employeesNew Baltimore, Michigan 2 name variants Degele Manufacturing, Inc.most common3 Degele Manufacturing1	New Baltimore, Michigan	4 of 15 answers
10	Hatch Stamping Co 170 employeesChelsea, Michigan	Chelsea, Michigan	4 of 15 answers

29 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 Michigan. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Jordan Manufacturing	Texas	3 of 15
ACEMO, Inc.	California	1 of 15
CMA	Florida	1 of 15
Iroquois Industries	Illinois	1 of 15
Majestic Industries (Tooling Tech Group)	New York	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 stampings companies in Michigan”
2“Who supplies custom progressive die metal stampings in Michigan”
3“I need a Michigan metal stampings partner for a 100,000 unit appliance bracket run, who should I talk to”
4“Top metal stampings suppliers in Michigan for automotive OEM buyers”
5“Which Michigan metal stampings companies can handle high-volume stainless steel progressive die work”
6“List 20 metal stampings companies in Michigan 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
6 companies
en.wikipedia.orgDirectory
3 companies
camerontool.com
3 companies
protogage.com
3 companies
jmsincorporated.com
2 companies
prostampllc.com
2 companies
candmmfg.com
2 companies
degelemfg.com
2 companies
sites.google.com
2 companies
unitedmfginc.com
2 companies
dowdingindustries.com
1 company
precisionstamping.com
1 company

49 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 40 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Michigan in context

Michigan ranks 18th 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%.

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

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