AI Visibility Index: Molded Rubber Products in Ohio

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

186 of 209

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.

23 named at least once
186 never named

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Cell average: 0.47of 15
Across all 209 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 7.9of 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 Ohio

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Molded Rubber Products companies in Ohio, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Karman Rubber 49 employeesAkron, Ohio 3 name variants Karman Rubber Companymost common10 Karman Rubber Co.1 Karman Rubber1	Akron, Ohio	12 of 15 answers
2	Action Rubber Co Inc 20 employeesDayton, Ohio 3 name variants Action Rubber Companymost common5 Action Rubber5 Action Rubber Co.1	Dayton, Ohio	11 of 15 answers
3	Timco Rubber Products Cleveland, Ohio 2 name variants Timco Rubbermost common10 Timco Rubber Products, Inc.1	Cleveland, Ohio	11 of 15 answers
4	Rubber Associates Inc 100 employeesBarberton, Ohio 2 name variants Rubber Associates, Inc.most common7 Rubber Associates3	Barberton, Ohio	10 of 15 answers
5	Neff-Perkins Company 69 employeesMiddlefield, Ohio 3 name variants Neff‑Perkins Companymost common4 Neff‑Perkins2 Neff‑Perkins Co.1	Middlefield, Ohio	7 of 15 answers
6	Custom Rubber Corp. 90 employeesCleveland, Ohio	Cleveland, Ohio	6 of 15 answers
7	Enterprise Rubber Akron, Ohio 3 name variants Enterprise Rubbermost common3 Enterprise Rubber, Inc.2 Enterprise Rubber, LLC1	Akron, Ohio	6 of 15 answers
8	Johnson Brothers Rubber Co 180 employeesWest Salem, Ohio 2 name variants Johnson Bros Rubber Companymost common4 Johnson Brothers Rubber Company2	West Salem, Ohio	6 of 15 answers
9	Expert Gasket & Seal LLC 9 employeesMacedonia, Ohio 2 name variants Expert Gasket & Sealmost common4 Expert Gasket & Seal, LLC1	Macedonia, Ohio	5 of 15 answers
10	Qualiform Rubber Molding Ohio	Ohio	5 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 Ohio. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
MPS Manufacturing	New York	5 of 15
Crosslinks Rubber Solutions	Oklahoma	3 of 15
ACE Rubber Products	Texas	1 of 15
MES Inc.	Texas	1 of 15
Zatkoff Seals & Packings	North Carolina	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 suppliers of molded rubber products in Ohio”
2“Who supplies custom molded rubber gaskets with metal inserts in Ohio”
3“I need a Ohio molded rubber products partner for a 25,000-piece vibration isolator run, who should I talk to”
4“Top molded rubber products suppliers in Ohio for OEM manufacturing buyers”
5“Which Ohio molded rubber product manufacturers can handle high-volume compression and transfer molding of EPDM components”
6“List 20 molded rubber products companies in Ohio 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.

iqsdirectory.comDirectory
4 companies
thomasnet.comDirectory
4 companies
actionrubber.com
3 companies
qualiformrubbermolding.com
3 companies
karmanrubber.com
3 companies
crosslinksrubber.com
3 companies
enterpriserubber.com
3 companies
mpsco.com
3 companies
neff-perkins.com
3 companies
johnsonbrosrubbercompany.com
2 companies
timcorubber.com
2 companies
clarkrandp.com
2 companies

48 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 33 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Ohio in context

Ohio ranks 7th of 11 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 12%.

Ohio (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (12%)

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