AI Visibility Index: Packaging Machinery in Illinois

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

218 of 237

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
218 never named

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Cell average: 0.18of 15
Across all 237 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 3.7of 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 Illinois

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Packaging Machinery companies in Illinois, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Nalbach Engineering Co 29 employeesCountryside, Illinois 2 name variants Nalbach Engineeringmost common4 Nalbach Engineering Company1	Countryside, Illinois	5 of 15 answers
2	PMI KYOTO Packaging Systems 55 employeesElk Grove Village, Illinois	Elk Grove Village, Illinois	5 of 15 answers
3	Frain Industries Inc. 45 employeesFranklin Park, Illinois	Franklin Park, Illinois	4 of 15 answers
4	Plan It Packaging Systems Illinois	Illinois	4 of 15 answers
5	Triangle Package Machinery Company Illinois	Illinois	4 of 15 answers
6	Amflex Packaging Corporation 5 employeesSkokie, Illinois	Skokie, Illinois	3 of 15 answers
7	NiMCO Corporation 55 employeesCrystal Lake, Illinois	Crystal Lake, Illinois	3 of 15 answers
8	Teinnovations LLC 12 employeesAurora, Illinois 2 name variants Teinnovationsmost common2 TE Innovations1	Aurora, Illinois	3 of 15 answers
9	CS Packaging Illinois	Illinois	3 of 15 answers
10	Odecopack USA Illinois	Illinois	3 of 15 answers

41 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 Illinois. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Accutech Packaging, Inc.	Massachusetts	8 of 15
ARPAC	California	5 of 15
nVenia	California	5 of 15
Duravant	California	2 of 15
Kendell Equipment Corporation	Florida	2 of 15
TPC Packaging Solutions	Ohio	2 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 packaging machinery companies in Illinois”
2“Who supplies automatic case packing machines in Illinois”
3“I need a Illinois packaging machinery partner for a new high-speed food packaging line, who should I talk to”
4“Top packaging machinery suppliers in Illinois for food and beverage plant buyers”
5“Which Illinois packaging machinery manufacturers can integrate fully automated end-of-line systems”
6“List 20 packaging machinery companies in Illinois 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
28 companies
paxiom.com
4 companies
accutechpkg.com
2 companies
mecapack.com
2 companies
nalbach.com
2 companies
nvenia.com
2 companies
teinnovations.com
2 companies
iqsdirectory.comDirectory
1 company
aaronequipment.com
1 company
americanpackagingmachinery.com
1 company
bci-midwest.com
1 company
benten.engineering
1 company

55 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 47 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Illinois in context

Illinois ranks 13th of 18 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 10%.

Illinois (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (10%)

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