AI Visibility Index: Packaging Machinery in Michigan

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

102 of 116

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.

14 named at least once
102 never named

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Cell average: 0.37of 15
Across all 116 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 5.1of 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 Packaging Machinery companies in Michigan, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Integrated Packaging Machinery 16 employeesRockford, Michigan 2 name variants Integrated Packaging Machinery (IPM)most common11 Integrated Packaging Machinery1	Rockford, Michigan	12 of 15 answers
2	The Packline Co. 22 employeesTrenton, Michigan	Trenton, Michigan	8 of 15 answers
3	Dura‑Pack Michigan	Michigan	6 of 15 answers
4	Technical Packaging System Inc 16 employeesKalamazoo, Michigan 2 name variants Technical Packaging Systemsmost common4 Technical Packaging Systems, Inc.1	Kalamazoo, Michigan	5 of 15 answers
5	Paxiom Group Michigan	Michigan	5 of 15 answers
6	djs Systems Inc 7 employeesHomer, Michigan 2 name variants DJS Systemsmost common2 DJS Systems (Rennco / ProMach)1	Homer, Michigan	3 of 15 answers
7	Gentile Packaging Machinery 5 employeesSaline, Michigan	Saline, Michigan	3 of 15 answers
8	Möllers North America Inc 20 employeesGrand Rapids, Michigan 2 name variants Mollers North America Inc.most common2 Möllers North America1	Grand Rapids, Michigan	3 of 15 answers
9	Lakewood Process Machinery Michigan	Michigan	3 of 15 answers
10	NSM Automation North America Inc. Michigan 2 name variants NSM Automation North America Inc.most common2 NSM Automation North America1	Michigan	3 of 15 answers

30 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
Rennco, LLC	Massachusetts	5 of 15
ATS Automation (ATS Life Sciences & packaging systems)	Illinois	1 of 15
ATS Automation / ATS Industrial Automation	Illinois	1 of 15
ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. – Livonia Operations	Ontario	1 of 15
IMS Group USA	New Jersey	1 of 15
LINC Systems	Indiana	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 packaging machinery companies in Michigan”
2“Who supplies automatic case packing machines in Michigan”
3“I need a Michigan packaging machinery partner for a new high-speed food packaging line, who should I talk to”
4“Top packaging machinery suppliers in Michigan for food and beverage plant buyers”
5“Which Michigan packaging machinery manufacturers can integrate fully automated end-of-line systems”
6“List 20 packaging machinery 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
18 companies
paxiom.com
4 companies
packagingmachinerycompanies.com
3 companies
planitpackaging.com
2 companies
technicalpackaging.com
2 companies
djssystems.com
2 companies
manta.comDirectory
2 companies
nsm-automation.com
2 companies
ipmperformance.com
1 company
lakewoodpm.com
1 company
assets.noviams.com
1 company
bfplastics.net
1 company

43 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 35 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 9th 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%.

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

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