AI Visibility Index: Packaging Machinery in Minnesota

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

66 of 78

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
66 never named

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Cell average: 0.79of 15
Across all 78 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 7.2of 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 Minnesota

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Packaging Machinery companies in Minnesota, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Aagard Group 62 employeesAlexandria, Minnesota 2 name variants Aagardmost common10 Aagard Corporation1	Alexandria, Minnesota	11 of 15 answers
2	Delkor Systems - Headquarters 100 employeesArden Hills, Minnesota	Arden Hills, Minnesota	11 of 15 answers
3	Douglas Machine Inc 400 employeesAlexandria, Minnesota 2 name variants Douglas Machine Inc.most common6 Douglas Machine5	Alexandria, Minnesota	11 of 15 answers
4	Massman Automation, Villard Location 45 employeesVillard, Minnesota 2 name variants Massman Automation Designsmost common6 Massman Automation Designs, LLC2	Villard, Minnesota	8 of 15 answers
5	Brenton Engineering Co 129 employeesAlexandria, Minnesota 3 name variants Brenton Engineeringmost common3 Brenton Engineering (Brenton LLC)2 Brenton Engineering (ProMach)2	Alexandria, Minnesota	7 of 15 answers
6	PSR Automation Inc. Minnesota 2 name variants PSR Automation Inc.most common5 PSR Automation2	Minnesota	7 of 15 answers
7	Northland Automation & Engineering Minnesota	Minnesota	5 of 15 answers
8	SOMIC Packaging, Inc. Minnesota	Minnesota	5 of 15 answers
9	Propack Packaging Machinery Sales Minnesota	Minnesota	4 of 15 answers
10	Cannon Equipment Cannon Falls, Minnesota	Cannon Falls, Minnesota	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 Minnesota. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Shippers Supply	South Carolina	3 of 15
Westlake Packaging	California	3 of 15
Neos	North Carolina	2 of 15
Rocket Industrial	Oklahoma	2 of 15
Imprint Enterprises – Minnesota Office	Illinois	1 of 15
Talon Manufacturing, Inc.	Washington	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 Minnesota”
2“Who supplies automatic case packing machines in Minnesota”
3“I need a Minnesota packaging machinery partner for a new high-speed food packaging line, who should I talk to”
4“Top packaging machinery suppliers in Minnesota for food and beverage plant buyers”
5“Which Minnesota packaging machinery manufacturers can integrate fully automated end-of-line systems”
6“List 20 packaging machinery companies in Minnesota 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
25 companies
brentonengineering.com
5 companies
us.somic-packaging.com
3 companies
macraesbluebook.comDirectory
3 companies
douglas-machine.com
2 companies
aagard.com
2 companies
excelis.squarespace.com
2 companies
massman.com
2 companies
assets.noviams.com
2 companies
insitepackaging.com
2 companies
manta.comDirectory
2 companies
planitpackaging.com
2 companies

51 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 32 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Minnesota in context

Minnesota ranks 6th 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%.

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