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AI Visibility Index: Packaging Machinery in North Carolina

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

  • 82 companies tracked
  • Last measured September 30, 2026
  • Next measurement October 30, 2026
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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

70 of 82

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
  • 70 never named
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Cell average
0.45of 15

Across all 82 tracked companies.

Top ten average
6.2of 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 North Carolina

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Packaging Machinery companies in North Carolina, measured September 30, 2026
RankCompanyAI visibility
1
USA Pack Machines LLC
North Carolina
2 name variants
  • USA Pack Machines LLCmost common9
  • USA Pack Machines1

10 of 15 answers

2
Atlantic Packaging
95 employeesWilmington, North Carolina
2 name variants
  • Atlantic Packagingmost common7
  • Atlantic Packaging – Equipment & Automation1

8 of 15 answers

3
ABCO Automation Inc
82 employeesBrowns Summit, North Carolina
2 name variants
  • ABCO Automation, Inc.most common4
  • ABCO Automation3

7 of 15 answers

4
Associated Packaging, Inc.
20 employeesStatesville, North Carolina
4 name variants
  • Associated Packaging – Statesville, NCmost common2
  • Associated Packaging, Inc.2
  • Associated Packaging, Inc. – Statesville, NC1
  • Associated Packaging1

6 of 15 answers

5
U.S. Bottlers Machinery Company
85 employeesCharlotte, North Carolina
2 name variants
  • U.S. Bottlers Machinery Co.most common3
  • US Bottlers Machinery Co.3

6 of 15 answers

6
Ilsemann Corporation
North Carolina

6 of 15 answers

7
Schubert North America
Charlotte, North Carolina
2 name variants
  • Schubert North Americamost common5
  • Schubert North America LLC1

6 of 15 answers

8
Carolina Material Technologies
North Carolina

5 of 15 answers

9
Plan It Packaging Systems
North Carolina

5 of 15 answers

10
AMT Packaging
North Carolina

3 of 15 answers

36 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 North Carolina. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

CompanyStateMentions
ATS Packaging & Food TechnologyIllinois4 of 15
Axon, LLCNew York2 of 15
Linear Solutions Inc.Utah2 of 15
ABB Robotics (Cary, NC)Texas1 of 15
Gulf PackagingAlabama1 of 15
Harpak‑ULMA PackagingMassachusetts1 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. 1“Best packaging machinery companies in North Carolina”
  2. 2“Who supplies automatic case packing machines in North Carolina”
  3. 3“I need a North Carolina packaging machinery partner for a new high-speed food packaging line, who should I talk to”
  4. 4“Top packaging machinery suppliers in North Carolina for food and beverage plant buyers”
  5. 5“Which North Carolina packaging machinery manufacturers can integrate fully automated end-of-line systems”
  6. 6“List 20 packaging machinery companies in North Carolina 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
    20 companies
  • associatedpackaging.com
    4 companies
  • naicslist.com
    4 companies
  • packagingmachinerycompanies.com
    4 companies
  • usapack.net
    3 companies
  • alineautomation.com
    2 companies
  • foodtech.atsautomation.com
    2 companies
  • amtpackaging.com
    2 companies
  • aps-machinery.com
    2 companies
  • atlanticpkg.com
    2 companies
  • gaylordassembly.com
    2 companies
  • hickoryfoundry.com
    2 companies

34 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 28 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

North Carolina in context

North Carolina ranks 7th 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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