AI Visibility Index: Plastic Extrusion & Thermoforming in Minnesota

When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a plastic extrusion & thermoforming supplier in Minnesota, 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

104 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.

12 named at least once
104 never named

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Cell average: 0.62of 15
Across all 116 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 8.9of 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 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 Plastic Extrusion & Thermoforming companies in Minnesota, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Lane Company 20 employeesMinneapolis, Minnesota 2 name variants Lane Companymost common8 Lane Company (Lane Plastics)6	Minneapolis, Minnesota	14 of 15 answers
2	Midwest Plastics Inc. 15 employeesWest St Paul, Minnesota 2 name variants Midwest Plastics, Inc.most common11 Midwest Plastics1	West St Paul, Minnesota	12 of 15 answers
3	PN Products Minnesota	Minnesota	11 of 15 answers
4	T.O. Plastics, Inc. 100 employeesClearwater, Minnesota	Clearwater, Minnesota	10 of 15 answers
5	New Plastics Plus, Inc. Minnesota 2 name variants New Plastics Plus, Inc.most common6 New Plastics Plus4	Minnesota	10 of 15 answers
6	Astro Plastics 50 employeesRosemount, Minnesota	Rosemount, Minnesota	7 of 15 answers
7	Gemstar Manufacturing 45 employeesCannon Falls, Minnesota	Cannon Falls, Minnesota	7 of 15 answers
8	Lindar Corporation 50 employeesBaxter, Minnesota 2 name variants LINDAR Corporationmost common5 LINDAR Corp2	Baxter, Minnesota	7 of 15 answers
9	BioPlastic Solutions Minnesota 2 name variants BioPlastic Solutionsmost common5 BioPlastic Solutions (BPS Custom Plastic Extrusions)1	Minnesota	6 of 15 answers
10	FLOE International 80 employeesMcGregor, Minnesota 2 name variants Floe Thermoformingmost common3 Floe Thermoforming (FLOE International)2	McGregor, Minnesota	5 of 15 answers

13 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
Sportech, Inc.	California	3 of 15
Alpha Plastics	Texas	2 of 15
Wisconsin Plastic Products	Wisconsin	2 of 15
Highland Plastics	Michigan	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 plastic extrusion and thermoforming companies in Minnesota”
2“Who supplies custom extruded and thermoformed plastic profiles in Minnesota”
3“I need a Minnesota plastic extrusion and thermoforming partner for a new consumer product housing program, who should I talk to”
4“Top plastic extrusion and thermoforming suppliers in Minnesota for OEM product development buyers”
5“Which Minnesota plastic extrusion and thermoforming companies can handle tight-tolerance co-extruded sheet and deep-draw forming”
6“List 20 plastic extrusion and thermoforming 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
4 companies
toplastics.com
3 companies
laneplastics.com
2 companies
bioplasticsolutions.com
2 companies
midwest-plastics.com
2 companies
newplasticsplus.com
2 companies
plasticalternatives.com
2 companies
floethermoforming.com
2 companies
lindarcorp.com
2 companies
midstateplasticscorp.com
2 companies
nelsonplastic.com
2 companies
pnproducts.com
1 company

40 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 27 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 11th of 26 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 7%.

Minnesota (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (7%)

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