AI Visibility Index: Plastic Extrusion & Thermoforming in Texas

When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a plastic extrusion & thermoforming supplier in Texas, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

210 of 218

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.

8 named at least once
210 never named

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Cell average: 0.16of 15
Across all 218 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 Texas

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Plastic Extrusion & Thermoforming companies in Texas, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Encon Custom PlasticsEvery answer Texas	Texas	15 of 15 answers
2	Hill Plastics, Inc. 12 employeesLewisville, Texas 2 name variants Hill Plasticsmost common10 Hill Plastics Inc.3	Lewisville, Texas	13 of 15 answers
3	Franks Manufacturing 5 employeesSan Antonio, Texas 3 name variants Franks Manufacturing Co.most common5 Franks Manufacturing3 Franks Manufacturing – Custom Thermoforming1	San Antonio, Texas	9 of 15 answers
4	Blackwell Plastics Texas 2 name variants Blackwell Plasticsmost common4 Blackwell Plastics, Inc.1	Texas	5 of 15 answers
5	Helmy Plastics Texas	Texas	5 of 15 answers
6	Texas Extrusion Service, Inc. 14 employeesSpring, Texas 2 name variants Texas Extrusion Service, Inc.most common2 Texas Extrusion Service2	Spring, Texas	4 of 15 answers
7	1X Plastics Texas	Texas	3 of 15 answers
8	K&R Plastics Texas	Texas	3 of 15 answers
9	Z Fab USA Texas	Texas	3 of 15 answers
10	A & M Plastics Inc 9 employeesSouth Houston, Texas	South Houston, Texas	2 of 15 answers

19 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 Texas. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Thermo Plastics Corporation	Ohio	12 of 15
Laminex Plastics	Indiana	5 of 15
Jamestown Plastics – Texas	New York	3 of 15
US Specialty Plastics	Alberta	2 of 15
Associated Thermoforming Inc. (ATI Forms)	Colorado	1 of 15
Profile Plastics, Inc.	Illinois	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 Texas”
2“Who supplies custom extruded and thermoformed plastic profiles in Texas”
3“I need a Texas 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 Texas for OEM product development buyers”
5“Which Texas 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 Texas 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.

globalspec.comDirectory
6 companies
jamestownplasticstx.com
4 companies
franksmanufacturing.com
3 companies
hillplastics.com
2 companies
thomasnet.comDirectory
2 companies
anmplastics.com
1 company
helmyplastics.com
1 company
1xplastics.com
1 company
astrotex.com
1 company
ati-forms.com
1 company
caryproducts.com
1 company
cypressindustries.com
1 company

35 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 31 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Texas in context

Texas ranks 24th 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%.

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

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