AI Visibility Index: Screw Machine Products & Turned Parts in Minnesota

When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a screw machine products & turned parts supplier in Minnesota, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

55 of 72

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.

17 named at least once
55 never named

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Cell average: 0.93of 15
Across all 72 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 6.5of 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 Screw Machine Products & Turned Parts companies in Minnesota, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Midwest Screw Products, Inc. 45 employeesMinneapolis, Minnesota 2 name variants Midwest Screw Products, Inc.most common12 Midwest Screw Products1	Minneapolis, Minnesota	13 of 15 answers
2	Mankato Screw Products Inc 17 employeesMankato, Minnesota	Mankato, Minnesota	8 of 15 answers
3	Northland Screw Products Inc 35 employeesSt Francis, Minnesota 2 name variants Northland Screw Products, Inc.most common7 Northland Screw Products1	St Francis, Minnesota	8 of 15 answers
4	Erickson Automatics Inc 15 employeesIsanti, Minnesota	Isanti, Minnesota	7 of 15 answers
5	Cass Precision Machining Minnesota	Minnesota	7 of 15 answers
6	Roberts Automatic Products Inc 68 employeesChanhassen, Minnesota 2 name variants Roberts Automatic Productsmost common4 Roberts Automatic Products, Inc.2	Chanhassen, Minnesota	6 of 15 answers
7	MS&J Screw Products Minnesota 2 name variants MS&J Screw Productsmost common4 MS & J Screw Products, Inc.1	Minnesota	5 of 15 answers
8	Northwest Swiss-Matic 86 employeesMinneapolis, Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minnesota	4 of 15 answers
9	Colburn Manufacturing Company Minnesota	Minnesota	4 of 15 answers
10	Challenge Machine 15 employeesBlaine, Minnesota 2 name variants Challenge Machine & Manufacturing Inc.most common2 Challenge Machine1	Blaine, Minnesota	3 of 15 answers

21 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
La Machine Shop, Inc.	California	2 of 15
Midwest Precision Machining	New York	2 of 15
Midwest Precision Manufacturing	Wisconsin	2 of 15
Baity Screw Machine Products	Oklahoma	1 of 15
G.N.W. Machine, Inc.	Connecticut	1 of 15
Marshall Manufacturing Company	Virginia	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 suppliers of screw machine products and turned parts in Minnesota”
2“Who supplies high-volume brass precision turned inserts in Minnesota”
3“I need a Minnesota screw machine partner for a 100,000 piece run of stainless steel fittings, who should I talk to”
4“Top screw machine products and turned parts suppliers in Minnesota for OEM buyers”
5“Which Minnesota screw machine shops can handle multi-spindle turning of complex geometries”
6“List 20 screw machine products and turned parts 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
msandj.com
3 companies
midwestscrew.com
2 companies
challengemachine.com
2 companies
knight-reber.com
2 companies
mpmminnesota.com
2 companies
northlandscrewproducts.com
2 companies
robertsautomatic.com
2 companies
cassprecisionmachining.com
1 company
galaxyprecisionmn.com
1 company
gen4components.com
1 company
winegarinc.com
1 company

43 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 37 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 3rd of 11 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 15%.

Minnesota (this report)Other measured statesCategory average (15%)

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