AI Visibility Index: Tool & Die (Stamping, Casting & Forging Dies) in Illinois

When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a tool & die (stamping, casting & forging dies) supplier in Illinois, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

172 of 201

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.

29 named at least once
172 never named

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Cell average: 0.42of 15
Across all 201 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 5.7of 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 Illinois

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Tool & Die (Stamping, Casting & Forging Dies) companies in Illinois, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Manor Tool & Manufacturing Co 54 employeesSchiller Park, Illinois 2 name variants Manor Tool & Manufacturingmost common11 Manor Tool & Manufacturing Co.1	Schiller Park, Illinois	12 of 15 answers
2	Rockford Toolcraft, Inc. 150 employeesRockford, Illinois 2 name variants Rockford Toolcraft, Inc.most common7 Rockford Toolcraft2	Rockford, Illinois	9 of 15 answers
3	Reliable Die Services Inc 10 employeesChicago, Illinois 2 name variants Reliable Die Service Inc.most common5 Reliable Die Service3	Chicago, Illinois	8 of 15 answers
4	Dec Tool Corporation 25 employeesSt. Charles, Illinois	St. Charles, Illinois	5 of 15 answers
5	Action Tool & Manufacturing, Inc. 130 employeesRockford, Illinois 3 name variants Action Tool & Die (Action Tool & Manufacturing)most common2 Action Tool & Manufacturing, Inc.1 Action Tool & Manufacturing1	Rockford, Illinois	4 of 15 answers
6	H & B Quality Tooling Inc 11 employeesQuincy, Illinois 2 name variants H&B Quality Toolingmost common3 H & B Quality Tooling, Inc.1	Quincy, Illinois	4 of 15 answers
7	Industrial Overlay Illinois 2 name variants Industrial Overlay, Inc.most common2 Industrial Overlay2	Illinois	4 of 15 answers
8	Velocity Metalworks Illinois	Illinois	4 of 15 answers
9	Wiegel Illinois	Illinois	4 of 15 answers
10	Chelar Tool & Die 48 employeesBelleville, Illinois	Belleville, Illinois	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 Illinois. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Omega Manufacturing LLC	North Carolina	3 of 15
Finkl Steel	Michigan	1 of 15
Hardy‑Reed Tool & Die Company	Pennsylvania	1 of 15
Innovo Corporation	Connecticut	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 tool and die companies for stamping, casting and forging dies in Illinois”
2“Who supplies precision progressive stamping dies for high-volume automotive parts in Illinois”
3“I need a Illinois tool and die partner to design and build casting and forging dies for a new heavy equipment line, who should I talk to”
4“Top tool and die suppliers in Illinois for stamping, casting and forging dies for OEM buyers”
5“Which Illinois tool and die makers can handle large progressive dies with in-die sensing and quick-change inserts”
6“List 20 tool and die companies in Illinois 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
6 companies
actiontool.com
3 companies
eratoolsandmfg.com
3 companies
ms-astro.com
3 companies
manortool.com
2 companies
amitydie.com
2 companies
barcostamping.com
2 companies
cllengineering.com
2 companies
hbqualitytool.com
2 companies
industrialoverlay.com
2 companies
omegamanufacturingllc.com
2 companies
reliabledie.com
2 companies

55 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 46 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Illinois in context

Illinois ranks 7th of 13 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%.

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

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