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

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

73 of 94

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.

21 named at least once
73 never named

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Cell average: 0.89of 15
Across all 94 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 7.2of 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 Indiana

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Tool & Die (Stamping, Casting & Forging Dies) companies in Indiana, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Bristol Tool & Die 18 employeesBristol, Indiana 2 name variants Bristol Tool & Die – Automationmost common12 Bristol Tool & Die2	Bristol, Indiana	14 of 15 answers
2	Progress Tool & Die 12 employeesTipton, Indiana	Tipton, Indiana	13 of 15 answers
3	Batesville Tool & Die, Inc. 8 employeesBatesville, Indiana 2 name variants Batesville Tool & Diemost common6 Batesville Tool & Die, Inc.4	Batesville, Indiana	10 of 15 answers
4	Lime City Manufacturing Co 40 employeesHuntington, Indiana	Huntington, Indiana	8 of 15 answers
5	Budco Tool & Die, Inc. Indiana 2 name variants Budco Tool & Die, Inc.most common5 Budco Tool & Die1	Indiana	6 of 15 answers
6	Clifty Engineering 105 employeesMadison, Indiana 2 name variants Clifty Engineeringmost common4 Clifty Engineering Tool & Die1	Madison, Indiana	5 of 15 answers
7	PECO – Product Engineering Company Indiana	Indiana	5 of 15 answers
8	Toolmasters Inc 8 employeesMishawaka, Indiana 3 name variants Toolmasters Inc.most common2 Toolmasters (DieBuilders)1 Toolmasters1	Mishawaka, Indiana	4 of 15 answers
9	D1 Mold and Tool Indiana 2 name variants D1 Mold & Tool LLCmost common2 D1 Mold and Tool2	Indiana	4 of 15 answers
10	Century Tool & Engineering, Inc. 6 employeesIndianapolis, Indiana	Indianapolis, Indiana	3 of 15 answers

18 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 Indiana. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Hardy‑Reed Tool & Die	Pennsylvania	4 of 15
Precision Products, Inc.	Georgia	4 of 15
Sturgis Tool & Die	Michigan	1 of 15
Tooling Technologies Inc. (TTI)	Texas	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 Indiana”
2“Who supplies precision progressive stamping dies for high-volume automotive parts in Indiana”
3“I need a Indiana 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 Indiana for stamping, casting and forging dies for OEM buyers”
5“Which Indiana 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 Indiana 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.

diebuilders.com
3 companies
imh.com
3 companies
whywaynecounty.com
3 companies
btdinc.com
2 companies
armorcontract.com
2 companies
bristoltoolanddie.com
2 companies
budcotool.com
2 companies
charmaran.com
2 companies
cliftyengineering.com
2 companies
d1moldandtool.com
2 companies
hardyreedtool.com
2 companies
macraesbluebook.comDirectory
2 companies

33 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 29 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Indiana in context

Indiana ranks 4th 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%.

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

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