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

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

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

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The headline numbers

Never named by AI

267 of 299

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.

32 named at least once
267 never named

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Cell average: 0.36of 15
Across all 299 tracked companies.
Top ten average: 6.9of 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 Michigan

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Tool & Die (Stamping, Casting & Forging Dies) companies in Michigan, measured September 30, 2026
Rank	Company	Location	AI visibility
1	Sterling Die & Engineering 23 employeesMacomb, Michigan	Macomb, Michigan	12 of 15 answers
2	Cameron Tool Corporation 62 employeesLansing, Michigan 2 name variants Cameron Tool Corporationmost common5 Cameron Tool Company5	Lansing, Michigan	10 of 15 answers
3	Proto-Gage 70 employeesSterling Heights, Michigan 2 name variants Proto Gage Tool & Die Inc.most common6 Proto Gage Tool & Die4	Sterling Heights, Michigan	10 of 15 answers
4	Titan Tool & Die Inc 7 employeesNorton Shores, Michigan	Norton Shores, Michigan	9 of 15 answers
5	C & M Manufacturing Co 33 employeesNew Baltimore, Michigan 2 name variants C&M Manufacturing Corp.most common3 C&M Manufacturing2	New Baltimore, Michigan	5 of 15 answers
6	K & K Die Inc 50 employeesSterling Heights, Michigan	Sterling Heights, Michigan	5 of 15 answers
7	Pridgeon & Clay 890 employeesGrand Rapids, Michigan	Grand Rapids, Michigan	5 of 15 answers
8	Walker Tool & Die, Inc. 150 employeesWalker, Michigan	Walker, Michigan	5 of 15 answers
9	Forge Enterprises International 30 employeesFarmington, Michigan 3 name variants FORGE Enterprises International / Forge Die & Toolmost common2 Forge Die and Tool – FORGE Enterprises International1 Forge Enterprises International / Forge Precision1	Farmington, Michigan	4 of 15 answers
10	Michigan Tool Technology Michigan	Michigan	4 of 15 answers

40 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 Michigan. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.

Company	State	Mentions
Hanson International	South Carolina	2 of 15
Competition Engineering, Inc.	Arizona	1 of 15
Hanson Mold (Hanson International)	South Carolina	1 of 15
Majestic Industries (Tooling Tech Group)	New York	1 of 15
Tooling Technologies, Inc.	Pennsylvania	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 Michigan”
2“Who supplies precision progressive stamping dies for high-volume automotive parts in Michigan”
3“I need a Michigan 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 Michigan for stamping, casting and forging dies for OEM buyers”
5“Which Michigan 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 Michigan 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.

toolingtechgroup.com
5 companies
forgeprecision.com
5 companies
en.wikipedia.orgDirectory
4 companies
thomasnet.comDirectory
4 companies
hansoninternational.com
3 companies
camerontool.com
2 companies
degelemfg.com
2 companies
protogage.com
2 companies
candmmfg.com
2 companies
precisionstamping.com
2 companies
stmtooling.com
2 companies
titandie.com
1 company

55 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 45 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.

Michigan in context

Michigan ranks 13th 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%.

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