AI Visibility Index · Cell report
AI Visibility Index: Aluminum Mill Products & Alloys in California
184 companies tracked · Last measured September 23, 2026 · Next measurement October 23, 2026
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a aluminum mill products & alloys supplier in California, these are the companies that get named. This is what we found when the cell was last measured.
The headline numbers
163 of 184
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.
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- Cell average
- 0.36of 15
- Top ten average
- 5.6of 15
Across all 184 tracked companies.
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 California
These are the companies AI assistants named most often when California buyers went looking for a supplier in this category.
| Rank | Company | Location | AI visibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaiser Aluminum150 employees3 name variants
| Commerce, California | 9 of 15 answers |
| 2 | California Metal & Supply Inc.10 employees2 name variants
| Sante Fe Springs, California | 7 of 15 answers |
| 3 | DIX Metals Inc19 employees2 name variants
| Huntington Beach, California | 7 of 15 answers |
| 4 | TCI Aluminum/North60 employees4 name variants
| Hayward, California | 7 of 15 answers |
| 5 | Industrial Metal Supply Co.35 employees2 name variants
| Irvine, California | 6 of 15 answers |
| 6 | Coast Aluminum, Inc.100 employees | Santa Fe Springs, California | 5 of 15 answers |
| 7 | Tailwind Aerospace Solutions | California | 5 of 15 answers |
| 8 | Star Metals Inc8 employees | Jurupa Valley, California | 4 of 15 answers |
| 9 | Paramount Extrusions Co30 employees | Paramount, California | 3 of 15 answers |
| 10 | Schorr Metals Inc16 employees | Placentia, California | 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 California. They belong to that state's ranking, not this one.
| Company | State | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| SAF West (SAF California) | Georgia | 2 of 15 |
| Arconic – Torrance (formerly Alcoa Fastening Systems) | Illinois | 1 of 15 |
| Constellium | West Virginia | 1 of 15 |
| Pierce Aluminum | Virginia | 1 of 15 |
| Timet (Titanium Metals Corp.) – Vallejo service center | Texas | 1 of 15 |
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Get your monthly reportThe 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 aluminum mill products and alloys companies in California”
- 2“Who supplies aerospace-grade aluminum alloy plate in California”
- 3“I need a California aluminum mill products partner for a recurring extrusion and sheet supply program, who should I talk to”
- 4“Top aluminum mill products and alloys suppliers in California for OEM sourcing buyers”
- 5“Which California aluminum mills can provide custom alloy development and certified mill-finish products”
- 6“List 20 aluminum mill products and alloys companies in California 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.
- tcialuminum.com3 companies
- californiametal.com2 companies
- kaiseraluminum.com2 companies
- dixmetals.com2 companies
- materialsplus.com2 companies
- saf.com2 companies
- hurlen.com2 companies
- hydro.com2 companies
- industrialmetalsupply.com2 companies
- meritaluminum.com2 companies
- reddit.comDirectory1 company
- schorrmetals.com1 company
58 sources were cited across this cell's answers from 47 domains. A directory page often stands behind several companies at once; a company's own site usually stands behind one.
California in context
California is the only state measured in this category so far, so there is nothing to compare it with yet.
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