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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

Across all 184 tracked companies.

Top ten average
5.6of 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 California

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

Top 10 most AI-visible Aluminum Mill Products & Alloys companies in California, measured September 23, 2026
RankCompanyLocationAI visibility
1Kaiser Aluminum150 employees
3 name variants
  • Kaiser Aluminummost common7
  • Kaiser Aluminum – Fabricated Products / Service Centers1
  • Kaiser Aluminum – Los Angeles Works1
Commerce, California9 of 15 answers
2California Metal & Supply Inc.10 employees
2 name variants
  • California Metal & Supply Inc.most common5
  • California Metal & Supply2
Sante Fe Springs, California7 of 15 answers
3DIX Metals Inc19 employees
2 name variants
  • DIX Metalsmost common5
  • Dix Metals, Inc.2
Huntington Beach, California7 of 15 answers
4TCI Aluminum/North60 employees
4 name variants
  • TCI Aluminum Northmost common5
  • TCI Aluminum (TCI Precision Metals / TCI Aluminum North)1
  • TCI Precision Metals (formerly TCI Aluminum)1
  • TCI Precision Metals1
Hayward, California7 of 15 answers
5Industrial Metal Supply Co.35 employees
2 name variants
  • Industrial Metal Supplymost common5
  • Industrial Metal Supply (IMS)1
Irvine, California6 of 15 answers
6Coast Aluminum, Inc.100 employeesSanta Fe Springs, California5 of 15 answers
7Tailwind Aerospace SolutionsCalifornia5 of 15 answers
8Star Metals Inc8 employeesJurupa Valley, California4 of 15 answers
9Paramount Extrusions Co30 employeesParamount, California3 of 15 answers
10Schorr Metals Inc16 employeesPlacentia, California3 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.

CompanyStateMentions
SAF West (SAF California)Georgia2 of 15
Arconic – Torrance (formerly Alcoa Fastening Systems)Illinois1 of 15
ConstelliumWest Virginia1 of 15
Pierce AluminumVirginia1 of 15
Timet (Titanium Metals Corp.) – Vallejo service centerTexas1 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. 1Best aluminum mill products and alloys companies in California
  2. 2Who supplies aerospace-grade aluminum alloy plate in California
  3. 3I need a California aluminum mill products partner for a recurring extrusion and sheet supply program, who should I talk to
  4. 4Top aluminum mill products and alloys suppliers in California for OEM sourcing buyers
  5. 5Which California aluminum mills can provide custom alloy development and certified mill-finish products
  6. 6List 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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