Association of Equipment Manufacturers

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is a North American trade association representing off-road equipment manufacturers and suppliers, with more than 1,000 companies and more than 200 product lines in the agriculture and construction-related industry sectors worldwide. AEM is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

History
AEM's origins extend as far back as 1894 when a trade association for farm equipment was founded. This group merged with another organization representing manufacturers of construction equipment and changed its name to the Association of Equipment manufacturers in 2002. These predecessor organizations were the Equipment Manufacturers Institute and the Construction Industry Manufacturers Association.

Post-merger
In 2015, AEM renewed its "Alliance Agreement" with the Mine Safety and Health Administration. The agreement facilitates providing mining workers with training on the safety information. The arrangement is authorized by statute.

As of 2017, AEM was based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with offices in the District of Columbia, Beijing, and Ottawa.

From 1998 to 2021, AEM increased its membership by 50%. Over the same period, its annual budget grew by 700% to $60 million.

Todd Stucke
As of 2024, the chairman of AEM was Todd Stucke. Stucke is the president of Kubota Tractor Corp. Stuck was elected to AEM's board in the capacity of treasure in 2019. Stucke was also named an executive officer of Kubota Corp. of Japan. He has been a senior executive at Kubota Tractor Corp. since 2013.

Megan Tanel
As of 2024, the president of AEM was Megan Tanel. Tanel joined AEM in 1995 as a vice president specializing in event management. Tanel holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. In 2017, Tanel was given the Woman of Achievement Award by the International Association of Exhibitions and Events.

Members
As of 2017, AEM had 975 members. These include most of the large manufacturers in the off-road equipment industry. As of 2021, this had increased to over 1,000 members

Events
AEM holds many educational events, conferences, and trade shows. Its most well known event is the CONEXPO-CON/AGG; Its 2017 session was attended by about 128,000 people.

AEM holds an annual event in Washington, DC called the Celebration of Modern Ag. The purpose of the event is to promote the benefits of modern farming technology.

CONEXPO-CON/AGG
CONEXPO-CON/AGG is the western hemisphere's largest construction trade show representing asphalt, aggregates, concrete, earthmoving, lifting, mining, utilities and more. CONEXPO-CON/AGG is a result of the merger of CONEXPO and CON/AGG in 1996. It is held at the Las Vegas Convention Center. In 1909, the first CONEXPO was held in Columbus, Ohio, and the first CON/AGG was held in Detroit Michigan in 1928. The first joint show was held in 1996 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CONEXPO-CON/AGG has gone on to become the western hemisphere's largest show for the construction and construction materials industries.

AEM Hall of Fame
AEM inducts honorees into its Hall of Fame to educate the public and other stakeholders about the importance of the off-road equipment industry. Inductees are people who have "invented, managed, built and led the off-road equipment industry."

Some notable inductees are:


 * Joseph Cyril Bamford (1916–2001), founder of JCB
 * Sir Anthony Bamford (born 1945), son of above
 * Daniel Best founder of Best Manufacturing Company
 * J. I. Case (1819–1891), founder of Case Corporation
 * William Dana Ewart, founder of Link-Belt Construction Equipment Company
 * Ronald M. DeFeo, Terex
 * Donald V. Fites, Caterpillar Inc.
 * J.C. Gorman, Gorman-Rupp Company
 * John L. Grove (1921–2003), founder of Grove Manufacturing Company
 * Henry Harnishfeger (1855–1930), P&H Mining
 * Benjamin Holt (1849–1920), founder of Holt Manufacturing Company
 * Simon Ingersoll (1818–1894), founder of Ingersoll Rock Drill Company
 * R. G. LeTourneau (1888–1969), earthmover
 * Hans Liebherr, Liebherr Group
 * William Otis (1813–1839), inventor of the steam shovel