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Organization and Nature of Business | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Organization and Nature of Business | (1)Organization and Nature of Business American Electric Technologies, Inc. (“AETI” or the “Company”) is the surviving financial reporting entity from a reverse acquisition of American Access Technologies, Inc. by the shareholders of M&I Electric Industries, Inc.(“M&I”) on May 17, 2007. Immediately upon the completion of the reverse acquisition, American Access Technologies, Inc. changed its name to American Electric Technologies, Inc. AETI is a Florida corporation and M&I, AETI’s wholly-owned subsidiary is a Texas corporation. M&I has a wholly-owned subsidiary, South Coast Electric Systems, LLC (“SCES”), and joint venture interests in China and Singapore. In 2014, the Company formed a wholly-owned subsidiary in Brazil (“M&I Brazil”), which is owned 20% by AETI and 80% by M&I. The Company has U.S. facilities and sales offices in Texas and Louisiana; Brazil facilities and sales offices in Macaé, Rio and Belo Horizonte; and foreign joint ventures’ operations that have facilities in Singapore and Xian, China. The Company owns the Beaumont, Texas facilities, comprised of 9 acres and 118,000 square feet. The Company leases facilities in Houston, Texas and Houma, Louisiana and internationally in Rio, Macaé and Belo Horizonte, Brazil. M&I’s wholly-owned subsidiary, SCES, is a Delaware Limited Liability Company organized on February 20, 2003 and is currently inactive. M&I has foreign joint ventures’ interests in M&I Electric Far East PTE Ltd. (“MIEFE”) and BOMAY Electrical Industries Company, Ltd. (“BOMAY”). MIEFE is an inactive Singapore company that provides sales, manufacturing and technical support internationally. BOMAY provides electrical systems primarily for land and marine based drilling rigs in China. These ventures are accounted for using the equity method of accounting.

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