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Organization and Nature of Business
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Organization and Nature of Business

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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 formerly had a joint venture in Singapore. The Singapore joint venture wrapped up in operations in 2018 and was sold.

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 a U.S. corporate office in Texas; Brazil facilities and sales offices in Macaé, Rio and Belo Horizonte; and a foreign joint venture in Xian, China. The Company leases offices in Houston, Texas 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. Substantially all M&I’s assets and liabilities were sold or settled in 2018 and M&I currently has only activity with China and Brazil

M&I has a foreign joint venture interest in BOMAY Electrical Industries Company, Ltd. (“BOMAY”) and previously held an interest in M&I Electric Far East PTE Ltd. (“MIEFE”) that was liquidated in 2018. BOMAY provides electrical systems primarily for land and marine based drilling rigs in China and is accounted for using the equity method of accounting.