The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is a North American-based
trade association
A trade association, also known as an industry trade group, business association, sector association or industry body, is an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry. An industry trade association partic ...
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
Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at th ...
.
Hall of fame
Since 1939 the group has honored leaders of the industry in their hall of fame. Some notable inductees are:
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Joseph Cyril Bamford (1916–2001), founder of
JCB
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Sir Anthony Bamford (born 1945), son of above
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Daniel Best
Daniel Best (March 20, 1838 – August 22, 1923) was an American adventurer, businessman, farmer, and inventor known for pioneering agriculture machinery and heavy machinery.
Early years
In 1839, Best's father, John, moved the family to Missour ...
founder of
Best Manufacturing Company
The Best Manufacturing Company (sometimes known as the ''Daniel Best Company'') of San Leandro, California was a manufacturer of farm machinery, known for its steam tractors.
History
The company was formed in 1871 by Daniel Best. The company' ...
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J. I. Case (1819–1891), founder of
Case Corporation
The Case Corporation was a manufacturer of agricultural machinery and construction equipment. Founded, in 1842, by Jerome Increase Case as the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company, it operated under that name for most of a century. For anot ...
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William Dana Ewart, founder of
Link-Belt Construction Equipment Company
* Ronald M. DeFeo,
Terex
Terex Corporation is an American worldwide manufacturer of lifting and material-handling plant for a variety of industries including construction, infrastructure, quarrying, recycling, energy, mining, shipping, transportation, refining and ut ...
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Donald V. Fites,
Caterpillar Inc.
Caterpillar Inc. (stock symbol CAT) is an American ''Fortune'' 500 corporation and the world's largest construction-equipment manufacturer.
In 2018, Caterpillar was ranked number 65 on the ''Fortune'' 500 list and number 238 on the Global ''Fo ...
* J.C. Gorman,
Gorman-Rupp Company
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John L. Grove (1921–2003), founder of Grove Manufacturing Company
* Henry Harnishfeger (1855–1930),
P&H Mining
P&H Mining Equipment designs, builds and supports a line of drilling and material handling machinery marketed under the "P&H" trademark and applied to minerals and energy surface mining operations worldwide. The firm is an operating subsidiary ...
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Benjamin Holt
Benjamin Leroy Holt (January 1, 1849 – December 5, 1920) was an American businessman and inventor who patented and manufactured the first practical crawler-type tread tractor. The continuous-type track is used for heavy agricultural and engi ...
(1849–1920), founder of
Holt Manufacturing Company
The Holt Manufacturing Company began with the 1883 founding of Stockton Wheel Service in Stockton, California, United States. Benjamin Holt, later credited with patenting the first workable crawler ("caterpillar") tractor design, incorporated ...
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Simon Ingersoll
Simon Ingersoll (March 3, 1818 – July 24, 1894) was an American inventor who created the steam-powered percussion rock drill, which replaced the hand drill and was a major advancement in the mining and construction industries. The drill vastly i ...
(1818–1894), founder of
Ingersoll Rock Drill Company
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R. G. LeTourneau
Robert Gilmour LeTourneau (November 30, 1888 – June 1, 1969), born in Richford, Vermont, he was a prolific inventor of earthmoving machinery and the founder of LeTourneau Technologies, Inc. His factories supplied LeTourneau machines which rep ...
(1888–1969), earthmover
* Hans Liebherr,
Liebherr Group
Liebherr is a German-Swiss multinational equipment manufacturer based in Bulle, Switzerland, with its main production facilities and origins in Germany.
Liebherr consists of over 130 companies organized into 11 divisions: earthmoving, mining, ...
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William Otis
William Smith Otis (September 20, 1813 – November 13, 1839) was an American inventor of the steam shovel. Otis received a patent for his creation on February 24, 1839.
In 1839 William Smith Otis, civil engineer of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ...
(1813–1839), inventor of the steam shovel
See also
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Conexpo-Con/Agg
References
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Companies based in Milwaukee
Trade associations based in the United States
Manufacturing in the United States