The AEMT is The Association of Electrical and Mechanical Trades founded in 1945. It is an International Association representing leading companies in the service and repair industry. They supply, install, service, maintain, and repair, electric motors, drives, pumps, fans, gearboxes, generators, transformers, switchgear, and ancillary equipment. Most members also have well equipped mechanical engineering facilities for the repair and refurbishment of worn components and for metal fabrication. Some have panel building facilities and some carry out repairs to industrial electronic equipment. Increasingly members offer a professional asset management service for their customers. By using condition monitoring techniques on motors, pumps, gearboxes etc. They are able to ensure the correct installation, and plan maintenance schedules taking into account the results of predictive maintenance and preventative maintenance to minimise downtime. This ensures that equipment operates at peak reliability and efficiency. AEMT members are in contact with most companies and their maintenance engineers, and normally provide a 24 hour emergency service, when faced with a critical failure.