The Association of Portuguese Maritime Industries – AIN – is an Employers Association, with the main objective of representing shipbuilding and ship repair, and a diversified number of companies operating in related fields, notably, consulting services, equipment suppliers and maritime-harbour operators. There is a large diversity among AIN members, in terms of dimension and technologies employed, ranging from the maintenance of the largest merchant marine ships or the construction of complex ships, maintenance of the Navy fleet, up to the small units for leisure or fishing. The shipyard members of AIN represent in terms of sales volume around 85 % of total Portuguese shipbuilding and ship repair turnover.AIN is the Sectorial Body for shipbuilding standardisation by delegation of the Portuguese National Standardisation Body. AIN is action-oriented, and the helicoptering way of managing work gives to the AIN the ability to innovate, facilitate and to relate more easily with the industry.