ACOBAR – ABNT CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

Intech Boating is the only shipyard to have its entire line certified

In order to improve safety standards and attest to the quality in the construction of watercrafts, the Brazilian Association of Boat Builders and their Implements (ACOBAR) and the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT), developed a Watercrafts Certification Program. The program aims to highlight the criteria for the construction of watercrafts produced in Brazil and lay down important requirements, which were perfected following international construction standards, giving credibility to the Brazilian boat anywhere in the world.

The seal is directly related to the care taken during the construction of a watercraft, as well as to the safety of the people involved in the production and also those who use watercraft and care for the environment.

To make up all the Certification criteria, it took four years of technical work, study and implementation, involving Acobar and ABNT. The process includes a full checklist that must be complied with by the requesting shipyards and, once approved by the ABNT inspector and auditors, watercraft will present an official seal indicating that it is certified.

ABNT Certification is delivered for a given watercraft model and the Seals are unitary, specific to each watercraft, for the purpose of total traceability.

Acobar's future goal is to develop a process with the Port Authority, so that only boats and watercrafts that have the ABNT Certification Seal are registered with the Authority. Acobar also already works in partnership with ABYC (American Boat and Yacht Council), with the intention of standardizing and making the Brazilian features of navigation and construction of boats for the international market.

01 PROGRAM BENEFITS
The acquisition of the certification develops essential points for the improvement, credibility and professionalism of the business such as:

Product focus: Known and measurable attributes.
User focus: Product or service suited to its purpose.
Focus on value: Lays down quality as of use and price.
02 PROGRAM GOALS
Optimization of management and internal processes related to the watercrafts manufacturing process;

Full compliance of Shipyards with the legal and manufacturing standards described in the Specific Procedure;

Strengthen the expansion of the Brazilian nautical industry, promoting ethics and fostering the nautical culture.
03 BACKGROUND AND CHECKLIST
ABNT / Acobar Certifications are based on a checklist, based on 14 international ISO Standards, national standards, in addition to the Brazilian Navy (NORMAN) standards.

Basically, the Certification process goes through 3 stages:

STAGE 1 - Technical analysis of all documentation of watercrafts that are submitted from the shipyard to ABNT, ABNT engineers do all the verification of the watercraft project.

STAGE 2 - In-person visit by ABNT auditors at the shipyards, where the details of the watercraft project and construction are checked. In addition, the entire management part of the shipyard is checked, for example, process and stock control, thus ensuring the repeatability of the watercraft being analyzed.

STAGE 3 - The entire report is taken to ABNT, which is audited by a team from the specialized technical field. Once this last stage is completed, the ABNT certificate is issued for that specific model.

About ABNT

ABNT is the only National Forum for Standardization, acknowledged by Brazilian society since its founding on September 28, 1940, and confirmed by the Federal Government through many legal instruments. It is responsible for the elaboration of the Brazilian Standards (NBR), destined to the most diverse industries. ABNT takes part in regional standardization at the Mercosur Standardization Association (AMN) and the Pan American Technical Standards Commission (Copant) and in international standardization at the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

Since 1950, ABNT has also been active in the certification area, serving large and small, domestic and foreign companies, currently applying more than 400 certification programs. The company finds in the ABNT Conformity Mark the guarantee that it is acquiring products and services accordingly, meeting the strictest quality criteria.

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To make up all the Certification criteria, it took four years of technical work, study and implementation, involving Acobar and ABNT.

Intech Boating officially received the ABNT Certificate of Conformity during the Rio Boat Show 2019. Intech Boating is the first shipyard to have its entire line certified with the Acobar Seal - ABNT.

The seal is directly related to the care taken during the construction of a watercraft, as well as to the safety of the people involved in the production and also those who use watercraft and care for the environment.

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