G erman industrial giant ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems is promoting the fact its bid to build Australia's next generation submarines includes assurances it will engage a huge number of West Australian companies to complete the project.
And it is banking that politicians will see the benefit of these local companies being exposed to world-beating industrial technology when they evaluate competing bids.
With more than 200 submarine experts from ThyssenKrupp's operation in Australia and Germany joining forces for the bid, it is a contract the company believes will usher in a new chapter in its 150-years of operating with Australia.
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems has delivered over 160 submarines to its customers worldwide. The company is an important arm of ThyssenKrupp group, which has 155,000 employees in nearly 80 countries.
"We are very proud of our submission which we delivered to the Government today in Canberra," ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Australia chairman John White said when the company submitted its bid, referred to as Project Endeavour, late last year.
"Our engineers from Australia and Germany have combined to put all their experience and know-how to offer Australia a regionally superior submarine fleet tailored to the specific requirements of the Royal Australian Navy. This is particularly important for Australia's leading strategic role in the Asia-Pacific region."
Dr White was confident the bid fits all fiscal, technical and capacity requirements. 
"Through the competitive evaluation process we were able to develop solutions in a highly collaborative way with officials from the Department of Defence. If successful we will introduce new digital shipyard technologies to Australia that revolutionise the way ships are built in the future.
"After going through this intense process ThyssenKrupp is totally confident that Australia has both the capacity and the capabilities to construct and deliver a new generation of submarines. The submarine can be a core part of a viable national shipbuilding industry that brings local economic benefits and creates long term employment for skilled workers.
"We were impressed by the specific skills and the technical, engineering and manufacturing knowledge of the over 500 potential Australian suppliers we engaged with during our national industry consultation process. This experience confirmed our confidence that Australia has the required capabilities to build submarines and frigates here.
"We intend to utilise the local ship building capacity to develop Australia as a regional hub to service our submarine and surface ship maintenance needs for the Asia-Pacific region. This is effectively helping to create a new export industry for the country."
"We intend to utilise the local ship building capacity."
John White