Its competitive advantage springs from its Syncrolift: a shiplifting platform that allows vessels to be dry docked and perform simultaneous repairs on its six slipways.

[3] The company was established as "Talleres Navales de Marina" on November 10, 1879, during the presidency of Nicolás Avellaneda for the maintenance of Navy of Argentina ships.

In 1922 it was renamed "Arsenal Naval Buenos Aires", then establishing as a "sociedad anónima" under its current denomination, with majority of state-capital injection in 1971.

By those times the company had eight docks and needed to expand its business due to the increasing activity at the Atlantic Ocean.

[5] The company was nationalised through a decree by president Néstor Kirchner in March 2007, declaring null all the previous process.