Some of these are associated with neighboring universities or theological consortia. Asian countries invested $7.666 billion in various projects followed by several multinational consortia. Costs are shared by the participating libraries and library consortia. They called for proposals, which led to two bidding consortia emerging as serious contenders. Industry consortia as well as non-commercial entities can register media types in the vendor tree. Three finalist consortia submitted redevelopment plans. Liberal arts colleges are also often associated with larger bodies or consortia. Shipyards became large industrial complexes and the ships built were financed by consortia of investors. This involves giving a long lease to private consortia in return for partly funding infrastructure. Two rival consortia vied for the airport link contract. As March 2018, five consortia of local broadcasters and 8 local broadcasters are on air. It ran a competitive tender process to award leases to consortia of potential developers. South African engineers have overseen the system engineering aspects of 5 of the consortia. It now operates under the SAE Industry Technologies Consortia (SAE ITC). IBIS is an "industry program" within the SAE's Industry Technologies Consortia (ITC) trade association.