diff --git a/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/materials/entities/MaterialAssignment.java b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/materials/entities/MaterialAssignment.java
index 1fdd7cdfd..f3578d521 100644
--- a/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/materials/entities/MaterialAssignment.java
+++ b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/materials/entities/MaterialAssignment.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class MaterialAssignment extends BaseEntity implements Comparable {
     }
 
     @Valid
-    private MaterialInfo getMaterialInfo() {
+    public MaterialInfo getMaterialInfo() {
         if (materialInfo == null) {
             materialInfo = new MaterialInfo();
         }
diff --git a/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/materials/entities/MaterialAssignmentTemplate.java b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/materials/entities/MaterialAssignmentTemplate.java
index 1cd0e8081..4e42bc70e 100644
--- a/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/materials/entities/MaterialAssignmentTemplate.java
+++ b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/materials/entities/MaterialAssignmentTemplate.java
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ public class MaterialAssignmentTemplate extends BaseEntity {
         return result;
     }
 
+    public static MaterialAssignmentTemplate copyFrom(
+            MaterialAssignment assignment, OrderElementTemplate destination) {
+        MaterialAssignmentTemplate result = new MaterialAssignmentTemplate();
+        result.materialInfo = assignment.getMaterialInfo().copy();
+        result.orderElementTemplate = destination;
+        return result;
+    }
+
     private MaterialInfo materialInfo = new MaterialInfo();
 
     private OrderElementTemplate orderElementTemplate;
@@ -67,11 +75,6 @@ public class MaterialAssignmentTemplate extends BaseEntity {
         return orderElementTemplate;
     }
 
-    public void setOrderElementTemplate(
-            OrderElementTemplate orderElementTemplate) {
-        this.orderElementTemplate = orderElementTemplate;
-    }
-
     public Material getMaterial() {
         return getMaterialInfo().getMaterial();
     }
diff --git a/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/materials/entities/MaterialInfo.java b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/materials/entities/MaterialInfo.java
index f8a3feac6..a216f3d1c 100644
--- a/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/materials/entities/MaterialInfo.java
+++ b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/materials/entities/MaterialInfo.java
@@ -62,4 +62,12 @@ public class MaterialInfo {
         this.unitPrice = unitPrice;
     }
 
+    public MaterialInfo copy() {
+        MaterialInfo result = new MaterialInfo();
+        result.setMaterial(getMaterial());
+        result.setUnits(getUnits());
+        result.setUnitPrice(getUnitPrice());
+        return result;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/templates/entities/OrderElementTemplate.java b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/templates/entities/OrderElementTemplate.java
index 9fd14221d..8ae2d0995 100644
--- a/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/templates/entities/OrderElementTemplate.java
+++ b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/templates/entities/OrderElementTemplate.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  */
 package org.navalplanner.business.templates.entities;
 
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ import org.hibernate.validator.Valid;
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.joda.time.Days;
 import org.navalplanner.business.common.BaseEntity;
+import org.navalplanner.business.materials.entities.MaterialAssignment;
 import org.navalplanner.business.materials.entities.MaterialAssignmentTemplate;
 import org.navalplanner.business.orders.entities.InfoComponent;
 import org.navalplanner.business.orders.entities.Order;
@@ -52,10 +54,21 @@ public abstract class OrderElementTemplate extends BaseEntity implements
                 .getInitDate());
         Days fromBeginningToEnd = daysBetween(order.getDeadline(), origin
                 .getDeadline());
+        beingBuilt.materialAssignments = copyMaterialAssignmentsFrom(beingBuilt, origin
+                .getMaterialAssignments());
         return create(beingBuilt, infoComponentCopied,
                 fromBeginningToStart, fromBeginningToEnd);
     }
 
+    private static Set<MaterialAssignmentTemplate> copyMaterialAssignmentsFrom(OrderElementTemplate beingBuilt,
+            Collection<? extends MaterialAssignment> assignments) {
+        Set<MaterialAssignmentTemplate> result = new HashSet<MaterialAssignmentTemplate>();
+        for (MaterialAssignment each : assignments) {
+            result.add(MaterialAssignmentTemplate.copyFrom(each, beingBuilt));
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
     private static <T extends OrderElementTemplate> T create(T beingBuilt,
             InfoComponent infoComponentCopied, Days fromBeginningToStart,
             Days fromBeginningToEnd) {