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Editorial

Human capital and cooperation:

the critical success factors for

sustainable growth and development

As the new President of ANIMP, the Italian Association bonize and to modernize our traditional industries. This
of Industrial Plant Engineering Companies, I am opens huge new opportunities in our markets.
pleased to introduce the latest number of Industrial The market evolution towards the energy transition also
Plants, our yearly publication for international audienc- requires a different way of working, characterized by an
es. increasingly growing commitment for more emphatic
Marco Villa
COO Technip Energies Our Association includes engineering firms and gen- cooperation together with our clients - right from the
President of ANIMP eral contractors, plant component manufacturers, conception of new investments. This is needed in
service suppliers as well as universities and consulting order to be able to select the right combination of
firms, with the main focus on designing and building efficient and low- or zero- carbon energy management
large industrial plants in every corner of the world. systems.
With more than 500 current members, ANIMP strives
to develop a world-class supply chain, competitive “The markets evolution towards
globally in any industrial plant market, in order to pro- the energy transition requires us to
mote growth, development, innovation and interna- adopt a different way of working,
tional cooperation.
And this year we are celebrating our 50 anniversary! characterized by an important and
th
These last few years have been characterized by two increasingly growing commitment
unpredictable, unexpected and dramatic events: the to cooperate with our Clients right
pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict. from the conception phases of new
While on the one hand they have brought about a investments
recession, a significant increase in the price of gas and
therefore of energy, as well as more inflation accompa-
nied by a stringent monetary policy of higher interest Digitalization will play a key role in reducing the invest-
rates, they have also highlighted the awareness that ment costs, the operating costs and the carbon emis-
the world requires an energy system that balances sions of all infrastructural projects. An example of this
accessibility, availability and sustainability. is the digital twin which - thanks to the use of simula-
Consequently, there is an urgent need to increase the tions, real-time data and artificial intelligence - allows
investments in the energy industry and to accelerate us to reduce the cost of new investments, via better
the development of new projects, with a particular planning and cost optimization in order to achieve
focus on natural gas, LNG and zero carbon solutions greater productivity and to mitigate operational risks.
- and let us not forget the fundamental need to decar- The technology world is also undergoing a rapid evolu-

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