List of Sponsors

Stamicarbon

Stamicarbon is a global leader in the design, licensing and project development of urea plants and a supplier of high-end equipment and services for the petrochemical industry. A pioneering company specialized in the fertilizer industry with a vision to help enable the world to feed itself and improve the quality of life. Stamicarbon applies its expertise and experience in several markets: crop nutrition and fertilizers, air quality and emission reduction and technologies for the integration of urea and adjacent processes, such as melamine and nitric acid.
For more than 70 years we have been at the forefront of developments and innovations by designing reliable, safe, efficient and sustainable plants. There are around 260 licensed urea plants (more than half of the installed world capacity) and some 110 revamped projects around the world already using our technology. We work closely with research institutes, contractors, suppliers and our licensees to further enhance and develop technologies for the benefit of our customers, but also to create opportunities for adding nutrients to crops, replenish arable land and increase crop yields.
Part of the Maire Tecnimont Group, the Stamicarbon headquarters is in Sittard, The Netherlands, with representative offices in Russia and China and a sales office in the USA. Together with our excellent network of reputable partners we can provide technologies, equipment, products and related services needed to improve the food supply of the world.

Haldor Topsoe A/S

Haldor Topsoe is a world leader in catalysis and surface science. We are committed to helping our customers achieve optimal performance. We enable our customers to get the most out of their processes and products, using the least possible energy and resources, in the most responsible way. This focus on our customers’ performance, backed by our reputation for reliability, makes sure we add the most value to our customers and the world. Learn more at www.topsoe.com

Toyo Engineering Corporation

Toyo Engineering Corporation (TOYO) is one of the world’s leading engineering contractors. Since its foundation in 1961, TOYO has actively deployed Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) businesses, and successfully delivered large and complex projects in more than 50 countries, focusing on the segment of energy, oil refining, petrochemicals & chemicals, oil & gas development, infrastructure, environment, and other manufacturing facilities. In addition, TOYO has been a leader in the urea industries as a urea process licensor as well as EPC contractor, and provides the effectively optimized fertilizer complex by integrating with TOYO’s own urea process.

Casale

Established in 1921, Casale greatly contributed to the history of ammonia production and nowadays is a world leading licensor and engineering contractor for the production of   ammonia, urea, melamine, methanol, syngas.  In 2014, following an acquisition from Borealis (formerly GPN), Casale expanded its portfolio to include also the processes for the production of nitric acid, AN, UAN, and multi-nutrient fertilizer products, including their granulation technology.
Through its sister company, Casale Project, Casale is also in a position to extend the services offered up to EPC contracting.

Clariant

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Clariant’s Catalysts business unit is a leading global developer and producer of catalysts for industrial processes since the acquisition of Süd-Chemie in 2011. With a total of 16 production sites (incl. Joint Ventures) and 11 R&D and technical centers it is headquartered in Munich, Germany. Approximately 1970 employees serve customers around the world. Aimed at delivering sustainable value to customers, Clariant’s catalysts and adsorbents are designed to increase production throughput, lower energy consumption, and reduce hazardous emissions from industrial processes. The broad portfolio also includes products that enable the use of alternative feedstock for chemical and fuel production.  

Sandvik Materials Technology

Sandvik is a world leading producer and supplier of corrosion resistant materials with more than 40 years experience delivering high quality products and developing grades for various fertilizer applications. Especially for high pressure urea service most of the plants in the world use our products and the longest service record has been set with Sandvik grades.

SCHOELLER-BLECKMANN NITEC GmbH

Schoeller-Bleckmann Nitec (SBN), a member of the Christof-Group, are specialists in the fabrication of high pressure heatexchangers and reactors for the fertilizer industry and particularly for ammonia and urea plants.

Comprehensive material knowledge and decades of know-how in the design and production of sophisticated pressure vessels in either monowall or multilayer construction result in optimum implementation of customers’ requirements, while focusing on highest possible quality in design and finish as well as on-time delivery.

As a leading manufacturer of high-pressure equipment, SBN can also offer its customers special services on site, for example the welding of high-pressure urea piping, repair of heat exchangers or the dismantling and new installation of equipment.

EUROTECNICA CONTRACTORS AND ENGINEERS SPA

Established in 1962, and headquartered in Milan - Italy, Eurotecnica Contractors and Engineers SpA is known for its leading position as technology provider, designer and implementer of melamine production plants. 
With 40 years of experience in the melamine, Eurotecnica has transformed this business from a market with few players to a worldwide open market.
Urea-melamine easy integration, total-zero-pollution, low energy consumption, superior reliability, are top-notch features of proprietary Euromel® melamine process.
Twenty-one melamine plants, accounting for more than 670,000 MTPY in licensed nameplate capacity, are based on Euromel® melamine process.
Since 2007 ETCE has been part of Proman Group, a global leader in natural gas derived products, with operations and assets all over the world including in Europe, the United States, Trinidad and Tobago and Oman.

Tubacex

TUBACEX is a leading global producer of stainless steel seamless tubes with a fully integrated production process including steelmelting, hot extrusion and cold rolling or drawing of the tubes. More than 10 Mills around the world enable Tubacex to offer high quality products for the fertilizer industry
TUBACEX offers high quality products for Urea Industry, such as 316LUG, 25.22.2 and S32906, as well as all grades used in Ammonia, Nitric Acid, Melamine… or any other application in the Fertilizer Industry. Grades available in a wide dimensional range that covers OD6mm to 72” tubes, pipes, fittings and additional materials on demand.

Johnson Matthey

Johnson Matthey is a global leader in science that enables a cleaner and healthier world and our vision is for a world that’s cleaner and healthier; today and for future generations. With over 200 years of sustained commitment to innovation and technological breakthroughs, we improve the function, performance and safety of our customers’ products. We use science to create innovative products and our science has a global impact in areas such as low emission transport, pharmaceuticals, chemical processing and making the most efficient use of the planet’s natural resources. One in every three new cars carries an emission control catalyst from Johnson Matthey; toxic carbon monoxide and unburned hydrocarbons go into the catalyst, cleaner air comes out. Our catalysts stop around 20 million tonnes of pollutants in their tracks every year.  Today more than 14,000 Johnson Matthey professionals collaborate with our network of customers and partners to make a real difference to the world around us. We remain committed to tackling new challenges to build a cleaner and healthier future for the generations to come.

thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions

thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions is one of the world’s leading designer and supplier of plants for the chemical, petrochemical, coke, minerals and mining, and the automotive industries and also for marine vessels. For the Nitrogen and Syngas Industries, thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions offers own and licensed technologies and EPC competence for all kinds of fertilizer plants including ammonia, urea, ammonium nitrate, DAP etc. as well as nitric acid, hydrogen and explosives or own processes for the production of Methanol ranging from 10 tons per day to the unique single train up to 10,000 tons per day AdWinMethanol ® process. For greenhouse gas reduction in nitric acid plants, the EnviNOx® system is available. High pressure equipment, prefabricated  isometrics (piping)  and valves for the urea industries are offered from thyssenkrupp’s own manufacturing branch Uhde High Pressure Technologies and the world’s leading Fluidized Bed Granulation Technology for urea is licensed by thyssenkrupp Fertilizer Technology. Our customers benefit from cost-effective high-tech solutions in construction of new production units, improvement of existing plants and the entire range of services for the full life cycle of their plants. That’s what we call 360° Service.

KBR Technology

KBR is a global provider of differentiated professional services and technologies across the asset and program lifecycle within the Government Solutions and Energy sectors. KBR employs approximately 38,000 people worldwide (including our joint ventures), with customers in more than 80 countries, and operations in 40 countries, across three synergistic global businesses: Government Solutions, Technology Solutions and Energy Solutions.

KBR Technology Solutions is focused on the monetization of hydrocarbons in refining, olefins, chemicals, ammonia and fertilizer, evaporation and crystallization, acid treatment, automation technologies, etc. KBR has licensed, designed or constructed more than 60 greenfield refineries and over 1,000 refining units of every type and size the world over. KBR has been a leader in olefin plant design, construction and technology development for more than 50 years. In ammonia technology, KBR has been involved in the licensing, design, engineering, and/or construction of more than 230 grass roots ammonia plants and over 100 revamp ammonia projects globally.

BUTTING

BUTTING is one of the leading processors of stainless steels. Products include:
• Stainless steel welded pipes
• Clad pipes
• Customised components
• Spools and plant construction
Our core competences are in forming and welding techniques and in materials engineering. BUTTING products meet the highest quality standards. Customers all over the world are using the products of this family-owned company. The variety of services can be seen in the structure pipes for the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa / Dubai, or the fuel lines for the Ariane launch vehicle as well as over 1,900 km of clad pipes for various offshore projects.