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Editorial

The New World

after Covid-19

I today more the ever we know that global problems can

am pleased to introduce the latest number of
Industrial Plants, the yearly publication for inter-
be solved with a global approach only, hence multilat-
eralism is the way. This is valid for pandemic and for
national audiences of ANIMP, the Italian
Antonio Careddu Association of Industrial Plant Engineering climate change too.
ANIMP President Companies, which includes engineering firms “ANIMP has emphasized
and general contractors, plant component
manufacturers, service suppliers as well as universi- decarbonisation, circular economy
ties, with the main focus on designing and building projects, the increasingly widespread
large industrial plants in every corner of the world. adoption of ESG concepts and the
With more than 500 current members, for over 50 preparation of many ‘green’ projects,
years ANIMP has strived to develop a world-class sup- particularly in order to take advantage
ply chain, competitive globally in any industrial plant
market, in order to promote growth, development, of today’s numerous incentive
innovation and international cooperation. programs
Following our tradition, the current issue shows a
selection of our industry’s recently completed projects Over the last year, among many other programs,
or of those under execution, both in international and ANIMP has emphasized decarbonisation, the launch
domestic markets, with special focus this year on the of factual circular economy projects, the increasingly
themes and geographies around the Dubai Expo widespread adoption of the ESG ‘credo’ - Environment,
2020. Social, Governance, and above all the preparation of
What a world in which we are living now! Although the many ‘green’ projects, particularly in order to take
progress and the outcome of the pandemic and advantage of the numerous Governmental programs
related consequences are still quite uncertain, we see to stimulate aggregate demand and to re-launch the
that the world has started developing significant cor- world economies in a ‘green’ fashion:
rective measures: not only vaccinations, inevitably the
most important single factor, but also numerous 1 ANIMP has established and structured a collabo-
changes in individual behavior and habits as well as in rative JIP (Joint Industry Program) among many
new business models: more focus on collaborative players, large and small, for the creation of indus-
digital solutions, a rationalization of the supply chains, try-shared guidelines on quantitative metrics to
etc. – in many ways, we live in a different world and assess the environmental, social and governance

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