Energy Industry

By James Davies, Head of Turbomachinery Services at Sulzer. 

In November 2025, the UK Government released its North Sea Future Plan, bringing renewed focus to an industry that contributes around £20 billion annually to the UK economy. One component of the plan was the introduction of Energy Transition Certificates that will allow drilling in oilfields where production takes place on, or close to, existing fields and is tied back to platforms using existing infrastructure. This shift places these offshore assets firmly in the spotlight.

A European Manufacturing Decision That’s Not Just Tactical - It’s Strategic.
For many C-level leaders, manufacturing decisions are often framed in terms of cost, speed, and capacity. But in today’s energy-tech landscape, where you manufacture is increasingly a matter of strategic resilience, regulatory compliance, and even brand credibility. “When you’re bringing a product to the European market, you’re not just shipping hardware - you’re entering an ecosystem with expectations around traceability, sustainability, and speed,” says Gyula Virág, Sales Manager at REFU Hungary. “That’s where we come in - not just as a production site, but as a strategic enabler.” REFU Hungary was built for exactly this shift: to help companies reduce their dependency on long supply chains, avoid the growing risk of cross-border uncertainty, and meet Made-in-EU expectations without sacrificing agility or innovation. In an age where “cheaper” can become “costlier” - through delays, compliance issues, or reputational risk - the case for local, digitalized, and scalable production has never been stronger.

The region of Upper Silesia, Poland’s industrial heartland, bordering the Czech Republic and Slovakia, is the most industrialized and urbanized of Poland’s provinces - with coal mining, iron and steel production, power, and chemical plants. It is also here where EthosEnergy The region of Upper Silesia, Poland’s industrial heartland, bordering the Czech Republic and Slovakia, is the most industrialized and urbanized of Poland’s provinces - with coal mining, iron and steel production, power, and chemical plants. It is also here where EthosEnergy Poland S.A. is located - with fifty years of experience the enterprise is widely recognized by its customers, ranking among the top companies in its business and being a reliable partner in Poland and worldwide. EthosEnergy Poland S.A. is a company whose objective lies in exceeding the expectations of its customers.

Providing their clients with wide range of products and services for almost three decades, Rialex Crane Systems has earned a reputation as reliable and experienced partner in the handling equipment sector.

«Metallurgical plant «Electrostal» JSC, one of the leading metallurgical enterprises specializing in special-purpose steels and alloys production for industries defining the status of Russia as a great maritime, aerospace and power-generating country, celebrated its 100th Anniversary in 2017.

Heavy industry for years held a special position in, oriented exclusively on production, economies of countries in the Soviet area of influence.

OJSC Power Machines is the leading Russian manufacturer and supplier of complex equipment solutions for thermal, nuclear, hydraulic and gas-turbine power plants. The company is ranked in the list of hundred largest enterprises in Russia.

Joint Stock Company Atomstroyexport beyond doubt proposes its customers unique services. The company offers construction management of modern nuclear power plants adhering to international standards as well as reconstruction and modernization of the older plants.

ELSTA is a Polish company present in the market for over 20 years now, which operates in three branches: electrical power engineering, mining electronics and industrial automatics.

Elektrociepłownia “Będzin”S.A. has signed contracts for selling electricity to RWE Poland S.A. and Tauron POLSKA ENERGIA S.A. Its major recipient of hot water is Przedsiębiorstwo Energetyki Cieplnej Dąbrowa Górnicza S.A., and steam is supplied to several industrial and commercial Customers.