The Big Interview - AK Tyagi, CMD, Nuberg EPC
25 Years of Turning Ideas into Reality
Milestones, whether small or big, is an occasion for celebration and for Nuberg EPC which is celebrating 25 years of successful commissioning of EPC Projects on any ideas because of their global expertise and acumen, it is an inspiration to further expand their excellence.
EPC World, June 2021
Twenty five years of successfully and timely
commissioning EPC project world over, Nuberg
EPC has come a long way. Started in 1996 by AK
Tyagi, today Nuberg EPC is a name to reckon with
amongst global EPC players. Right from the inception of Nuberg
EPC, AK Tyagi has a penchant for challenges. "Executing the
impossible has been in our blood from inception – our tagline
Making Ideas Happen is our DNA. Our first major project was
an impossible project for a newly formed company. The project
involved the relocation of a plant from the UK to Bangladesh -
navigating the myriad technological, legal, logistical and resource
challenges. Its success led to fifteen Greenfield projects in
Bangladesh for us. It also set the ball rolling for the core set of
learnings and domain expertise that went on to define Nuberg
EPC and our roadmap to success," says AK Tyagi.
With sustained focus and determination, today, Nuberg
EPC is the number one player in the EPC industry for
Hydrogen Peroxide and Calcium Chloride. They are the
number two EPC Company for Caustic Soda / Chlor-Alkali
Plants globally. "We are amongst the world's fastest-growing
EPC organizations with a specialized team of more than 300
engineers providing global competitiveness," says AK Tyagi.
Till now, Nuberg has successfully delivered over 60 turnkey
projects across 32+ countries. "Our technology know-how
and global experience of operating in more than 30 countries
help us deal with laws, statutory requirements, and societal
norms across geographical diversities," says AK Tyagi.
Nurturing manpower talents
portance and respect to their employees. "The core engineering talent with the company is our biggest strength. We learnt the importance of engineering talent in our first Bangladesh project and have maintained a laser focus on ensuring a high skillset and capacity. Nuberg EPC thus invests more in engineers than the industry norm that can be noted with the strength of more than 300 engineers with more than 300,000 available person-hours," says AK Tyagi. While the EPC sector is abound with high level of attrition, in Nuberg EPC it is hardly heard of. "There is an acknowledged talent shortage and thus a higher cost outlay in the industry. However, for Nuberg EPC, it is our investment in their wellbeing (economical, mental, safety, empathy, and growth) that has helped us retain and attract the best talent. We have thus been able to expand our leadership and offerings," says AK Tyagi.
From inception to commissioning – Nuberg EPC
True to its tagline "Making Ideas Happen" and the dynamic leadership of AK Tyagi, over the years the company has brought itself to a level where they have developed capabilities to deliver customized projects. "Our company can do EPC around any ideas and products because of our global multi product capabilities and experiences,' says AK Tyagi. He shared a few of its challenging projects, which they commissioned in spite of various adversities. "For instance, you are setting up a particular plant that requires a patented technology (as in how to go from raw materials to the final product) for the execution process of establishing a plant. We could make partnerships with global technology licensors, and our engineering depth and breadth help us deliver the EPC around it and commission the plant in a turnkey manner. For illustration, executing the Sulphur Bentonite project for National Fertilisers in Panipat was unexplored territory to us. Consequently, we did the tie-up with GTC USA for the technology and then leveraged our strengths to deliver the plant to National Fertilisers," says AK Tyagi.
Anil Tyagi is the founder and CMD of Nuberg EPC,
global engineering, procurement, construction (EPC),
fabrication and project management company,
specializing in chemical process plants across sectors. With
over three decades of vast experience spanning EPC projects
worldwide, Anil is a name to reckon with, in the chemical
industry. Anil's pioneering work and engineering prowess has
catapulted Nuberg to innovate in-house technology for Chlor-
Alkali, Sulfuric Acid and Hydrogen Peroxide Plants. Driving
force behind is an aim to develop and offer large scale,
excellent industrial solutions at affordable costs.
He has an extensive and diverse expertise in project
engineering, project installation and commissioning, process
design, trouble-shooting and project management. Anil, a
dynamic personality infused with entrepreneurial spirit, has
soared to great heights in process solving complex technical
engineering problems, design, streamlining and optimization
of manufacturing process value chain and process
management.
A mechanical engineer by profession, Anil with his farsighted
vision and strategic business acumen founded Nuberg
in 1996, after 10 years of experience in the private sector. He
has contributed the necessary leadership and impetus to the
group and with a clearly defined objective of bringing the best
in the industry, he has transformed Nuberg into world-class
organization operating in more than 32 countries. Backed by
strength of 300+ qualified engineers, an 115000 sq m.
State-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Gujarat and research
facility in Sweden, Nuberg provides EPC serves across
Chemicals & Fertilizers, Energy & Infrastructure, Steel and
Nuclear & Defense industries.
Leading from the front
AK Tyagi's acumen and foresightedness and his
extensive and diverse expertise in project engineering,
project installation and commissioning, process design,
trouble-shooting and project management has helped
him to identify emerging opportunities. "The industry
dynamic however is shifting and has created
opportunities for many new products that we are
confident to deliver.
I wish to discuss one such product (Sulfolane),
which we did for a Saudi Arabian client. This product
was again a new specialty chemical that was not
explored by us previously. The next product is Anisole,
and we have seen many such products coming into the
market depending on their domestic dynamics. The
Middle Eastern nations have realized that they can no
longer bank on the oil economy, and they have to
develop non-oil industries. There is a huge demand for
new products, especially Specialty Chemicals, and also
traditional/basic chemical products (Caustic Soda,
Calcium Chloride, Sulfuric Acid, Hydrogen Peroxide,
etc) that were earlier imported. However, now they
desire to build their own capacities," says AK Tyagi.
The company has its own R&D facility in Sweden,
EB Nuberg that intends to contribute with innovative
technology for specialty chemicals. The company's
state-of-art manufacturing facility in India produces
Pressure Vessels, Reactors, Heat Exchangers, Columns
& Towers, and Tanks. "We own a 115,000 sq m
manufacturing plant in Gujarat, which manufactures
large industrial equipment and machinery that caters to
EPC projects as part of Nuberg EPC. We cater to
numerous international as well as large Indian clients
such as big PSUs and private companies," says AK
Tyagi. In addition to this, the company provides
technology & engineering services, EPC & LSTK
solutions, heavy fabrication works, technology knowhow,
engineering, procurement, construction and
project management. Nuberg EPC actively cater to
sectors - chemicals and fertilizer; nuclear and defence;
energy & infrastructure and steel – right from ideation
to final commissioning.
Emerging Opportunities
"We believe that the opportunities in the EPC sector are huge
and 2021 looks to be the landmark year for the sector," says AK
Tyagi. As the GCC countries are looking to transform their
economies from oil dependent industries to non-oil dependent
industries. Nuberg EPC is diversifying into various industries
including manufacturing of specialty chemicals. "This has resulted
in spree of new projects across the entire region," says AK Tyagi.
There is also increased focus on exploring usage of Hydrogen
as a clean fuel in existing and new projects, especially as it is also the
feedstock for green chemicals. For Nuberg EPC, Hydrogen –
Green, Grey and Blue; 2G & 3G Ethanol, Water Electrolysis,
Water Soluble Fertilizers and Next Generation Nutrients are in
focus currently.
© This article was first published in EPC World, June 2021.
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