Engineering | innovation | People at thyssenkrupp | For Engineer's Week 2021, we talked to our engineers about their fascination with innovative technologies and their very personal motivations for becoming engineers.

Engineering | People at thyssenkrupp | thyssenkrupp worldwide | They research electromobility, construct huge industrial plants, develop software that enables production plants to communicate with each other, and even work in the most remote places in the world: engineers ensure progress - and hardly any job is as multifaceted as theirs. During the official "Engineers Week" we focus on their pioneering spirit and show the many different fields in which our engineers work. Maria Kharitonova is an HVAC engineer (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) at thyssenkrupp. She tells us why she chose engineering as a profession and why she still pursues it with great passion today.

Apprenticeship at thyssenkrupp | Career at thyssenkrupp | Engagement | People at thyssenkrupp | Even today, many people with disabilities find that they meet with a certain skepticism from employers when applying for jobs. Our experience is that with their individual skills and often exceptional motivation, people with disabilities are an asset to our sites.

Apprenticeship at thyssenkrupp | Career at thyssenkrupp | People at thyssenkrupp | The civil war in Syria has led to the biggest refugee crisis in the last 30 years: Roughly 11.6 million Syrians were on the move in 2015, and at least five million people fled their homeland. Ali Ali was one of them. He came to Germany in 2015 and now, five years later, he has successfully completed an apprenticeship with thyssenkrupp Materials Services.

Career at thyssenkrupp | Engineering | People at thyssenkrupp | thyssenkrupp worldwide | Under an order for the Hungarian MOL Group, thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions is building a vast chemical complex in Tiszaújváros, Hungary, 160 kilometers east of the capital Budapest. Scheduled to start operation in 2021, the plant will produce around 200,000 tons of polyols annually. It’s not just the size of the complex that makes it unique in the region. It will also set new standards in terms of efficiency, eco-friendliness, and automation. Nine months after the foundation stone laying, the project is well on track despite the impact of the coronavirus crisis. Katarina Letkova and Tomasz Morawski are two of the employees making this gigantic project a success.

Career at thyssenkrupp | People at thyssenkrupp | With over 27,000 employees, the Hungarian MOL Group is a leading international oil and gas company. A company with plans to grow bigger: as part of its “Vision 2030” growth strategy, a vast new chemical complex is currently under construction in the northeast of Hungary. thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions is building the production plants on a turnkey basis on a roughly 550,000 square meter site. The schedule is challenging, but specialists like Ionut Stanciu, Andrea Argiolas and Marian Bolinu are working hard to ensure the 2021 commissioning deadline can be met.