At the World Exhibition of Innovation, Research and New Technologies Brussels INNOVA 2013 Fertilizers Research Institute Inorganic Chemistry Division "IChN" in Gliwice, together with the other collaborating institutions won 3 Gold Medals for the following inventions:
- "Process for the purification of fluids from flue gas desulphurisation from the fluorine compounds and a device for carrying out the method".
Authors: Piotr Maria Synowiec, Barbara Bunikowska, Bożenna Pisarska, Cezary Możeński, Stanislaw Jaworski, Marta Stechman, Tomasz Pepliński, Tomasz Krupa, Ryszard Jarosz,
- "Method of obtaining easy oiled insoluble sulfur in carbon disulphide".
Authors: Józef Jamroży, Stanislaw Świętoń, Tadeusz Blicharz, Marta Stechman, Stanislaw Płaza, Leszek Margielewski, Stanislaw Partyka, Krzysztof Chrobak, Monika Ciechomska,
- "Innovative non-flammable polymer nanocomposites for green applications".
Authors: IIMPiB - Maria Rajkiewicz, Ewa Kicko-Walczak, Grażyna Rymarz, "IChN" -Barbara Cichy, Marta Stechman.