7th Annual OPEX in Chemicals Summit 2025

India's chemical industry stands at a critical inflection point-rapidly evolving into a global manufacturing powerhouse. With a projected value of USD 300 billion by 2025 and ambitions to reach USD 1 trillion by 2040, the sector is one of the country's most dynamic and strategic growth engines. Contributing over 7% to the national GDP, it encompasses 80,000+ commercial products across segments such as bulk chemicals, specialty chemicals, agrochemicals, petrochemicals, polymers, dyes, and fertilizers. As the 6th largest chemical producer globally and 3rd in Asia, India is well-positioned to lead the next wave of chemical manufacturing innovation, especially in the face of global realignments in sourcing and sustainability expectations.

Amid this growth, operational excellence (OpEx) is no longer optional-it is a critical lever for ensuring competitiveness, agility, and long-term value creation. The 7th edition of the OPEX in Chemicals Summit will convene 150+ industry leaders, plant heads, CI/TPM champions, safety experts, and digital transformation officers for two days of high-impact discussions, knowledge exchange, and strategic networking.

Participants will also gain insights into how organizations are navigating talent challenges, embracing Industry 5.0, and building resilient supply chains amid volatile global markets. Whether you're focused on productivity, safety, sustainability, or digital transformation, this summit provides a powerful platform to benchmark, network, and accelerate your OpEx journey.

THOUGHT LEADERS

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TOPIC HIGHLIGHTS

  • From industry 4.0 to 5.0: Enabling cognitive, connected, and sustainable operations
  • Strategic cost optimization: Balancing Capex and Opex under regulatory constraints
  • Building robust process safety management systems for hazardous chemical operations
  • Analytics in Continuous Improvement: How Data is Reshaping Operational Strategy?
  • Chemical Industry 2050: How Indian manufacturers can lead the global net zero transition?

KEY TAKEAWAYS

To get insights on how chemical companies should drive the excellence initiatives and ensure sustainability

Get acquainted with some of the emerging practices in achieving operational excellence

Get insights from industry case study

Get to learn collective experiences from industry experts

Get to network with senior industry professionals from operational excellence functions and major players of the chemical industry

WHO WILL YOU MEET?

Functional heads of:

  • Production
  • Manufacturing & Operations
  • Plant & Site
  • Engineering
  • Operations
  • Plant
  • Engineering
  • Process Excellence
  • Manufacturing Excellence
  • Strategic Planning
  • Business & Process Improvements / Excellence
  • Inventory Management

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?

A platform to learn from the collective experience of front running chemical manufacturers in India on their approaches, challenges and solutions being implemented for driving operational excellence programs.


TESTIMONIALS

Great opportunities to interact with industrial colleagues. Good networking.
Arun Berawala
General Manager - Manufacturing
Sumitomo Chemical India Ltd
The conference had good arrangements. The speakers were industry experts & well experienced.
Ashish R Ladu
Sr. Manager + EGS / RC
Sumitomo Chemical India Ltd
In the conference, we learnt what '' NOT TO DO'' in a transformation journey. We also witnessed the success cases & proven work done.
Sudhanshu Kumar Thakur
Sales Manager
Image Grafix Software Solutions
The summit improved our thinking process.
Vishal Joshi
Silox India Pvt. Ltd.
The event gave us a new exposure to - different companies frame work , how they work , how to sustain , how they have been doing protection in companies.
Shatrughan Gupta
Sr. Manager Production
Silox India Pvt. Ltd.
The topic of supply chain digitization on day 1 & energy efficiency by OPEX was a good session.
Nirav Vyas
Assistant Manager - OPEX
Arkema Chemicals
The conference was wonderful where we could learn - key requirement & methodology to excel the efficiency of an organisation.
Sandipan Pramanik
Chief Manager
Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.
The conference is very impressive in terms of concepts considered in presentations, involving various industrial experts for sharing their experience in operational excellence, explanations with case studies, focusing on individual participants & time management etc.
I. Pavan Kumar
Chief Manager - Production
Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.
We got the map towards improvementon process excellence.
Sudhir m. kokil
DGM Production
Privi Speciality Chemical Ltd.
The summit was a platform for knowledge sharing & knowledge gaining. All panelists & speakers were good in knowledge, very good speakers as well. It was a very important summit to improve efficiency of production & reduce the cost of production which in turn add to profitability & competitive quality product.
Ashwin R. Jagtap
DGM - Engg
Privi Speciality Chemical Ltd.
The conference brings together the key stakeholders in the Indian chemical manufacturing & discuss on the latest trends in chemical manufacturing in various functions with the priority on OPEX excellence. Learnt a lot by networking with the people and looking forward to attending the upcoming conferences.
Manish Prasad
BDM
Tridiagonal Solution
Good event to explore!
Shriram B. Sampagaonkar
Director
Pretech Automation Pvt. Ltd.
Excellent event for OPEX seekers!
Punit Mehta
Director
Pretech /Prasliti.com
Very informative summit, broad & good perspectives are the best thing. It was a good event to attend.
Nitin V. Bhakare
Manager
Laxmi Organics
The summit gave us wide knowledge on different manufacturing setup. It gave us a view on latest technology operation in chemical manufacturing. It gave us an idea on how industry approaches the issue.
S. Venkatesh Babu
Head - Instramentation
Laxmi Organics
This is a very good platform to improve technical knowledge.
Swapnil S. Nanang
Manager (manufacturing)
Laxmi Organics
Practical case study for industry 4.0
Omkar Nandakumar Bagade
senior Manager Engineering Instrumentation
Laxmi Organics