8th Annual OPEX in Chemicals Summit 2026

India's chemical industry is entering a transformative growth phase, driven by digital manufacturing, sustainability mandates, supply chain realignment, and rising global demand for specialty and performance chemicals. With the sector projected to reach nearly USD 255 billion by 2030, Indian chemical manufacturers are accelerating investments in Operational Excellence (OpEx), smart manufacturing, AI-led operations, predictive maintenance, and resilient supply chain strategies to stay globally competitive.

The 8th Annual OpEx in Chemicals India Summit 2026 will bring together industry leaders, plant heads, manufacturing experts, digital transformation leaders, supply chain strategists, and technology innovators to explore the next era of operational excellence in the chemical sector. The summit will focus on enhancing plant reliability, improving OEE, optimizing cost and energy efficiency, strengthening EHS frameworks, and enabling data-driven decision-making across chemical operations.

As the industry moves from Industry 4.0 toward intelligent and connected operations powered by AI, ML, Industrial IoT, and Agentic AI, organizations are redefining productivity, workforce capabilities, and sustainability performance.

The conference will also address critical market challenges including global margin pressures, supply chain volatility, decarbonization, regulatory compliance, import substitution, and operational resilience. Through keynote sessions, case studies, and strategic panel discussions, the summit aims to create a collaborative platform for benchmarking best practices and shaping the future of efficient, sustainable, and digitally enabled chemical manufacturing in India.

THOUGHT LEADERS

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TOPIC HIGHLIGHTS

  • TPM, lean & OpEx frameworks: A systematic methodology for chemical manufacturing
  • The role of AI, analytics & RPA in driving sustainable operational excellence
  • World-Class maintenance: Enhancing reliability, OEE & predictive maintenance
  • Beyond compliance to Net-Zero excellence: Reimagining ESG, carbon intelligence, ZLD & sustainable chemical operations
  • Supply chain resilience, demand forecasting & financial planning in chemical operations

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
  • Process Excellence
  • Manufacturing Excellence
  • Business & Process Improvements / Excellence

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