7th Annual OPEX in Chemicals Summit 2025

India's chemical industry, comprising over 80,000 commercial products, is highly diverse and categorized into bulk chemicals, specialty chemicals, agrochemicals, petrochemicals, polymers, and fertilizers. As the 6th largest chemical producer globally and 3rd in Asia, it contributes 7% to the nation's GDP. Valued at approximately US$ 220 billion in 2022, India's chemical sector is expected to expand to US$ 300 billion by 2025 and reach US$ 1 trillion by 2040.

Operational excellence in the Indian chemical industry focuses on process optimization, safety, and sustainability through modern technologies like automation and digitalization. It aims to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and minimize environmental impact while adhering to high safety standards and continuous improvement methodologies.

The 7th edition of this summit will highlight best practices in process optimization, advanced manufacturing technologies, and the integration of automation and digital tools such as Advanced Process Control (APC) and Industry 4.0. The summit will explore how companies are embracing continuous improvement frameworks like Lean and Six Sigma to minimize waste, enhance safety, and improve overall performance.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Leveraging OpEx tools to boost productivity and efficiency in the chemical industry
  • Exploring strategies tailored for achieving operational excellence in multi-product chemical plants
  • Optimizing operational excellence with sustainability: A guide to achieving ESG and business objectives
  • Assessing the financial gains and sustainability advantages of implementing waste-to-product strategies
  • Predictive maintenance (PdM) of critical rotating equipment in process plant

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.

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?

Managing Directors, Vice Presidents, Directors, General Managers, Heads, Managers from:

  • Production
  • Supply Chain
  • Procurement
  • Manufacturing
  • Operations
  • Plant
  • Engineering
  • Quality Assurance
  • Quality Control
  • Strategic Planning
  • Business & Process Improvements
  • Inventory Management


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