With the FOIC 2023, International Conference & Exhibition taking place from 16th-18th March, 2023 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel.......
ContinueOptimising the performance of customers’ processes, time and time again, through automation, efficient energy.....
Continue First, I would like to thank OTAI-WZ Team for organizing
the FOIC 2023 conference & exhibition focusing on energy.....
The Oil Technologists’ Association of India Western Zone (OTAl-WZ) was established in 1960 under the leadership of late Prof. J. G. Kane with initially just 16 members. Over the last 5 decades, OTAI-WZ has grown from strength to strength under the inspiring leadership of the past eminent Presidents and today has a membership of over 700, which is the highest among the 5 zones of OTAI.
ContinueWith the FOIC 2023, International Conference & Exhibition taking
place from 16 th -18 th March, 2023 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Mumbai, India
will be the place again for the edible oil world coming together and we look
forward to welcoming the world-wide edible oil community again at FOIC-
2023.
The FOIC 2023, the International Conference is organised by Oil
Technologist’s Association of India-Western Zone (OTAI-WZ). OTAI-
Western Zone was established in a year 1960 under the leadership of Late
Prof. J.G. Kane. The OTAI-WZ is a largest among all zones and has played
a very active role in fulfilling the objectives of the association since
inception. The zone has organised several refresher courses and 40
seminars on National & International scale from year 1968.
The main theme of FOIC-2023 Conference is “MEETING THE
CHALLENGES OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN PROCESS INNOVATIONS
AND AUTOMATION”.
Therefore, during this schedule conference FOIC-2023 will be packed
with following well defined & structural modules.
* Energy Efficiency in Process-Innovations in the field of Process Energy
Conservation
* Process Automation-Precise Process Control, Data logging & analysis.
* Analytical Instrumentation
The FOIC-2023 Conference & Exhibition is an ideal platform to share
& gain the latest technology to the global fats & oil community. The high-
level conference attracts eminent presenters and an international audience
from all over the world.
Kindly mark your calendar for 16 th , 17 th & 18 th of March, 2023.
I look forward to welcoming you to FOIC-2023.
Optimising the performance of customers’ processes, time and time again, through automation,
efficient energy management and latest technique in analytical instrumentation is highly crucial for
sustainable profitability in today’s competitive environment!
Continuous improvement of energy requires establishing effective energy management practices
and processes to guide the energy program.
Organizations seeing the financial returns from superior energy management continuously strive to
improve their energy performance. No matter the size or type of organisation, the common
element of successful energy management is commitment.
In recent years, many technological innovations have enabled the processes in the Fats, Oils and
Oleo-chemicals industries to become more energy efficient, less cumbersome, safer, less energy
intensive and more environmentally friendly.
Several proven techniques and processes for control and energy reclamation shall be presented
during the upcoming FOIC 2023 conference. Since the main focus of this international conference &
exhibition is to take the delegates through the solutions that are applicable in an industrial context,
we have chosen to limit ourselves to techniques that are well proven and available on the market.
These technologies need to be illustrated with practical applications that demonstrate their energy
efficiency in various processing sectors of Fats, Oils and Oleochemcials etc.
So I appeal to all my industrial intellectuals, technocrats, decision makers, scientists ,visionaries &
energy conscious Industrial advisors to please come all, join all and let us meet and deliberate
together the challenges of energy efficient process invocations & automation
Let us make FOIC 2023 a bigger success story than ever before!
First, I would like to thank OTAI-WZ Team for organizing the FOIC 2023 conference & exhibition focusing on energy efficiency in the process & automation! In today’s energy scarce scenario, it becomes necessary to update operating efficiency of Oils & Fats processing industry by way of adopting latest techniques related to energy conservation in process with the help of instrumentation and process automation using PLC / DCS & compatible software. In case of heat energy, regenerative system / equipment & appropriate process design can be adopted while electrical energy by way of choosing right equipment designs & devices! This conference is an opportunity to processors, OEMs and system integrators to evaluate update technology available and the status of the process industry. This will channelize the scope to upgrade the running processing facilities as well as guidelines to upcoming investors in field adopting latest technologies! Incorporating the process automation & instrumentation is need of the hour for process industry facilitates better control over operations, helps in having day today consumption (raw material, chemicals, utilities) & stock data, product & byproduct quality data in defining the process efficiency. These data are ready inputs for respective commercial decisions! Till year 2008, the automation systems were out of reach of small / medium processors but since then due to globalization the prices are affordable! FOIC 2023 comprise of exhibition & presentations from the experts of the industry, research organizations and individuals like scientists / consultant on the theme subject. This is an opportunity to directly interact with each other and share the views, can catalyze the thought process. My sincere appeal to the Oil Technologists & Chemists, Eng. & Technology Consultants, Professionals and Business decision makers to spare some time from their busy schedule to attend this informative event. At last, I would like to mention, “to restrict greenhouse gases impact on environment, necessary to block the energy wastages and developing techniques to use non conventional & alternative sources of energy! Energy saving is universal cause with no boundaries! So, let’s take it as ‘Global Mission’ and move towards the next generation target of ‘Net Zero Emissions’! Every calorie saved is produced!
The Oil Technologists’ Association of India Western Zone (OTAl-WZ) was established in 1960 under the leadership of late Prof. J. G. Kane with initially just 16 members. Over the last 5 decades, OTAI-WZ has grown from strength to strength under the inspiring leadership of the past eminent Presidents and today has a membership of over 700, which is the highest among the 5 zones of OTAI. OTAI WZ has played an active role in furthering the objectives of the Association since it's inception. The zone has organized over 27 refresher courses / workshops and 34 Seminars on national and international Scale from 1968. Notable among them are 50th Annual Convention combined with International Seminar and Expo at Mumbai in 1995. National Seminar on "Newer Business Trends in Oleochemicals " at Mumbai in 2003. Asian Conference on Soaps, Detergents and Cosmetics (ASDC) at Goa in 2005. National Seminar on " Value Addition of Oleochemicals " at Mumbai in 2006. International Conference on Soaps, Detergents and Cosmetics (RSDC) at Goa in 2008. International Conference on Soaps, Detergents and Cosmetics (ISDC) at Mumbai in 2011. National Seminar on "Latest Developments in Vegetable Oil Processing" at Mumbai in 2012. International Conference on Soaps, Detergents and Cosmetics (ISDC) at Goa in 2014. SCODET Asia Conference at Mumbai in 2016 and 2017. The Western Zone is able to function efficiently due to the tireless efforts put in by the office bearers and other executive committee members many of whom also took additional responsibility as Conveners of the sub-committees of the conference. Due to its varied activities, OTAI WZ was able to have its impact on the development of several technologies, research activities, implementation of essential fiscal measures and imparting technical training to the personnel associated with the oil Industry.OTAI WZ and Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) have signed a MOU in 2017 to promote research and create awareness about the usefulness of palm oil. The Oil Technologists' Association of India (OTAI), founded in 1943 is a premier organization of technologists, research chemists, managers, engineers and industrialists working for the production, processing and research on oilseeds, oils, surfactants and allied products. It has membership of over 1600 from all over the world. The Association functions through five autonomous zones, viz. Central at Kanpur, Northern at New Delhi, Eastern at Kolkata, Western at Mumbai and Southern at Hyderabad. The activities of the zones and the central committees are coordinated by the OTAl head quarter at Harcourt Butler Technological Institute (HBTI), Kanpur. The foremost aim of the Association is to promote advancement of the knowledge in the fields of chemistry and technology of oils, fats, surfactants and related products. It also aims to raise the status and professional competence of its members. It also endeavours all-round rational economic development of the oils and fats resources of the country and their utilization. The Association publishes a quarterly journal, the Journal Of Lipid Science and Technology, which is of international repute. Presently OTAI is headed by Mr. Satish Khadke join OTAI