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hands of Presidents of the key industry
associations for the chemical industry,
who all lent their support. They in-
cluded: Mr. Rajen Mariwala, Presi-
dent, Indian Chemical Council (ICC);
Mr. Lalit Chadha, President, Associa-
tion of Small and Medium Chemical
Manufacturers (ASMECHEM);
Mr. Yashwant Zaveri, President, Indian
Speciality Chemicals Manufacturers
Association (ISCMA); Mr. Vipul Thosani,
President, Chemical and Alkali
Merchants Association (CAMA); and
Mr. Raj Kumar Bharech, President,
Indian Chemical Merchants & Manu-
facturers Association (ICMMA).

Technology Showcase
For the first time this year, the
organisers had created a ‘Technology
Showcase’ for publicly funded labora-
tories to showcase their technological
offerings. Institutes that participated
included: CSIR-National Chemical
Laboratory, Pune; CSIR-Central Salt
and Marine Chemicals Research Insti-
tute, Bhavnagar; CSIR-Indian Institute
of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad;
Institute of Chemical Technology,
Mumbai; Birla Institute of Technology
and Sciences, Goa; and Indian Insti-
tute of Technology, Bombay.

Well-attended conference programme
Another feature of this year’s event
was the free-to-attend Chemical Busi-
ness Outlook Conferences, which high- by Vimal Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., shows will return next year on April
lighted business and technology trends a leading distributor of speciality 29-30 at Halls 2, 3 and 6. “We have
in the chemical industry and featured ingredients for the personal care indus- already received fi rm interest of parti-
leading experts from India and abroad. tries, in partnership with HPIC India, cipation from most of our exhibitors –
India’s leading news magazine for the large and small – and are in the pro-
Three Exhibitor Showcases – home, personal and institutional care cess of fi nalising our fl oor plans. We
ChemExpo (April 24), ChemProTech industries. Students from a handful are moving to a newly built Hall 6,
(April 25) and ChemLogistics (April of colleges participated in three cate- from Hall 1, and are confi dent that we
25) – provided another opportunity for gories – skin care, hair care and colour will fully sell out the space available
exhibitors to showcase their offerings cosmetics – by presenting innovative in all the three halls that we have fully
to visitors, and was well attended. formulations, as well as marketing and booked. The 2025 event will build on
commercial plans for product launch. the success of 2024, and will be even
Students Excellence Awards bigger and better,” said Mr. Vijay
A fi rst-of-its kind event was the Strong interest for 2025 Raghavan, Director, Chemexpo Exhi-
Students Excellence Awards, conducted ChemExpo and its associated bitions.

128 Chemical Weekly May 7, 2024

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