Palm Oil Processing

About us

IChemE’s Palm Oil Processing Special Interest Group (POPSIG) provides a forum to enable knowledge transfer, exchange of best practices and sharing experience to all that are interested in the palm oil industry.

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Objectives

  • share and promote best practices
  • encourage innovation in processing oil palm products
  • promote professional aspects of the palm oil industry, from its traditional areas of milling, refining and oleochemicals down to nutraceuticals, biogas and energy, biomass, biofuels and bio-based chemicals
  • act as a focal point for all those interested in the process aspects of oil palm processing

Activities

  • technical seminars, workshops, site visits, webinars and physical evening talks to support professional development and networking
  • quarterly newsletter
  • yearly forum, exhibition, international congress and conference
  • POPSIG awards and bursaries
  • support for the annual IChemE Malaysia Palm Oil Award

Invitation to speak

We welcome individuals from both academia and industry to deliver talks related to the palm oil industry. If you would like to contribute, please do not hesitate to contact our Event Management committee at popsigmalaysia@gmail.com.

Joining instructions

Access to this group is a member exclusive benefit. To join the group and receive notifications of activities, log in and click the 'Join Group' button at the top of the page.

Contact us

Need some help? Contact us through our member group support team.

For any enquiries regarding this technical networking community, please contact Ir Associate Professor Dr Viknesh Andiappan (Chair of POPSIG) and Dr How Bing Shen (Secretary) at popsigmalaysia@gmail.com.

  • participate in our events
  • organise an industrial visit in palm oil industry
  • ask us about POPSIG — see FAQs.

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