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.

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