Convention on Colorants 2013 (COC 13)

The 5th International Convention on Colorants (COC 13), an event for industry professionals, academicians, manufacturers and application specialists for exchanging knowledge, generating new ideas, identifying and solving issues, and debating future trends and possibilities in the colorants field, will be held on 8th and 9th January 2013.

Gujarat is the hub of the Indian Colorants industry and it is only befitting that this biennial event, being organized jointly by Department of Dyestuff Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology and The Dyestuff Manufacturers Association of India since 2005, will take place this time at Gandhinagar, with The Gujarat Dyestuff Manufacturers Association as Co-Organizer, and the support of iNDEXTb (engaged in promoting investments in Gujarat); to coincide with “Vibrant Gujarat Summit” (a biennial event institutionalized by the state government since 2003 to provide a focused platform for investment inflows). Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Government of India that has been taking keen interest in the welfare of Colorants industry shall, as in the past, be supporting the Convention.

Post COC 11, the world has witnessed unprecedented global upheavals; political unrest in the Middle East and financial woes in Europe with country after country seeking a bailout to prop up their economies. Emerging economies of China and India couldn’t escape the backlash. India, especially, continues to deal with high inflation and a falling rupee. Colorant manufacturers, now mainly concentrated in these two countries, are trying to cope up with a faltering global economy on the one hand and pressures to clean up manufacturing processes on the other.

COC 13 will try to address these inter-related issues by bringing some world experts as speakers. It is expected that a large number of delegates from Gujarat will participate in this Convention, because of the change in the venue. Concurrently, the organizers have made an attempt to keep the deliberations more specific to their needs, while ensuring that emerging trends are not overlooked. A Poster session has been included, which will offer a platform to research students for presenting their work.

Entrepreneurs, marketing and manufacturing professionals, R&D scientists and university researchers will benefit from participating in this Convention, renewing old contacts and making new ones.