Velan Balan is a mechanical engineer from the University of Madras, India. He is the founder and managing director of Scorpio Engineering BMH P Ltd in India and has more than 40 years' experience in powder handling equipment and system design, engineering, installation and commissioning. The Company specializes in dense and dilute phase pneumatic conveying and covers all things powder -from in-plant powder handling, weighing, mixing, batching, dust control, silo storage to ship loading and unloading. Scorpio is a turnkey systems company and offers customers single point responsibility in powder handling projects. Velan is a regular speaker at powder handling conferences worldwide, is widely travelled and was a keen motorbiker till age put paid to it.