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OFB in Brief
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OFB in Brief
Introduction
Indian Ordnance Factories is a giant industrial setup which
functions under the Department of Defence Production of
the Ministry of Defence.
Indian Ordnance Factories, headquartered at Kolkata, is a conglomerate of 41 Factories,
9 Training Institutes, 3 Regional Marketing Centres and 4 Regional Controller of Safety.
Today OFB along with its 41 factories spread over India provide
Geographical Spread
There are 41 Ordnance Factories
geographically distributed all over the country at 24 different locations.
A visual idea of how our factories and headquarters are distributed can be had from our
location map.
Our Product Range
Items produced in Ordnance Factories are highly sophisticated and complex in nature.
Also the range of products is simply astonishing.
Our products, as is evident from the list below, span across
a wide and exhaustive range of requirements of any armed forces.
For details see Products.
Technology
Our products must be safe in handling, reliable and perform consistently during actual
operation with equal efficiency under varying and extreme conditions of climate. The
plant and technologies have been so chosen as to ensure high degree of quality and reliability
and is a unique blend of old and the most modern stae-of-the-art CNC technologies.
The manufacturing process covers wide spectrum of engineering - Mechanical, Electrical,
Metallurgical, Chemical, Textile, Leather, Optics and Electronics.
It is our endeavour to manufacture world class products without compromising with
the safety aspects of products and processes. Adherence to safety standards is given
highest priority and a well laid down safety norm as well as diaster management plan exists
in the organisation.
Customers
The prime customers of Indian Ordnance Factories are the Indian Armed Forces.
Apart from supplying
armaments to the Armed Forces, Ordnance Factories also meet the requirement of other
customers viz. Central Paramilitary Forces and State Police Forces in respect of Arms, Ammunition,
Clothings, Bullet Proof Vehicles and Mine Protected Vehicles etc. Increase in volume of
Export, as an extension to its functioning remains an important objective of Ordnance
Factories.
For more details, please follow this link: Customers.
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