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Government of India
Ministry of Defence
24-April-2015 16:04 IST

Ordnance Factories

There are 39 Ordnance Factories manufacturing Defence equipment. In addition, 2 factories are at project stage (one at Korwa, UP and another at Nalanda, Bihar).

Ordnance Factories manufacture a range of products and the manufacturing capacity created in different Ordnance Factories is interchangeable for similar kind of products to cater for the variable demand projected by the indenters in different years. Accordingly the manufacturing capacity for a specific product cannot be expressed as a fixed quantity. It may also not be prudent to divulge the information on production capacity in Ordnance Factories from a national security point of view. The List of Ordnance Factories, State/UT wise, along with their major products is mentioned as under:

STATE WISE DETAILS OF ORDNANCE FACTORIES:

Sl .No.	Factory/ Location		Major Product (s)
TELANGANA
1.	Ordnance Factory, Medak		Infantry Combat Vehicle
BIHAR
2.	Ordnance Factory, Nalanda, Bihar		Propellant Bi-modular charges System (At Project Stage).
CHANDIGARH
3.	Ordnance Cable Factory, Chandigarh		Cables of various types, optical sights
MAHARASHTRA
4.		Ammunition Factory, Kirkee, Pune	Small Arms ammunition
5.		High Explosive Factory, Pune	Explosives, Initiatory Explosives, Acids and Chemicals etc.
6.		Ordnance Factory, Chandrapur	Tank Gun Ammunition and Mortar ammunition.
7.		Ordnance Factory, Varangaon	Small Arms ammunition
8.		Ordnance Factory, Bhandara	Propellants and Commercial Explosives
9.		Ordnance Factory, Dehu Road	Various Pyrotechnic compositions
10.		Ordnance Factory, Ambajhari	Ammunition hardware for various ammunitions.
11.		Ordnance Factory, Ambarnath	Brass and Guilding Metal cups of various Calibre for small arms and other ammunition.
12.		Machine Tool Prototype Factory, Ambarnath	Design, development and manufacture of special purpose machine tools and equipment, components and sub-assemblies for A & B vehicles.
13.		Ordnance Factory, Bhusawal	Drums, Barrels, Ammunition boxes.
MADHYA PRADESH
14.		Ordnance Factory, Khamaria, Jabalpur	Small arms ammunition, anti aircraft ammunition, Heavy calibreanti tank ammunition, bombs, mines, ammunitions for Airforce and Navy.
15.		Ordnance Factory, Itarsi	Propellants of various types, Acid, Sulphuric Acid, Picriteetc
16.		Ordnance Factory, Katni	Non-Ferrous Rolled and Extruded sections, cups for small arms ammunitions, Heavy calibre cartridge cases
17.		Gun Carriage Factory, Jabalpur	Carriages for Artillery Guns, Tank Gun Recoil System, Anti aircraft Gun, Mortars
18.		Vehicle Factory, Jabalpur	Army Transport vehicles
19.		Grey Iron Foundry Jabalpur	Automobile casting of Grey and Malleable Iron
ODISHA
20.		Ordnance Factory, Badmal, Bolangir	Tank Gun and Artillery ammunition
TAMIL NADU
21.		Heavy Alloy Penetrator Project, Tiruchirapalli	Empty Shots for Kinetic Energy ammunition.
22.	Ordnance Factory, Trichy, Tiruchirapalli			Small Arms
23.	Heavy Vehicle Factory, Avadi			Tanks
24.	Engine Factory, Avadi			Engines for Battle Tanks and ICV
25.	Ordnance Clothing Factory, Avadi			All Combat Clothing and Parade Garments, Parachutes
26.	Cordite Factory, Aruvankadu			Propellant of various types.
UTTARAKHAND
27.	Ordnance Factory, Dehradun			Sighting and Fire Control instruments for tanks, Fire Control instruments for Guns and Mortars, Binoculars.
28.	Opto Electronic Factory, Dehradun			Precision Opto Mechanical/Electronic Instruments for sighting and fire control for A vehicles.
UTTAR PRADESH
29.	Ordnance Factory, Muradnagar			Plain Carbon and alloy steel castings for Tanks, ammunitions, Steel forgings.
30.	Ordnance Factory, Kanpur			Medium & High calibre guns, Shell empties.
31.	Small Arms Factory, Kanpur			Small Arms.
32.	Field Gun Factory, Kanpur			High Calibre Ordnance & Spare Barrels, .32” Revolver
33.	Ordnance Equipment Factory, Kanpur			Leather items, textile items, engineering equipments including mountaineering items
34.	Ordnance Parachute Factory, Kanpur			Parachutes of different types.
35.	Ordnance Clothing Factory, Shahjahanpur			All Combat Clothing, Textile and Tentage items
36.	Ordnance Equipment Factory, Hazratpur			Tents & other clothing items
37.	Ordnance Factory, Korwa.			For production of carbines. (At Project Stage).
WEST BENGAL
38.	Gun & Shell Factory, Cossipore			Medium Calibre Guns, Shells &Fuzes, pistols and Rocket Launcher
39.	Rifle Factory, Ishapore			Small Arms.
40.	Metal and Steel Factory, Ishapore			Various Ferrous and non-ferrous castings & extrusions, Light/Medium/Heavy Steel Forgings including Gun Barrel Forgings
41.	Ordnance Factory, Dum Dum			Various Precision Machined and Fabricated items for Defence Forces.

Ordnance Factories have ISO 9000 certified Quality Management System (QMS) as well as National Accreditation Board for Laboratories (NABL) accredited Labs. Items manufactured in Ordnance Factories are inspected by Quality Control wing of concerned Ordnance Factory during manufacturing process; besides there is surveillance audit and Final Acceptance Inspection (FAI) by Directorate General of Quality Assurance (DGQA) as second party Quality Assurance agency. Only the products conforming to laid down specifications are issued to the User.

There is no return of defective defence equipment to Ordnance Factories from the User during the last three years.

Government has taken various steps for further improving upon the quality systems in Ordnance Factories. Some of the major steps are:-

Exclusive Quality Control set up: Each Ordnance Factory has got exclusive Quality Control Department dedicated to look after all the Quality functions of the factory.

Audit of manufacturing process: At factory level, to check any deviation from the standards, process audits are carried out on a regular basis by factory, Quality Audit Group (QAG) of Ordnance Factories and surveillance audit by DGQA.

Quality Review Meetings: Quality Review Meetings are being organized every month in all the Ordnance Factories along with the representatives of DGQA to review in process deviation, analyse the defects and improvements.

Introduction of NQDBMS (Networked Quality Data base Management System): For better communication & transparency, NQDBMS has been implemented in all Ordnance Factories. Matters related to NQDBMS are reviewed every month with local unit of DGQA at factory level.

Customer feedback: Representatives from Factories visit the field units as well as users of all ranks from field units are also invited to visit the Factories for feedbacks on the products supplied by OFB.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh in a written reply to Shri Dharambir and others in Lok Sabha today.

HH/RAJ