OFB inaugurates three new facilities

Nagpur: Amid unions on a warpath against the government over corporatisation of the ordnance factory board (OFB), new facilities in three different factories were unveiled as a part of the Atma Nirbhar Bharat week. This includes one at the ordnance factory Chandrapur (OFC), in Maharashtra.
At Chandrapur, an automated assembly line for the production of Pinaka rockets has been set up. The system has been conceptualized by the factory along with M/s Godrej and Boyce. This will not only enhance the production capacity but also do away with most of the manual operations, said a press release issued by the OFB.
Assembly and testing facilities for the 12.7mm stabilized remote control gun (SRCG), a naval weapon, was also unveiled during the function held online. The facility which includes specialized building and equipment will be utilized for assembly and acceptance tests for the gun.
At the Opto electronic factory in Dehradun, a facility for production of sighting devices for the T-90 tanks was dedicated to the nation, said the press release.
Meanwhile, the All India Defence Employees Federation (AIDEF) has come up with a list of 19 items and has insisted that orders for these should be placed with the ordnance factories under the import embargo policy. A press release by AIDEF said that the factories have the capacities to make the 19 items and the private entities that have no prior experience should not be given work.
These include ammunition for armoured and artillery, assault rifles 155x39mm guns, light machine gun, aerial delivery systems, torpedoes and depth chargers.