Ordnance Factory Medak

Ordnance Factory Medak (OFMK) (Hindi: आयुध निर्माणी मेदक), previously called Ordnance Factory Project Medak (OFPM) while in its development stage, is a factory owned by Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited, a company that manufactures armoured vehicles and was one of the 41 Indian ordnance factories under the erstwhile Ordnance Factories Board of the Ministry of Defence, controlled by Government of India. It is spread over an area of 3023 acres and has an employee strength of about 3000 personnel. The company is headed only by an IOFS officer called General Manager (ex officio Additional Secretary to Government of India) who is the chief executive officer responsible for the overall management of the company and is the main judicial authority. OFMK is the only manufacturer of Infantry Combat Vehicles (ICVs) in India.

Ordnance Factory Medak (OFMK) (formerly)
Company typepart of Armoured Vehicles Nigam
IndustryDefence
Founded1984 (1984) Medak, India
Key people
Alok Prasad, IOFS
(General Manager)
ProductsArmoured fighting vehicles
Number of employees
~3,000
Websitewww.ofmedak.gov.in
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