Visitors explore Ordnance Factory Board products at Defense Expo

Visitors exploring various products of Ordnance Factory Board at DefExpo 2012 in Delhi, India.

Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), consisting of the Indian Ordnance Factory, is an industrial organisation functioning under the Department of Defence Production of Ministry of Defence, Government of India. It is engaged in research, development, production, testing, marketing and logistics of a comprehensive product range in the areas of land, air and sea systems. OFB consists of forty-one Ordnance Factories, nine Training Institutes, three Regional Marketing Centres and four Regional Controllerates of Safety, which are spread all across the country.

OFB is the world's largest government operated production organisation and the oldest industrial organisation run by the Government of India. It has a total workforce of about 164,000. It is often called the "Fourth Arm of Defence" and the "Force Behind the Armed Forces" of India. It is amongst the top 50 defence equipment manufacturers in the world. Its total sales were at $2.7 billion (₹16,246 crores) in 2011-12. Every year, 18 March is celebrated as the Ordnance Factories' Day in India.

DefExpo India 2012 is the seventh in the series of biennial Land, Naval and Internal Security Systems Exhibition held at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi from March 29 to April 1, 2012. Defexpo India is clearly steering the path of steady growth and has been receiving overwhelming and unprecedented international response with each edition. There are 232 foreign firms, mainly from the US, Russia, France, Israel , the UK and Germany, and 60 official delegations for the four-day Def Expo-2012.

Defexpo India is the largest showcase for new and future defence technology and it is the largest exhibition for the world's defence companies to display their land, sea and air capabilities at a single exhibition organized by the Ministry of Defence, Government of India.

The four-day Defexpo showcased emergence of India as an attractive destination for investment in the Defence Sector and provides a platform for alliances and joint ventures in the Defence Industry. The exhibition were dedicated to global Land, Naval and Internal Security Systems business activity from Suppliers to Manufacturers and Technology providers to Services.

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