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 Welcome sign at the entrance of Heavy Vehicles Factory | |
| Industry | Defence |
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| Founded | 1965 |
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Area served | Defence |
| Products | Arjun MBT,T-90,T-72,Vijayantatanks |
| Parent | Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (current) Ordnance Factories Board (former) |
| Website | Official Website |
Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) is anarmoured vehicle andbattle tank manufacturing factory located atAvadi inChennai in theIndian state ofTamil Nadu. It is managed byArmoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (AVANI) of theMinistry of Defence,Government of India.[1]
Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) was established in 1961 by theOrdnance Factory Board to manufacture heavy battlefield equipment and was later made part of AVANI during the re-organisation in 2021.[2]
The factory is powered by a 16 MWsolar power plant, spread over 80 acres (32 ha), commissioned in 2018 and installed byBharat Electronics Limited (BEL) at a cost of₹1,050 million (US$12 million). The plant helps reducecarbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to the extent of 26,000 tonnes per annum, saving₹45 million (US$530,000) each year.[3]
Products of HVF includeVijayanta,Kartik BLT,M-46 Catapult andT-72 Ajeya,Arjun MBT andT-90 Bhishmatanks.
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