New FMS to boost production of MBT engines at Chennai ordnance factory

The commissioning of the FMS will enable the factory to meet the enhanced requirements of engines and spares

The Engine Factory in Avadi (near Chennai) will now be able to produce more engines for India's Main Battle Tanks (MBT) after a new Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) was commissioned at the ordnance factory on Tuesday. The FMS is expected to double the engine production capacity of the plant to 750.

The facility was dedicated to the nation by Hari Mohan IOFS, Chairman, Ordnance Factory Board. The Engine Factory (Avadi) has state of the art machines, including the first FMS in the country.  

The development comes after the Ministry of Defence approved the augmentation of production capacity of engines at the factory