Heavy Vehicles Factory

The Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) located at Avadi in Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu is an armoured vehicle and battle tank manufacturing factory of Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited.[1]

Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF)
IndustryDefence
Founded1965
Headquarters
Avadi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Area served
Defence
ProductsArjun MBT, T-90, T-72, Vijayanta tanks
ParentArmoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (current)
Ordnance Factories Board (former)

HVF was set up in 1961 by the Ordnance Factory Board, Government of India to manufacture heavy battlefield equipment, including Vijayantas, Kartik BLT, M-46 Catapult and T-72 Ajeya tanks and was later made part of Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited in 2021 and part of the corporatisation of Ordnance Factory Board.

Currently, HVF manufactures India's Arjun MBT, BLT T-72, T-72 for TRAWL and the T-90 Bhishmas. Apart from OE manufacturing HVF also has the facility of overhauling all the tanks manufactured at HVF.The Engine Factory of HVF functions separately from HVF.

Solar plant

The factory has a 16 mega watt (MW) solar power plant, spread over 80 acres of land, commissioned in 2018, which is the largest solar power plant in the city. It was installed by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) at a cost of ₹1,050 million. A 110 kilo volt (KV) substation had been constructed to distribute the power generated from the plant. The plant helps reduce carbon dioxide emissions to the extent of 26,000 tonnes per annum, saving ₹45 million annually to the HVF and Engine Factory (EFA).[2]

Products
  • Vijayanta
    Vijayanta
  • Bridge Layer Tank
    Bridge Layer Tank
  • Bhishma
    Bhishma
  • Ajeya
    Ajeya
  • Full-width mine plough on Ajeya
    Full-width mine plough on Ajeya
  • Arjun Mark - II
    Arjun Mark - II
  • Ex Tank
    Ex Tank

References
  1. Avadi
  2. Srikanth, R. (27 June 2018). "Avadi HVF now has biggest solar power plant in city". The Hindu. Chennai: Kasturi & Sons. Retrieved 22 July 2018.


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