Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited-AVNL

Armoured Vehicles Nigam Ltd. (AVNL) is one of the seven newly established Defence Public Sector Undertakings. AVNL was formally incorporated as a wholly owned Government of India company under the Companies Act 2013 on  August 14, 2021. Its headquarters is situated in Avadi, Chennai. The company commenced its operations on the designated date of  October 1, 2021.

 AVNL emerged from the former Ordnance Factory Board, comprising five factories: 
(a) Heavy Vehicles Factory, Tamil Nadu
(b) Engine Factory Avadi, Tamil Nadu
(c) Vehicle Factory Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
 (d) Ordnance Factory Medak, Telangana
(e) Machine Tool Prototype Factory, Ambernath, Maharashtra

The dedication of this company to the nation took place on October 15, 2021, by the Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, coinciding with Vijaya Dashami.