A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Kolkata on 16 August 2019 for the development of new products.

The MoU was signed by Shri Umesh Singh, Deputy Director-General of OFB and Dr. Harish Hirani, Director of the Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur under CSIR.

This MoU is an umbrella arrangement under which individual factories under OFB can collaborate with specific CSIR laboratories for taking up of new R & D projects.

The MoU will facilitate collaboration and exchange of information between OFB and CSIR on a wide range of technologies.

The MoU has been signed as part of the ongoing efforts to boost the in-house research and development (R & D) capability of the OFB so as to give a boost to the ‘Make in India’ initiative of the Government of India.

This will facilitate the development of new products, improve existing products and boost the export initiative of the OFB by making its products internationally competitive.