The Ordnance Factory Chanda Project was sanctioned in the year 1964 and the initial production commenced in 1970.
The factory was designed as medium and high calibre ammunition manufacturing unit with the necessary auxiliaries for the producing explosives and non explosive components such as initiator, primer, cap, fuze, paper component & packages. OFCH is situated 135 KM from Nagpur due south and 28 KM from Chandrapur due north.