Narendra & Company was set up in the year 1949 under the aegis of Mr. Narendra Kumar Jain, a renowned freedom fighter. Being the first Indian to be granted a license to produce explosives post independence, Mr. Jain strived his way to success and did finally set up a state-of-the-art plant to produce black gunpowder in technical collaboration with M/s Josef Meissner’s Gmbh & Co., Germany.
The dry process involved in the production of such powder is considered to be safest known till date. The company has since long been supplying military grade explosives to the Indian Ordnance Factories (IOF-OFB) and the defense forces.
The company is offering the following products for military applications: –
Black Gun Powder- Practice Hand Grenade
- Safety Fuse
- Prime Cambric Sheet
- Bicat Strip
- Micro Cord
Narendra and Company holds a record for minimal failure of its products supplied to its customers till date.
Based on information gathered, gunpowder produced by Narendra is used in the production of the following ammunition: –
- 155 mm Bofors
- 105 mm Shells
- 120 mm Mortars
- Delay Fuses
- 81 mm Mortars
- Safety Fuses
- 51 mm Mortars
- Hand Grenades
Today the company has diversified into manufacturing multiple grades of black powders and fuses specifically for military applications.