Custom Energetic and Pyrotechnic Solutions…
Cartridge Actuated Devices, Inc. has over 50 years of experience in the field of custom pyrotechnic development. We design and manufacture energetic CAD/PAD devices including explosive squibs, pressure cartridges, valves, cable cutters, actuators, pin pullers, thrusters, explosive bolts, puncture devices, pneumatic actuation systems, underwater devices and oilfield products.

These products are specifically configured for the task at hand and are designed to be the most reliable and fastest acting devices that you will find anywhere. Our products are employed in a wide variety of military, industrial and scientific applications all over the world.

Since our founding in 1963, CAD designs are based on mission critical, man rated applications that are required to perform “first-time, every-time”. These philosophies, with a focus on quality and reliability, enables CAD to design and deliver customized state-of-the-art total pyrotechnic solutions for the worldwide markets, including defense, military, fire suppression and oil field sectors.

Vision Statement
We are an innovative and trusted customer driven technology enterprise that designs, manufactures and assembles enhanced, customized state-of-the-art pyrotechnic technologies, components, sub-assemblies and systems for the worldwide defense, military, fire suppression and oil field sectors.

Strategic Direction
We will grow our business by providing Total Pyrotechnic Solutions to our Key Account Customers by Offering Innovative and Enabling Technologies from the Broadest Product Line in the industry.

We will focus our core competencies to most effectively satisfy our customers’ needs.

We will achieve the highest performance standards within the pyrotechnic industry therefore being recognized by our customers as the industry leader.

We will provide the infrastructure, organizations and work ethic to effectively support our key account customers.

Core Values
These are the core values to which we subscribe and exercise on a daily basis:
 

• Focus on Customers: Build relationships with internal and external customers. Understand their needs. Be honest and timely with our commitments and actions.
• Accountability: We are accountable to the customer in the marketplace and to our peers in the workplace. There must be one measure.
• Honesty, Integrity, Trust and Respect: It’s what the customer expects from us and what the people within the Company want from the leadership. This is accomplished through performance and by example, respectively.