Profile: Cartridge Actuated Devices, Inc. designs & manufactures explosive squibs, valves, cutters, pulling & thrusting devices, explosive bolts, puncturing devices, pneumatic actuation systems and underwater devices. Our products include thrusters & actuators, pin pullers, cable cutters and pyrotechnic valves. Our CAD develops precision detonators, which utilize high explosives such as lead azide and lead styphnate for military & commercial applications. Our pneumatic actuation system is used to supply high purity, cold gas in many applications such as missiles, torpedoes, oil field exploration drilling and air bag/bladder inflation.