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Special Devices, Incorporated |
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PROFILE |
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Special Devices is blasting off as a leading US maker of initiators (pyrotechnic devices) used primarily in automotive airbag systems. Aerospace/defense applications for the company's pyrotechnic devices, which ignite larger pyrotechnic charges, include tactical missiles, weapons, and launch vehicles. Special Devices' largest customers, airbag makers TRW and Autoliv, account for 33% and 25% of the company's sales, respectively. Chairman John Lehman is a managing general partner of private investment firm J.F. Lehman & Company, which owns Special Devices.
COMPETITION |
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Autoliv, Inc. (ALV)
BREED Technologies, Inc. (BDTTQ)
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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Fiscal Year-End: October
2000 Sales (mil.): 168.20
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 19.7%
Employees: 720
Revenue per employee: $233,611.11
KEY PEOPLE |
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Thomas W. Cresante
CEO
Donald Campion
CFO
CONTACT INFO |
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14370 White Sage Road
Moorpark, CA 93021
US
Phone: 805-553-1200
Fax: 805-553-1201
Online: Web Site
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