CDRE

Cadre Holdings, Inc.

A maker of body armor, holsters, and duty gear for police, first responders, and the military, Cadre Holdings sells brands including Safariland and Protech Tactical. Its roots trace to 1964, when Neale Perkins built a custom holster for his father in a garage in Sierra Madre, California, and named the company Safariland after the African safaris they shared. Safariland later brought the first commercially available soft body armor for law enforcement to market in the 1970s.