The Etienne Lacroix Group, founded in 1848, is a family-owned pyrotechnic systems Integrator, providing applications to the defense, law enforcement and civil safety sectors. Its activities are vertically integrated and span from product design to manufacture, support and services.

LACROIX provides the Armed Forces with a complete range of self-protection pyrotechnic systems and training devices for airborne, land and naval applications. We design, manufacture and supply pyrotechnic devices and systems to meet military, civil and space requirements.

Our Airborne countermeasures are designed to protect combat jets, rotary wings or large transport platforms to defeat laser-guided missiles.
Backed by 40 years of unrivalled expertise, Lacroix is capable of producing any type of chaff and flare: cylindrical, square and rectangular sections.

LACROIX naval solutions are designed to protect vessels against radar, infrared, TV and laser-guided missiles and against torpedoes.
The SYLENA decoy launching systems (DLS) were developed by LACROIX's R&D department over the last 10 years to protect all kinds of vessels: patrol vessels, corvettes and frigates.
SEACLAD decoys are the latest generation in countermeasures to defeat current and future threats, and are currently in operational service on board more than 30 vessels in the world.

Our Land countermeasures are designed to protect every type of armored vehicle to defeat laser- and IR-guided missiles. LACROIX is capable of developing and producing systems (Detection - C2) and a large range of ammunition (from multiband smoke screen to crowd control).

LACROIX combines the expertise of its engineers and technicians with that of scientific and technical experts. With offices around the globe, we actively work with electronic warfare specialists and operational forces to capitalize on the latest operational knowledge and feedback.
Our significant storage capacity and company transport services enables us to offer complete logistics services for pyrotechnic products and to fulfill supply chain requirements.