An engineering company. Not a commodity supplier.
We thrive on custom work. The problems other suppliers won't touch are the ones we're most interested in. When a supplier goes out of business and a program is stranded, we step in and redesign the assembly to keep the program alive. When a system requires something that doesn't exist in any catalog, we engineer it from first principles.
We test everything in-house — corona, hi-pot, altitude, thermal cycling, accelerated life, burn-in. Our engineers are on the floor, not in an office. Our quality team is in production, not reviewing paperwork after the fact. We overmold and insert mold in-house because controlling that process is the only way to guarantee the result.
We operate under lean and Shingo principles because we believe quality belongs at the source — in the hands of the people building the assembly, not in an inspection step at the end of the line.
If you need a high-voltage cable assembly that performs correctly for the next twenty years, you're in the right place.
Controlled quality and compliance systems
Caton operates under controlled quality and compliance systems required for high-reliability applications in aerospace, defense, scientific, and industrial markets.
Engineering discipline from design through production
At Caton, engineering and manufacturing are not separate functions. The same engineering discipline that designs the assembly governs how it is built. Our AS9100-certified quality system provides the framework — but the real discipline is the accountability that connects engineering intent to production output.
- Engineers on the production floor — not in an office removed from the work
- Quality in production — not at the end of the line reviewing paperwork
- In-house overmolding and insert molding — controlling the most critical manufacturing processes
- 100% hi-pot testing on every production assembly; corona testing per program requirements
- Locked configurations with formal engineering change control
- Complete build records — material certifications, process records, test data
- Lean and Shingo operating principles — quality at the source