Egide

Founded in 1986, Egide is a defense component supplier based in Bollène, France working in space, optronics.

Egide designs, manufactures and sells hermetic packages that protect and interconnect sensitive electronic, photonic and micro-electronic chips. Its packages are used where components must withstand thermal, atmospheric or magnetic conditions. The group operates manufacturing sites in France (Bollène) and the United States (Cambridge, Maryland and San Diego), with customer support locations worldwide. Its core technologies include glass-to-metal and ceramic-to-metal sealing, high-temperature cofired ceramic (HTCC), and thermal management solutions. Egide has served the defense and space industries since its early years and later expanded into telecommunications through fibre optics, civil aeronautics, security and industrial infrared applications. Its markets include aerospace, defense, medical, opto-electronics, infrared, sensors, RF and communications.