Egide: Egide USA - Fire Update
10 Juillet 2020 - 7:30PM
Egide: Egide USA - Fire Update
Cambridge and Bollène, July 10, 2020, 07:30pm
(CET)
Presse ReleaseFor immediate Release
EGIDE USAFire
Update
As previously reported, there was a fire at the
EGIDE USA facility in Cambridge, Maryland, USA which was contained
within the plating department. Priority was given to remediation of
the various hazard materials associated with the plating
operation. With the assistance of the Federal Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), the Maryland Department of the Environment
(MDE) and a third party hazmat remediation company, EGIDE is able
to report that the hazardous material has been removed and
contained without release to the surrounding community.
At this time, additional remediation specialists
have been brought on site to clean the entire factory and
equipment. Current target date for partial reopening is
July 20th. The factory should be able to provide assembly and
inspection of most of its products. Plating operations
will need to be transferred to our affiliated companies – Santier,
Inc. which is AS9100 certified and NADCAP certified for plating;
and EGIDE SA, which is ISO 9000 certified. Timeline for the
replacement plating operation in Cambridge is being developed with
the cooperation of our engineering team and vendors.
Egide USA's IT system is back up and running as
of Thursday, July 9th.
The management of Egide USA would like to
acknowledge the strong commitment and solidarity of its teams in
Cambridge as well as in San Diego and Bollène, which enable Egide
USA to continue to serve its customers. We would also like to
warmly thank our customers and partners for their understanding and
loyalty in this difficult situation.
In addition, the company would like to thank the
teams from the EPA, MDE, local Fire Departments and State Fire
Marshals for their assistance in addressing the various issues
associated with this industrial accident.
About Egide –
www.egide-group.com Egide is a group with an international
dimension, specialized in the manufacture of hermetic packages and
heat dissipation solutions for sensitive electronic components. It
operates in cutting edge markets with strong technology barriers to
entry in all critical industry segments (Thermal Imaging,
Optronics, High-Frequency, Power Units…). Egide is the only pure
player in this market niche with manufacturing bases in France and
the United States.
Egide’s eligibility for tax efficient
French innovation-focused mutual funds (FCPI) was renewed on May
14, 2018.
Egide is listed on Euronext Paris™- Segment C -
ISIN code: FR0000072373 – Reuters: EGID.PA – Bloomberg: GID
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