Egide: key industrial partner for Leonardo in the UK for its IASI-NG Space programme
01 Octobre 2019 - 7:00AM
Egide: key industrial partner for Leonardo in the UK for its
IASI-NG Space programme
Press Release
Egide : a key industrial
partner for Leonardo in the UK for its
IASI-NG Space programme
Bollène, October 1, 2019 – 07:00am
(CET) – Egide (Euronext Paris
FR0000072373 – Reuters: EGID.PA – Bloomberg :
GID) was very proud to be invited
to Leonardo’s Southampton facility as a key industrial partner
following the delivery of the first package for IASI-NG (Infra-red
Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer – New Generation).
In recent years, space cooperation between the UK
and France has gone from strength to strength, notably in the
fields of Earth observation and climate action.
The Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer -
New Generation (IASI-NG) programme, which is a partnership between
Leonardo, Airbus Defence & Space, the Centre National d’Etudes
Spatiales and the UK Space Agency, will measure temperature and
water vapour profiles and gas concentration in the Earth’s
atmosphere, with its first flight scheduled for 2022 aboard the
European satellite MetOp-SG-A.
Leonardo is a historical customer and partner of
Egide for high performance image sensing applications. Egide was
chosen for the IASI programme for its space heritage and reputation
for the quality of its hermetic ceramic and metal packages in this
domain.Egide has several decades of experience is supplying
solutions for the most demanding space programmes on all
continents.
Peter Dillon, VP Infrared Detectors and site lead
for Leonardo in Southampton said: “We need industrial and
technological partners able to understand our business and the
challenges we must face. Egide has been a part in this for a long
time. We have always been confident with Egide’s quality and
know-how. Egide's recognized expertise and the excellence of their
engineering team is highly appreciated by Leonardo’s technical
experts. Both teams have been able to work closely to optimise the
design of this detector package for the benefit of our customers on
this landmark scientific programme.”
James Collins, President and CEO of the Egide
group, comments: “We are very pleased that Leonardo continues to
consider Egide as a preferred supplier of hermetic packages for
infrared applications. Design and manufacture of hermetic
packaging using our High Temperature Cofired Ceramic and
electroplating technologies has been among Egide’s core
competencies for many years. It is even more rewarding to see our
packages used for such an important mission as the IASI-NG
programme.”
Egide’s manufacturing sites have qualified their
major industrial processes for Space applications. This includes
assemblies with Glass-to-Metal seals and High Temperature Cofired
Ceramic-to-Metal seals, using low density materials.
Egide’s dedicated Space solutions also cover the
qualification of high-performance power dissipation materials and
specific plating processes for parts used in satellites and
launchers.
To find out more about Egide:
www.egide-group.com
About EgideEgide 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
CONTACTS
EGIDE
Eric DELMAS – Deputy CEO. – Bollène Business Unit manager –
edelmas@fr.egide-group.com Vincent COURTY – VP Worldwide Sales -
vcourty@fr.egide-group.com
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