Egide S.A., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells hermetic packages to protect and interconnect various types of electronic or photonic chips. The company offers ceramic-to-metal-seal, glass-to-metal-seal, ceramic-to-metal, high temperature co-fired ceramic, power, opto-electronics, and microwave/RF packages, as well as inks. It also manufactures and sells metallic components, including thermal management materials, metal wire cutting, and machining; hermetic and non-hermetic microelectronic housings for electronics applications; and surface treatment and metal machining. Egide S.A. serves the defense and space, telecommunications, civil aeronautics, security, industrial, and energy markets. The company operates in France, other countries in the European Union, North America, and internationally. Egide S.A. was founded in 1986 and is based in Bollène, France.