Research & Development

Egide has a permanent activity of research and development of new products or new materials. This R&D is carried out in three ways: either in relation to research assignments financed by sponsors which finance, in this case, 35 to 50 % of the expenses incurred, or in relation to a cooperation between Egide’s research and development departments and those of its clients, or for the development or improvement of core technological components that Egide will use shortly in its products.

The R&D strategy aims at meeting with the demands of the European projects and the new electronic challenges. The Europeanization of components, which is particularly demanded for large European projects, makes Egide a privileged partner in this sector. The company participates in the European research program Pidea+ (Packaging and Interconnection Development for European Applications) through various projects involving new generation electronic modules.

In relation to its internal projects, Egide develops for example:

• Sealing on titanium, to meet with the requirements of much lighter equipment in the military sector and of bio-compatibility in the medical sector
  
  
• AlN (aluminum nitride), a new ceramic with a higher thermal dissipation coefficient, to meet with the requirements of increasingly effective, mobile and miniaturized electronics

 

Updated 10/19/06