French to English Bus/Financial Other

Not enough space to post the complete phrase, which is :***établissement public, scientifique et technique à caractère industriel et commercial***. (a "scientific & technical EPIC" ....). It is a common enough title (the CNRS is one), and is used to describe the CNES in the document I am translating, but I'm unaware of any accepted translation.
Apart from "public scientific and technical utility company", which seems less than accurate, I am stuck for a (reasonably) short translation.
Yes, I HAVE looked in the glossary - nothing comes close enough.
Any assistance will be gratefully received ...