(Somerset, NJ) – To assist electronic component manufacturers reduce cost and shorten lead times in the packaging stage, ITW Dacco now offers a quick turn prototype service for its thermoformed products. As a business unit of ITW Electronic Component Packaging Systems, ITW Dacco specializes in thermoformed products for the electronics industry.

These prototypes for thermoformed trays are simple one or two pocket type versions of a proposed package design. By allowing its customers to evaluate tray performance prior to committing to final package design, ITW delivers cost and time-efficiencies in the project development cycle. Additionally, ITW Dacco offers quick turn prototypes on clamshells for printed circuit boards.

Turnaround times for ITW tray and clamshell prototypes are determined on a project by project basis, but generally require one to three days. Costs for the service are dependent on the specific design and complexity of the project.

These quick turn prototypes are designed for electronic OEMs and contract manufacturers. Applications include populated printed circuit boards, sockets, connectors and integrated circuit devices.

As a division of a Fortune 500 company Illinois Tool Works, ITW Electronic Component Packaging Systems (ECPS) is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of packaging products for use in the storage, handling and shipping of ESD sensitive electronic components. ITW ECPS supplies extruded shipping tubes, pocketed carrier tapes, injection molded trays and carriers, plastic reels, thermoformed packaging and waffle pack trays from its 12 manufacturing facilities in the United States, Southeast Asia, United Kingdom and Mexico.