The phrase “electronics packaging” has two meanings. One is a specialised electronic engineering discipline, dealing with the casings which form part of an electronic product and protect the sensitive components from harm. The other, more obvious meaning is the way that electronics are packaged for distribution and sale. Sometimes this can seem no less technical than electronics packaging in the engineering sense.

Outer Packaging

The matter of outer packaging for electronics is the simplest. As with many other products these days, cardboard is almost universally used as the material for outer boxes. There are, however, some cases in which electronics will not actually need any kind of outer box. For example, this may be the case with smaller items such as memory cards, electronic components and smaller computer parts such as RAM.

These may instead be distributed in clear plastic packaging, usually with

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