Thanks for the link.

They may have targeted the metals, but their definition of packaging makes
no mention of electronic assemblies. The are concerned with boxes, bags,
cartons  and the like.

From the site:

Package Definition

"Package" refers to a container providing a means of marketing,  protection
or handling of a product and shall include a unit package, an  intermediate
package and a shipping container as defined in American Society for  Testing and
Materials (ASTM) D 996. "Package" shall also mean and include such  unsealed
receptacles as carrying cases, crates, cups, pails, rigid foil and  other
trays, wrappers and wrapping films, bags and tubs.

"Packaging component" means any individual assembled part of a package  such
as, but not limited to, any interior or exterior blocking, bracing,
cushioning, weatherproofing, exterior strapping, coatings, closures, inks and  labels.
Tin-plated steel that meets the American Society for Testing and  Materials
(ASTM) specification A-623 shall be considered as a single package  component.
Electro-galvanized coated steel and hot dipped coated galvanized  steel that
meets the ASTM specification A-525 and A-879 shall be treated in the  same
manner as tin-plated steel

This is one of the continuing confusions facing the consumer relative to
this business.

If you tell someone on the street that you are working in the area of
electronics packaging, they are likely to ask :

"So how exactly do you get that package to fit so exactly to the shape of
the product?"

or

"Can't you make those packages easier to open?"

An so it goes.... ;-)

Kind regards,
Joe

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