About Test-O-Pac Industries

Test-O-Pac Industries, Inc. was founded by packaging engineer Dave Long in 1977.
At the time, their main customers were Atari (computer and game division) and Rohm Semiconductor. In 1989 Test-O-Pac was acquired by Sam Sohal, now president of the company. Sam graduated with a packaging degree from SJSU. He spent three years working for Great Western Foam Products as a packaging engineer designing protective packaging using foam and corrugated materials and getting his first opportunity to set up a complete ISTA 1A test lab for Great Western Foam. This experience encompassed all aspects of packaging design, manufacturing and testing and led to an intimate familiarity with the manufacturing techniques of packaging cushion materials.

From this effort grew an organization that offers the entire spectrum of value added testing services and a wide range of clients, including component manufacturers, the aerospace, energy, automotive, and electronics industries.

In 2001, their Transit Damage Prevention portfolio gave Test-O-Pac Industries access to

The Test Services business. Managed essentially as independent testing laboratory, the

Test-O-Pac Charter is to "serve our customers by providing the climatic, dynamic and

Mechanical stimuli necessary to exercise their products, be it components, modules, and

Equipment or entire systems." As a result, much of their business is custom in nature.

Although the word "test" is prominent in the company name, Test-O-Pac offers a wide range of services:

Package Design: By using custom materials when designing packages for customers the selection of materials is based on calculations of gross weight and usage of square inches of material that come into contact with the unit. They also work towards a reduction of the amount of material, using only the minimum amount to achieve the maximum deflection.

Medical Testing: Accelerated Aging, Conditioning, Package testing, Peel test, Gross leak “bubble” test, Dye Penetration and Altitude test.

Package Testing: Testing performed at Test-O-Pac ensures optimum energy absorption and modification. The desired acceleration level of achievement is verified. Additionally, an engineering service is provided to aid customers in redesigning and/or their products and packages rugged enough to survive the harsh environments of shipping, distribution and transportation.

Product Reliability and Environmental Testing: Test-O-Pac Industries provides a broad diversity of product reliability and environmental testing services for electronic, mechanical and electromechanical equipment such as power supplies, disk drives, personal computers, military and aerospace ordnances, radar systems, shipboard test sets and similar items.

Services range from test design, test plan generation, and actual testing to data compilation, reduction and analysis. Climatic and dynamic testing is provided in a variety of controlled environments including temperature, humidity, altitude, vacuum, acceleration, vibration, shock, saltine atmosphere and pressure.

Product Testing: Test-O-Pac encounters a myriad of different products, requiring that a wide variety of equipment be available as well as competent personnel to run it. Furthermore, a great deal of flexibility is required in order to meet and respond to the multiplicity of the Customer’s needs, including:

• Product Testing - to customer's, MIL-SPECs, or commercial/ industrial requirements.

• Design Verification Testing

• Product Evaluation

• Qualification Testing

• Reliability Testing

• Engineering Evaluation

• Environmental Stress Screening

• Production Testing - Extension of Customer's back end facility

• Test Program/Program Plan Development

• Engineering Consultation

Due to a specialized nature, most of the testing done by Test-O-Pac is subject to change and is developed for the specific requirements of the customer. The Engineers pride themselves in their ability to respond to a customer's many needs by virtue of technical skills and the advanced equipment and technology they possess.

New equipment includes:

• Triple-chamber Thermal Shock machine.

• 64-cubic feet chamber (that provides altitude profiles as well as temperature and humidity.

• 20,000lbf electro-dynamic shaker.

• 7-bearing hydrostatic guided horizontal table (for precision vibration testing and digital vibration controller for shock response spectra measurements and analyses).

One of the innovative advances in technology Test-O-Pac has taken on is the use of video to assist as evidence that an item was inspected and/or tested. Using video as evidence to showcase and assess learning is not a new idea; it's been used in the legal system for many years as convincing evidence on the issue of identity. What's new; however, is the notion that video as evidence can be shared with much larger audiences via the Internet. Video as evidence is catching on because it offers several potential benefits to everyone involved in testing activity, both directly and indirectly.

In addition to their ISTA Certification, which was originally obtained in 1978, Test-O-Pac has been ISO 9001-2008 certified.

Test-O-Pac future goal are to achieve A2LA and DSCC certifications.

In 1977 the Test-O-Pac Industries facility was 1200 square. feet; today we have grown to a 10,000 square feet, centrally located in the heart of North San Jose Golden triangle area, easily accessed from hwy 101, 880, 87 and 680. 

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Our address is 1188 Murphy Ave, San Jose, CA 95131.

We can be reached at 408-436-1117,
or through our site-wide contact form.