Option Technologies

Option Technologies Europe Limited is the only independent Masslam and Drilling service provider in Western Europe.  Option specialises in small to medium quantities of masslam and drilled panels in short lead times exclusively for PCB Manufacturers.

Option were established in 1985 and have been manufacturing masslam and drilled panels on the same site ever since.

What is ‘Masslam’?

The lamination/bonding of inner layers in the manufacture of multilayer printed circuit boards.

Option’s Masslam & Drilling Service

Small to medium quantities (1-50 panels) (Large quantities if required)
High Technology product
Short lead times (from 1 working day for Europe, from 2 working days for North America)

Option’s Masslam & Drilling Technology

• From 3 to 40+ layers
• 0.064 mm / 0.0025”, lines and spaces
• Buried and Blind vias, sequential builds
• Small hole drilling  (0.1mm)
• Ultra thin and ultra thick panels (with tight tolerances)
• Metal clad bonding (aluminium & copper)
• Flexi-rigids and coverlay bonding
• Controlled impedance
• Special material, Polyimide, Rogers etc

Fast prototypes, you are 3000 miles away!  Don’t give it a second thought.  Option has customers all over the world.  We use a next day courier service for anywhere in Europe or the USA.

Why you should use Option’s Masslam & Drilling Service

You don’t have a multilayer facility but want to offer multilayer pcb’s to your customers.
You have a limited multilayer facility capable of producing small layer counts but want to offer your customer multilayers of higher technology and layer count.
You cannot handle thin cores through your existing facility.
You are overloaded in your current multilayer facility but would still like to offer your customer multilayers without increasing your lead-time or declining the order.
You would like to improve your multilayer yields.
You would like to offer your customer different products, polyimide, high tg, flexi-rigids, controlled impedance, sequential builds, buried or blind vias and microwave products.

To summerise using Option’s Masslam & Drilling Service you can enter high technology, high value multilayer and flexi-rigid markets without the heavy investment or necessary skills.

An Option masslam and drilled panel can be processed through your normal double-sided production facility.