Emc shield and method of producing the same

A method of forming an electromagnetic compatability (EMC) shield from a conductive metal sheet, comprising:

• forming first and second series of contacts in the metal sheet, the first series of the contacts extending in an opposite direction from the second series of the contacts;
• separating a segment of the metal sheet from a remaining segment of the metal sheet;
• configuring the segment of the metal sheet to form an intermediate piece having a main section and a pair of strip sections, the main section having opposing first side portions and opposing second side portions, wherein at least one of the contacts extend from each of the first side portions, and wherein the strip sections extend in opposing directions from the second side portions of the main section, respectively;
• and
• manipulating the intermediate piece to form the EMC shield, which comprises a pair of opposing first side walls, a pair of opposing second side walls and a top wall, wherein the second side walls are formed from the strip sections of the intermediate piece and the first side walls and the top wall are formed from the main section of the intermediate piece, the first side walls having bottom portions that are formed from the first side portions of the main section of the intermediate piece, respectively, whereby each of the side walls has at least one contact extending from its bottom portion.