Sliced tomatoes in a clear Lucid Infinity tray in a dark kitchen

Patented · Pad-less · Proven

Lucid Infinity™
½ Steam Food Service tray.

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Margin

Removing unnecessary components, no outsourcing, automated-driven production means lower costs.

Regulatory confidence

Aligned with new and emerging global packaging regulations, reducing or even eliminating your risk exposure.

Sustainability

Mono-material tray — curbside recyclable, PCR-ready and ahead of the foam bans.

100% PET. 0 contaminants.

No fabrics, glues or desiccant beads — nothing to block the recycling stream.

The problem

50B+ padded food packages dumped into landfills.

A conventional food service tray with a fabric pad and loose desiccant beads

Fabric and desiccant beads block trays

From the recycling stream = endless generation of single-use plastics.

Padded food service trays stacked beside their added components

Hidden cost in every pack

Unnecessary components like fabrics, glues and beads eat away at your bottom line.

Mixed-material food packaging pulled aside at a recycling facility

Regulatory risks

Global packaging regulations are prioritizing recyclability and penalizing / prohibiting non-recyclable packaging.

Side view of the two-piece Lucid Infinity food service tray with prepped product resting above and liquid collected in the reservoir belowRows of sliced tomatoes on the elevated rack of the Lucid Infinity half-steam food service tray, liquid dripping into the reservoir below

The solution

Lucid Infinity:
½ Steam Food Service tray

A patented 2-piece packaging system that separates product from purge.

Elevate
The product rests above.
Drain
Liquid moves through.
Collect
The reservoir holds it below.
One innovation. Three better outcomes.
Liquid pooled in the lower reservoir of a clear tray, well away from the product above
01

100% Recyclable PET

The product rests on a primary layer while liquid drains down to the second layer. No fabrics, desiccant beads or any other contaminants needed.

Clear trays of prepped produce lined up on a commercial kitchen prep line
02

Cost-savings

100% clear PET, no outsourcing. Engineered specifically for the handling, quantity, and shelf life demands of food service operations.

A cook lifting dry prepped product straight from a clear tray
03

Regulatory confidence

Aligned with new and emerging global packaging regulations, reducing or even eliminating your risk exposure.

The science

We test before we claim.

Independent, accredited labs. Blind consumer studies. Real-world storage conditions.

Lab technician swabbing a used tray for bacterial testing
Hygiene and Waste Management

2000x

Cleaner

2000x lower bacterial counts vs. pad trays in garbage disposal — smell-free with a simple rinse.

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Packaged trays under four different storage conditions in a laboratory
Shelf-life Performance

4/4

Matched or outperformed

The shelf-life performance of padded trays in all four storage conditions · Eurofins-validated.

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Two trays of mixed cut fruit side by side for a blind consumer comparison
Blind consumer study

95.8%

Preferred Infinity™

Mixed fruit · blind side-by-side study.

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Two trays of cut watermelon side by side after three days refrigerated
Blind consumer study

82%

Chose Infinity™

Watermelon · the toughest cut · after 3 days refrigerated.

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100%Recyclable · PET

Sustainability

One material. Nothing to sort.

Mono-material PET. No foam, no mixed materials. It recycles easily and can be built with PCR content. As foam bans expand across North America, PET keeps you ahead of the rules.

  • 100% PET — One material
  • PCR-ready — Built for tomorrow
  • No foam — Ahead of the bans
  • One stream — Nothing extra to separate

The process

A better tray. In as little as 12 weeks.

One partner. Five clear steps. A packaging system engineered, prototyped and proven around your operation.

A current retail pack laid out on a table for review with a notebook and calipers
01DefineWeek 0Current pack + requirements
Engineer working on a tray design in CAD on a workstation
02EngineerWeeks 1–2Designed around your operation
CNC machine cutting an aluminium thermoforming tool
03PrototypeWeeks 3–4Physical samples for testing
Clear trays being denested and filled on an automated packing line
04ProveWeeks 5–6Side-by-side product trial
Rows of finished clear PET trays coming off a thermoforming line
05ScaleWeeks 8–12Tooling + commercial production

Manufacturing footprint

Two facilities. One manufacturing system.

More than 400,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing and warehousing capacity built for high-volume programs across North America.

Aerial view of the Lucid manufacturing facility in Brampton, Ontario
01· Brampton
Aerial view of the Lucid warehouse and production facility in Vaughan, Ontario
02· Vaughan

400,000+ sq. ft.

Multiple extrusion linesMultiple CNC machinesAutomated thermoformingDirect customer supply

Vertically integrated

From PET resin to finished package. Under one roof.

  1. Clear PET resin pellets
    01ResinPET resin enters the system.
  2. Extruded PET sheet running through the extrusion line
    02SheetExtruded into production-ready sheet.
  3. CNC machine cutting a thermoforming tool
    03ToolingTooling engineered and machined in-house.
  4. Thermoforming line forming clear trays at speed
    04ThermoformingPackages formed at commercial speed.
  5. Finished clear PET trays stacked and ready to ship
    05Finished packageInspected, packed and ready to supply.

Engineering

Custom thermoforming engineered for high-speed automation.

Two Lucid engineers in hi-vis vests taking measurements on a customer's plant floor
On-site · Day 1

On your floor

Our engineers start at your facility, not ours. Fill weight, line speed, equipment — measured in person.

Automated denesting equipment feeding clear trays onto a packing line
Denest · Fill · Seal

Built around your automation

Designed around your denesting, closing and sealing equipment from day one.

A prototype clear tray being inspected by hand under workshop lighting
Sample · Rev A

Prototype first

Physical samples on your line before production tooling begins.

Tall warehouse racking stacked with palletised finished trays
Ship-ready

Built to scale

Tooling, extrusion and thermoforming managed under one roof.

Clear trays moving along a dark production line

Ready to see it?

Your product. Our tray. See the difference.

Request a sample. Pack it in Infinity and let the result speak for itself.

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