Mixed leafy greens in clear Lucid trays in a dark retail case

Leafy Greens

A better tray.
Without the wilt.

Lucid Infinity™ keeps condensation away from washed greens —crisp from the case to the kitchen.

Margin

Premium presentation. Premier price.

Merchandising

Crystal clarity. Polished displays.

Supply

Automated lines. Full in-house capabilities.

For the planet

100% recyclable PET.

The problem

Your line only runs when your packaging does.

Late deliveries, automation failures, slow repairs and limited capacity can stop production before your product ever ships.

A stopped packaging line under a red warning light

Misses the moment

Late packaging stops production. The order — and the selling window — won't wait.

Trays springing open and jamming on an automated line

Fights your line

Poorly designed trays mis-denest, spring open, jam equipment and slow the entire run.

A thermoforming tool crated up and waiting to be shipped out for repair

Makes you wait

Outsourced tooling turns every adjustment or repair into another delay.

A packaging line running at full capacity with orders backing up

Can't keep up

When demand grows, limited capacity turns your packaging supplier into the bottleneck.

The solution

Fast on your line. Beautiful on your shelf.

Custom thermoformed PET, engineered for high-speed automation on your line. Premium shelf presentation.

Pallets of clear trays being loaded for delivery
01

Arrives on time

A 100% delivery fill rate since inception keeps packaging on your floor and production on schedule.

Clear trays moving from the dock onto an automated packing line
02

Runs with your line

Engineered to denest consistently, stay securely closed and move through automation without jams or slowdowns.

A CNC machine cutting a custom aluminium thermoforming tool in-house
03

In-house tooling

Design, tooling, adjustments and repairs all happen under one roof — so problems get solved and production resumes faster.

A seasonal in-store display of leafy greens in clear trays
04

Built to keep up

We continually invest in new tools and capacity, ensuring your packaging supply can scale with demand.

Stock + custom

One platform. Two ways forward.

Choose a proven format for speed. Or engineer the exact tray your operation requires.

Stock

Proven formats, warehoused and ready to ship. No tooling. No wait.

Wireframe drawing of a clear Lucid tray

Custom

Tooling. Design. Prototyping. Ten CNC machines — under one roof.

Three stock tray formats side by side
A custom red tray
A custom fibre-look tray
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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