Tray geometry
Cavity depth, flange width, corner radius, filled weight, and tooling format define stiffness and gauge.
Rigid laminated thermoforming films
Rigid forming films for trays that need stiffness, clarity, and shelf-life support.
Nexus supplies rigid laminated films for thermoformed food trays where pack shape, flange quality, product visibility, and lidding-film compatibility matter. Structures are shortlisted by tray depth, product weight, barrier requirement, storage condition, and the buyer’s RPET or PVC specification.
Selection logic
Start with the tray, product, and lidding system before choosing the structure.
A rigid tray film should be specified from the pack backwards. The tray design, product weight, seal surface, barrier requirement, and recycled-content target all affect the final material family and gauge.
Product sensitivity
Oxygen exposure, moisture, oil, aroma, and storage temperature decide whether barrier layers are needed.
Lidding system
The PE seal surface must suit the chosen top web, peel or lock-seal requirement, and sealing window.
Material route
RPET, PVC, EVOH, and PA options are matched to compliance needs, availability, and buyer specifications.
Structures
Choose the structure that fits the tray, seal surface, and shelf-life brief.
These are the first structure families to evaluate for rigid forming trays. Final selection depends on tray geometry, product sensitivity, storage temperature, lidding film, seal preference, and any recycled-content or PVC-based specification from the customer.
Clear rigid trays with PET clarity and PE sealing.
Used for clear PET-based trays that need good forming behavior and a PE seal surface for compatible lidding films.
Rigid trays where oxygen barrier becomes part of the pack design.
Specified when MAP performance, oxygen sensitivity, or a longer shelf-life target requires an EVOH barrier layer in the tray film.
PVC-based forming where sealability and tray conversion are the focus.
Suitable where existing tooling, customer specifications, or local market requirements are built around PVC forming films with PE sealing.
PVC-based trays that also need oxygen-barrier support.
Used when a PVC-based tray format also needs stronger oxygen-barrier performance for MAP or chilled shelf-life planning.
RPET-based packs where toughness and forming behavior need review.
Considered for RPET-based packs where product shape, tray depth, handling stress, or forming behavior calls for added toughness.
Performance priorities
What the formed tray must prove during filling, sealing, and distribution.
Once the structure is shortlisted, the formed tray should be checked on the actual pack: how it forms, how the flange seals, and how it looks after filling, storage, and handling.
Flange control
Flat, clean seal areas with controlled trim quality and enough support for the selected lidding film.
Corner thinning
Stable base and sidewall formation, with corner areas checked against tray depth and product weight.
Seal window
Reliable seal or peel behavior across the operating range of the filling and sealing line.
Shelf presentation
Clear appearance, tray shape retention, and pack stability through chilled or MAP distribution.
Industries
Where rigid laminated tray films are used.
For launch, this section is kept deliberately lighter: a clearer industry view for the tray-forming page, without forcing us into a separate render for every single application.
Dairy & cheese
Meat & sausage
Poultry
Fish & seafood
Dates & nuts
Medical
Sustainability
Recycled PET should be positioned with clarity, compliance, and performance in the same conversation.
RPET is increasingly important for buyers managing recycled-content targets, plastic-tax exposure, and sustainability claims. The final structure should balance recycled content with food-contact requirements, colour, clarity, forming behavior, barrier layer, sealing layer, and customer documentation.
Requirement checklist
Share these details before we recommend a rigid film.
Rigid tray projects move faster when the pack geometry, lidding film, product, and sustainability target are clear from the first conversation.
Tray and product
Product type, filled weight, tray dimensions, cavity depth, flange width, and tray shape.
Structure preference
RPET or PVC route, PE seal layer, EVOH barrier need, PA requirement, and target thickness.
Lidding and sealing
Top web, lock seal or easy peel expectation, sealing temperature window, and seal-area concerns.
Storage and documentation
Chilled, frozen, ambient, or export conditions with RPET, compliance, and buyer documentation needs.
FAQ
Common questions before sending a rigid-film requirement.
Which rigid laminated film structures are listed?
RPET/PE, RPET/EVOH/PE, PVC/PE, PVC/EVOH/PE, and RPET/PA/PE are the first listed structure families.
When should EVOH be considered?
EVOH should be specified when oxygen sensitivity, MAP gas retention, aroma protection, or longer shelf-life requirements are part of the pack brief.
Can RPET content be used?
Yes. RPET content can be considered subject to final structure, food-contact compliance, clarity, forming behavior, and documentation expectations.
What information is needed for a quote?
Share product, tray dimensions, cavity depth, target thickness, material preference, lidding film, seal preference, storage condition, shelf-life target, and monthly quantity.
Request quote
Share your rigid-film requirement.
Nexus Corporation can review your tray geometry, preferred structure, RPET expectation, lidding film, sealing requirement, and storage conditions before recommending a rigid laminated film.
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