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Lidding

Sonoco offers film lidding for fresh and frozen meals, ready-to-heat soups, fresh produce, dairy, condiments, snacks, and more. Our solutions include printed or unprinted peel-and-reseal lidding, microwave-ready lidding, as well as foils and metallized films.

Our Lidding Solutions Have You Covered

When combined with a rigid container, Sonoco lid films create packaging that helps preserve freshness and avoid spills, while offering consumer convenience, portability, and preference.

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Lidding Options

Retail Food Package Lid Films

From dairy products and chilled ready meals to keeping a lid on dry or dehydrated food for the center of store, Sonoco has extensive experience helping retail food brands preserve the freshness, safety and quality throughout the supply chain.

Retail Food Package Lid Films

From dairy products and chilled ready meals to keeping a lid on dry or dehydrated food for the center of store, Sonoco has extensive experience helping retail food brands preserve the freshness, safety and quality throughout the supply chain.

Peel & Reseal Lid Films

Lidding that allows a package to be opened and reclosed multiple times, Sonoco peel and reseal films add consumer convenience by prolonging product freshness at home and on the go, as well as reducing food waste and cost.

Peel & Reseal Lid Films

Lidding that allows a package to be opened and reclosed multiple times, Sonoco peel and reseal films add consumer convenience by prolonging product freshness at home and on the go, as well as reducing food waste and cost.

Non-Food Package Lid Films

Lidding that seals to a variety of rigid packaging for electronics, beauty and personal care items, and cleaning supplies. Clear, opaque, foils, printed or unprinted, our portfolio of lid films provides coverage for all types of applications.

Non-Food Package Lid Films

Lidding that seals to a variety of rigid packaging for electronics, beauty and personal care items, and cleaning supplies. Clear, opaque, foils, printed or unprinted, our portfolio of lid films provides coverage for all types of applications.

Food Service Package Lid Films

From peel and reseal options that provide portion control and convenience to dual ovenable structures that seal to paper or plastic trays, Sonoco has a full range of lid solutions to meet the demanding needs of the food service industry.

Food Service Package Lid Films

From peel and reseal options that provide portion control and convenience to dual ovenable structures that seal to paper or plastic trays, Sonoco has a full range of lid solutions to meet the demanding needs of the food service industry.

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Insights

Understanding the Benefits and Importance of Tray Lidding

Lidding’s claim to fame is its tamper-evident properties. Lidding emerged as a capable packaging solution to show shoppers that someone or something had meddled with packaging before purchasing. So, lidding isn’t a final-step checkoff right before production. Let’s take a look at some of the advantages specifically related to tray lidding.

Markets We Serve

Beauty & Personal Care

Enhance the shelf appeal of your personal care packaging, stand out from the competition and meet your brand’s sustainability goals with Sonoco.

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Electronics & Appliances

We offer extra protection for electronic products—accounting for g-force, vibration and impact while meeting your packing and unpacking needs.

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Food Service & Deli

We offer a portfolio of food service and deli packaging—trays, lidding, pouches, tubs and paper containers for all kinds of ingredients and foods.

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Related Packaging

Rigid Plastic Packaging

Polypropylene or CPET trays, plates, and bowls for frozen and chilled-ready meals, case-ready meat trays, bakery products and food service applications.

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Ovenable Packaging

Non-bleached, 100% renewable, molded-fiber trays, plates, and bowls bring sustainability to fresh and frozen ready-meals.

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EnviroFlex

EnviroFlex®, a suite of sustainable, flexible packaging options, includes solutions focused on recyclability, and the use of post-consumer recycled content.

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Learn more about our lidding solutions and flexible packaging options. We're eager to discuss how we can help you meet your customers' needs and your business goals.