HXW Mold designs and manufactures custom thermoforming molds for lunch boxes, takeaway containers, compartment trays, bowls, and other rigid food packaging products.
Tray tooling can be developed with customized pockets, ribs, locating points and handling features according to the product, material, machine and automation requirements.
Plastic tray tooling requires coordinated control of tray depth, corner radii, flange flatness, material distribution, plug-assist geometry, reinforcing features, cavity-to-cavity cooling, and stacking performance. The forming, cutting and stacking tools must also match the customer’s thermoforming machine to maintain dimensional consistency, clean cut edges, reliable sealing surfaces and stable high-speed production.
The tooling is developed with attention to dimensional accuracy, flange flatness and protection of the packaged part.
Robotic pick-up or mechanical stacking interfaces can be incorporated according to the customer’s production-line requirements.
Trim registration is coordinated with the formed pockets to maintain the required relationship between the formed part and finished edge.
Replaceable inserts can be considered for selected product variants, and trials can be carried out with representative parts when provided.
Please provide a product drawing or physical sample, the machine model and forming area, the sheet material and thickness, and the target output so that we can evaluate the cavity layout and prepare a quotation.







We manufacture thermoforming moulds for food trays, bakery and produce trays, meat and seafood trays, deli trays, transport trays, and custom industrial or ESD insert trays. The tray dimensions, depth, pockets, compartments, flange design, reinforcing ribs, ventilation features and cavity layout can all be customized from your drawings or physical samples.
Our plastic tray moulds can be designed for commonly used materials such as PP, PET and PS. We optimize the draw ratio, corner radii, draft angles, plug-assist geometry, forming-air and vacuum layout, and cooling system to improve material distribution across the tray base, corners, sidewalls and compartments.
Yes. For sealable food trays, we control the flange width, flange flatness and cutting-line position according to the customer’s sealing requirements. For automatic stacking, we optimize the stacking steps, anti-nesting features, spacing and ejection geometry to support reliable stacking and separation.
Yes. We customize the forming mould, cutting mould and stacking tooling to match your machine’s forming area, mounting dimensions, stroke, forming direction, water and air connections, cutting system and stacking interface. Up-stacking, down-stacking or A/B stacking can be designed where required.
Please provide the tray drawing or physical sample, overall dimensions and depth, pocket or compartment layout, flange and sealing requirements, sheet material and thickness, machine brand and model, forming area, required cavity count, forming method, cutting method, stacking method and target output.
Send us your product drawing or physical sample, together with the machine model, forming area, sheet material and thickness, and target output. Our engineering team will evaluate the cavity layout and tooling requirements before preparing a quotation.