Top 10 Commercial Ice Maker Brand & Manufacturers
This section provides a list of the top 10 Commercial Ice Maker manufacturers, Website links, company profile, locations is provided for each company. Also provides a detailed product description of the Commercial Ice Maker, including product introduction, history, purpose, principle, characteristics, types, usage and purchase precautions, etc.
Manufacturers （Ranking in no particular order）
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American Wanliduo Ice Machine Co., Ltd.Address: USACompany website: https://www.manitowocicechina.com/Company OverviewManitowoc ice machine was born in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA. Manitowoc Ice Machine Company entered the catering equipment industry in 1964 by acquiring the brand and manufacturing rights of Kodiak ice machine. At that time, Manitowoc, as a manufacturer of household refrigerators, had already developed a high level of refrigeration technology. In 1968, it was precisely because of the company's revolutionary breakthrough in the design of the ice machine evaporator that Manitowoc became the world's leading brand of ice machines. Manitowoc ice machines have been recognized and trusted by a large number of users around the world, such as Hilton, Marriott, Sheraton, Hyatt, Shangri-La, Holiday, KFC and McDonald's and other hotel groups and international catering groups. It is the first choice for the hotel, entertainment, catering, KVT and other industries.
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Scottsman Ice Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.Address: Room 2505, Building 2, No. 20, Xuhong Middle Road, Xuhui District, ShanghaiCompany website: http://www.scotsman-china.com/Company OverviewAs an equipment manufacturer focusing on the ice machine industry, Scotsman can provide a wide range of choices in ice types and ice machines. As a brand focusing on ice machines, Scotsman has a complete distribution network in many countries and regions around the world. Scotsman has three production bases in the world, located in Italy, the United States and China. Each production base has its own independent R&D team to develop and produce ice machine products that meet the needs of local and even global customers. At the same time, they are also the strong technical cornerstone of the Scotsman brand, and can use global R&D capabilities to develop and produce ice machine equipment that meets the needs of local customers.
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Xingqi Heating and Cooling Machinery (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.Address: Room 501, Tower 1, Kerry Enterprises Center, 128 Tianmu West Road, Jing'an District, ShanghaiCompany website: http://www.hoshizaki.com.cnCompany OverviewThe Hoshizaki Group was founded in Nagoya, Japan in 1947 and was officially listed on the Tokyo First Stock Exchange in 2008. After more than 70 years of unremitting efforts, Hoshizaki has grown into a comprehensive enterprise group with fully automatic ice machines, commercial refrigerators and other products as its main products, and its product line extends to various kitchen equipment fields. In Japan, with Hoshizaki Co., Ltd. as the center, the group has a total of 17 subsidiaries (data as of March 2017). With its excellent product development capabilities, differentiated market positioning, perfect sales system and humanized after-sales service, it provides excellent products and services to customers in various fields such as hotels, restaurants, medical institutions, health facilities, schools, supermarkets, etc. Globally, the Hoshizaki Group has production bases in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Its business covers five continents and seven oceans around the world, and it has branches in 33 cities (data as of December 2021). Hoshizaki China occupies a prominent and important position in the entire overseas strategic map of the Hoshizaki Group. In 1998, it first landed in China, and in 2004, Hoshizaki Hot and Cold Machinery (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. was established. In less than 20 years, Hoshizaki China has actively explored the Chinese market and strived to bring better products and services to Chinese users. The Hoshizaki brand will uphold the belief of courage to innovate, give full play to the integrated capabilities of "manufacturing-sales-service", cherish every opportunity to communicate with customers, listen to the voice of customers, and strive to become a HOSHIZAKI that is trusted and admired by the world, keeps pace with the times and continues to evolve.
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Ningbo Wellcome Industrial Technology Co., Ltd.Address: No. 55, Binhai 4th Road, Hangzhou Bay New Area, Cixi City, Ningbo City, Zhejiang ProvinceCompany website: https://www.hicon.cn/Company OverviewNingbo Wellcome Industrial Technology Co., Ltd. is a company specializing in the research and development, production and sales of small refrigeration appliances and peripheral products. Its products include household ice makers, compact refrigerators and freezers, wine cabinets, beverage cabinets, ice cream machines, draft beer machines, sparkling water machines, commercial ice makers, etc. It has a modern industrial park of more than 330 acres in Ningbo Qianwan New Area, a national economic and technological development zone. It currently has more than 2,500 employees, 12 production lines, and an annual production capacity of more than 6 million units. It is one of the earliest companies in the world to integrate the concept of commercial ice makers into the field of household products, and is a pioneer and leader in the field of household ice makers in the world. The company was founded in 2001 and is one of the earliest private family-owned enterprises in China. It has a 50-year development history. It is a national high-tech enterprise, a member of the China Home Appliances Association, a member of the China Export Quality Promotion Committee, and one of the top 100 enterprises in Ningbo. Wellcome is export-oriented and enjoys the right to independently manage imports and exports. Its products are exported in batches to more than 50 countries and regions in Europe, America and Asia, and has become one of China's refrigeration appliance export manufacturing bases. The company's products have obtained CCC, ROHS, international CB, EU CE, US UL, US ETL, German GS certifications, and some products have obtained US Energy Star and US NSF certifications.
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Ningbo Grant Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Address: No. 125, Xiajiangdang Road, Yinjiang Town, Haishu District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang ProvinceCompany website: http://www.grant-ice.com.cnCompany OverviewNingbo Grant Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is a professional manufacturer of ice machines for industrial and commercial use. In 1992, the Grant R&D team was established in the United States. In 1996, the Grant China factory was established. The land area is 30,000 square meters and the building area is 37,000 square meters. The company has advanced production equipment, advanced production technology, and modern management mode. It has a strict quality management system and has passed the IS09001-2000 international quality system certification, ISO14001-2004 international environmental management system certification and EU CE product quality certification. Ningbo Grant Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is responsible for drafting the "Flake Ice Maker Domestic Trade Industry Standard SB/T10414-2007 of the People's Republic of China" and the "Snowflake Ice Maker Domestic Trade Industry Standard SB/T 10413-2007 of the People's Republic of China" have been issued and implemented. Since 2003, the company has been recognized as a "High-tech Enterprise" by the provincial, municipal and district science and technology departments (bureaus), and has also won many honors such as the "China Technology Innovation Fund Project" and the "China Torch Plan Project Certificate" from the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China. Ningbo Grant Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has mechanical processing, welding, heat treatment, electroplating, electrical appliances and assembly workshops. At present, the company has 216 employees, including 59 national researchers and senior and intermediate engineering and technical management personnel. It can carry out turnkey projects integrating planning, design, manufacturing, installation, commissioning and employee training for ground ice-making centers in various industries. Ningbo Grant Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. currently produces hundreds of models of fluorine refrigeration ice-making systems, ammonia refrigeration ice-making systems and carbon dioxide ice-making systems, among which the 24-hour ice production ranges from 70 kilograms to hundreds of tons, which can meet the growing demand for commercial and industrial ice. The products are mostly used in marine fisheries, food processing, dyes and pigments, biopharmaceuticals, scientific experiments, coal mine cooling, concrete mixing, hydropower stations, nuclear power stations, ice storage projects and indoor ski resorts. At the same time, the company can also design and manufacture automatic ice storage systems, automatic ice delivery systems, and automatic metering systems according to customer needs, with an ice delivery capacity of 5T-50T per hour.
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Hubei Dongbei Mechanical and Electrical Group Co., Ltd.Address: No. 6, East Jinshan Avenue, Tieshan District, Huangshi City, Hubei ProvinceCompany website: https://www.donper.com/Company OverviewHubei Dongbei Electromechanical Group Co., Ltd. is located in Tieshan District, Huangshi Economic and Technological Development Zone. Its main business is the research and development and production of refrigeration compressors and commercial refrigeration appliances. It was listed on the main board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange on December 25, 2020 (stock code: 601956). The company has established production bases in Huangjinshan, Huangshi, Luoqiao, Daye, Wuhu, Anhui, Suqian, Jiangsu and other places. At present, it has many holding and participating subsidiaries, including Huangshi Dongbei Compressor Co., Ltd., Wuhu Opel Electromechanical Co., Ltd., Dongbei (Jiangsu) Electromechanical Co., Ltd., Huangshi Dongbei Motor Co., Ltd., Huangshi Dongbei Casting Co., Ltd., Huangshi Dongbei Refrigeration Co., Ltd., and Jiangsu Dongbei Motor Co., Ltd. The company's Dongbei brand compressor ranks among the top in the industry in terms of production and sales of a single brand, and is the main compressor supplier for domestic and foreign brand refrigerator and freezer manufacturers. Technical innovation support platforms such as the National Enterprise Technology Center, Postdoctoral Workstation, Academician Workstation, and Brazil R&D Center have been established one after another. The company's product research and development capabilities are at the forefront of the global industry.
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Aucma Co., Ltd.Address: No. 315, Qianwangang Road, Economic and Technological Development Zone, Qingdao City, Shandong ProvinceCompany website: http://www.aucma.com.cn/Company OverviewAucma was founded in 1987. Aucma Co., Ltd. was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2000 and is headquartered in Qingdao. With the goal of "building a world-class enterprise", in recent years, Aucma has transformed from a traditional home appliance enterprise mainly engaged in refrigerators to a cold chain Internet of Things enterprise based on full cold chain products. It has launched and implemented the "Internet + full cold chain" strategy, and is committed to providing customers with temperature requirements with full cold chain system solutions from the first kilometer to the last kilometer, from the place of origin to the table. Based on the full cold chain strategy, the company has established a "1+3+N" strategic system for digital transformation. "1" refers to "becoming an international first-class innovative technology enterprise for smart refrigeration"; "3" is to create the three main businesses of "smart cold chain equipment manufacturing and sales", "smart home appliances, smart home manufacturing and sales and smart community services", and "international trade and cross-border e-commerce services"; "N" is to create multiple scenarios around the main business to achieve the transformation and upgrading of "product-scenario-ecology". Adhering to the corporate mission of "creating happiness and temperature with technology", Aucma integrates global resources, promotes technological innovation, and has gained market recognition in multiple industries. In the field of household products, Aucma's refrigerator products have a good reputation. In the field of commercial cold chain, as a supplier of cold food and cold drink supporting products trusted by many commercial customers, the market share of commercial products in China ranks first. The refrigerated and frozen display cabinets have won the "Manufacturing Single Champion Product" from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The company has established a good cooperative relationship with major global beverage, ice cream and other suppliers; in the field of medical cold chain, the company's medical cold chain products have passed the WHO PQS certification, and it is a qualified supplier of UNICEF and a cold chain partner of the Gates Foundation. The low-temperature storage technology of biological samples is advanced in the industry and has made outstanding contributions to the global public health and health cause. Aucma has the world's most advanced core refrigeration technology. The company has more than 2,000 patents in more than a dozen technical fields such as low-temperature refrigeration, green energy saving, and smart Internet of Things. It has won more than 300 national product awards over the years, and more than 800 specifications and models of products have been identified to reach the international leading level. It has successfully launched many pioneering products such as air-cooled frost-free freezers, AI smart unmanned vending cabinets, passive vaccine storage boxes ARKTEK, and Yuan refrigerators. The company's laboratory is recognized by the national CNAS and internationally renowned certification agencies such as VDE, UL, and CSA, and its products have obtained international certifications such as UL, VDE, CB, CE, EER, and LFGB. Aucma is also the first company to pass the ISO9001, ISO14001, and OHSAS18001 three-system integrated certification. The company has passed the qualification review of qualified suppliers of world-renowned companies such as GE, BOSCH, SEARS, and SHARP.
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Yindu Catering Equipment Co., Ltd.Address: No. 1, Xingxing Road, Xingqiao Street, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang ProvinceCompany website: http://www.yinduchina.com/Company OverviewYindu Catering Equipment Co., Ltd. is a high-tech enterprise specializing in the production of commercial catering equipment. It was established on April 10, 2003. The company is engaged in the research and development, production, sales and service of commercial catering equipment. Its products are mainly commercial catering refrigeration equipment, buffet equipment, western kitchen equipment, etc. The company has a number of patents, and the production technology of commercial catering equipment has reached the domestic advanced level, and some have reached the international advanced level. The products have obtained various domestic and international certifications (ETL, CE, CB, ROHS, GEMS, CCC, etc.). After more than ten years of precipitation and innovation, a business model integrating research and development, production, sales and service has been formed. In order to bring high-quality services and experience to every customer, Yindu has built a nearby integrated service system around the country, covering 23 provinces, 4 autonomous regions and 4 municipalities directly under the central government, and relying on this, strictly control the entire after-sales process to prevent irregular third-party services.
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Shanghai Chuangli Refrigeration Equipment Co., Ltd.Address: No. 555, Tianyi Road, Qingpu District, ShanghaiCompany website: https://www.chuangli.comCompany OverviewChuangli Enterprise was founded in 2008 and is a professional domestic manufacturer of commercial ice machines and commercial refrigerators. It has been deeply involved in the ice machine and refrigeration industry for decades. It owns two major commercial ice machine brands, "Snooker" and "Chuangli Chuangli". The "Snooker" brand has been marketed to 86 countries and regions in Europe, America, Asia, etc.; "Chuangli Chuangli" brand commercial ice machines and commercial refrigerators serve the domestic market, forming a product experience center sales network covering large and medium-sized cities across the country, and product sales have repeatedly achieved good results; and through continuous research and development and improvement, improving customer service to expand the market and win reputation. The product chain covers the ice shapes required by various parties in the field of commercial ice machines, including square ice, moon-shaped ice, snowflake ice, flake ice, bullet ice, pearl ice; as well as all models required for healthy tea drinks, Chinese hot pot and supermarket systems. Chuangli commercial refrigerators and freezers are designed and manufactured with the concept of "large space, high stability". The full series includes three series of flat freezers and upright freezers: 1200, 1500 and 1800; with multiple refrigeration modes such as refrigeration, freezing, and dual-temperature mixing, the products can meet the different uses of commercial freezers in various scenarios.
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Guangzhou Guangshen Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Address: No. 20, Xinshuikeng Section, Shixin Road, Dalong Street, Panyu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong ProvinceCompany website: http://www.gzguangshen.comCompany OverviewGuangshen Electric was founded in December 2004. It specializes in the production, R&D, operation and sales of three series of products, including commercial ice cream machines, ice machines and commercial kitchen freezers. The company currently has three production bases in Guangzhou, Foshan and Xianning, Hubei. The Guangshen Electric production plant covers an area of 80,000 square meters (with an additional 60,000 square meters of plant under construction) and has more than 500 employees. After 28 years of persistence in the commercial refrigeration industry by the company's founder and 18 years of continuous investment by Guangshen Electric, it currently has a total of 8 commercial electrical appliance assembly automatic production lines, 25 commercial electrical appliance online testing production lines, 7-station fully automatic foaming production lines, one-time forming steel plate rolling production lines, 38 sets of six-axis robots, more than 100 sets of CNC punching machines, laser cutting machines, CNC bending machines, automatic bending centers, large-tonnage hydraulic presses, machining centers, large-tonnage injection molding machines and other advanced production equipment at home and abroad. In the 18 years since its establishment, Guangshen Electric has focused on commercial refrigeration appliances as its business direction and has taken improving the quality of life of employees, customers and consumers as its business purpose. It has successively become a partner of leading domestic and foreign catering brands, and its products have been exported to more than 100 countries and regions including South America, North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia, and its market share in many countries and regions has remained at the forefront.
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Commercial Ice Maker Information
What is a Commercial Ice Maker
A Commercial Ice Maker is a specialized appliance designed to produce large quantities of ice for use in commercial settings such as restaurants, hotels, and supermarkets. These machines are essential for providing a consistent supply of ice for cooling beverages, preserving food, and other applications.
History of Commercial Ice Makers
Commercial ice makers have evolved significantly over the years, with advancements in technology leading to more efficient and reliable designs. Today, they are an indispensable part of the foodservice industry, ensuring a steady supply of ice to meet high-demand situations.
Purpose of Commercial Ice Makers
The primary purpose of a Commercial Ice Maker is to provide a consistent and reliable supply of ice for various commercial applications. They are used in:
- Restaurants and Hotels: To cool beverages and preserve food.
- Supermarkets: For displaying and preserving perishable goods.
- Medical Facilities: To store and cool medical samples and supplies.
Principle of Commercial Ice Makers
Commercial Ice Makers work based on the principle of refrigeration, which involves the following steps:
- Compression: The refrigerant is compressed into a high-pressure gas by the compressor.
- Cooling: The high-pressure gas is cooled in the condenser, turning it into a high-pressure liquid.
- Expansion: The liquid refrigerant passes through an expansion valve, reducing its pressure and temperature.
- Evaporation: The low-pressure liquid absorbs heat from the water in the evaporator, freezing it into ice.
Features of Commercial Ice Makers
Commercial Ice Makers come with several features that enhance their performance and efficiency:
- High Production Capacity: Capable of producing large quantities of ice, often hundreds of pounds per day.
- Energy Efficiency: Designed to be energy-efficient, reducing operating costs.
- Easy Maintenance: Many models come with self-cleaning features and easy-to-access components.
- Various Ice Types: Options for different ice shapes and sizes to meet specific needs.
Types of Commercial Ice Makers
There are several types of Commercial Ice Makers, each designed for specific applications:
- Undercounter Ice Makers: Compact and designed to fit under counters, ideal for small spaces like bars and cafes.
- Freestanding Ice Machines: Larger units with high production capacity, suitable for busy restaurants and hotels.
- High-Capacity Ice Makers: Designed for large-scale operations, such as banquet halls and seafood markets, capable of producing hundreds of pounds of ice daily.
Precautions for using Commercial Ice Makers
When using Commercial Ice Makers, it is important to follow these precautions:
- Proper Installation: Ensure the machine is installed correctly to avoid leaks and ensure efficient operation.
- Regular Maintenance: Clean the machine regularly to prevent the buildup of dirt and debris.
- Water Quality: Use clean water to ensure the quality of the ice produced.
- Temperature Monitoring: Ensure the machine operates within the recommended temperature range to maintain performance.
Things to consider when purchasing Commercial Ice Makers
When purchasing a Commercial Ice Maker, consider the following factors:
- Capacity: Choose a machine with the appropriate ice production capacity for your needs.
- Efficiency: Look for models with high energy efficiency ratings to save on operating costs.
- Brand and Quality: Choose a reputable brand with a proven track record of reliability and customer support.
- Features: Consider the specific features you need, such as ice type, storage capacity, and self-cleaning functions.
Terms of Commercial Ice Makers
Here are some common terms related to Commercial Ice Makers:
- Refrigerant: The substance used in the refrigeration cycle to absorb and release heat.
- Compressor: The component that compresses the refrigerant, increasing its pressure and temperature.
- Condenser: The component that cools the high-pressure gas, turning it into a liquid.
- Evaporator: The component where the low-pressure liquid absorbs heat and freezes water into ice.
