Arctic Ice

What Arctic Ice does

Arctic Ice is a private, for-profit Australian company that produces and distributes bagged ice, bulk ice, dry ice, and ice freezers. The firm is headquartered in Darwin, Northern Territory, and operates in the ice manufacturing and cold-chain logistics sector, serving customers who require reliable frozen product supply — including retail, foodservice, hospitality, industrial, and event-based buyers.

The company's core technology is physical ice-manufacturing capacity and cold-chain logistics infrastructure (including freezer equipment leasing as part of its product line). Revenue mechanics are not publicly disclosed in the source material; no pricing model, contract structure, or revenue figures are available. The horizontal segmentation approach indicated in firmographic data suggests the company serves a broad base of SMB and consumer customers rather than a concentrated enterprise set.

Arctic Ice employs 51-100 people and operates a corporate website at arcticice.com.au. Founder and director Nathan Cooper is the named leader. Note: a significant portion of the aggregated input material references a separate Australian ice producer (Bells Pure Ice) rather than Arctic Ice directly; consequently, scale claims such as production tonnage, plant counts, and retail-site coverage cannot be attributed to Arctic Ice without additional confirmation.

Name

Arctic Ice

Website

https://arcticice.com.au

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Arctic Ice is a Darwin, Australia-based producer and distributor of bagged ice, bulk ice, dry ice, and ice freezers, serving retail, foodservice, hospitality, and industrial customers across its operating markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Darwin

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Arctic Ice is an Australian producer and distributor of bagged ice, bulk ice, dry ice, and ice freezers. The company manufactures and supplies ice products through a nationwide cold chain distribution network, maintaining ice freezer cabinets at retail sites across Australia and delivering 365 days per year.

Product overview

No product or service information for Arctic Ice found in the source data. The available source data pertains to 'Bells Pure Ice', an Australian ice manufacturing company, not Arctic Ice.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bagged Ice
• Bulk Ice
• Dry Ice
• Ice Freezers

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Australasian Recycling Label (ARL)minorOthersBells Pure Ice participates in the Australasian Recycling Label program, using the ARL logo on packaging with QR codes to inform consumers about proper packaging recycling. The company empowers consumers to participate in soft plastics recycling programs through this partnership with APCO (Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation) and REDcycle.

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Reddy Ice: One of the largest manufacturers and distributors of packaged ice in North America, with a similar model of producing bagged and bulk ice and distributing to retail and foodservice customers at scale via an extensive direct delivery network.
• Arctic Glacier Inc. Canadian-based manufacturer and distributor of packaged ice products serving retail and foodservice channels across North America, with comparable product mix (bagged, bulk, cube ice) and route-based distribution to thousands of retail points.
• The Ice Co: UK-based producer and distributor of bagged ice and ice products to retail and hospitality customers, operating a similar manufacturing-plus-distribution model with national coverage.

Broad incumbents

• Hoshizaki Corporation: Global manufacturer of commercial ice machines, refrigeration, and food service equipment; a broader incumbent in the ice value chain that supplies ice-making equipment used by foodservice operators and competes indirectly for ice supply decisions.
• Manitowoc Ice (Welbilt): Legacy manufacturer of commercial ice machines and foodservice equipment under the Manitowoc brand, now part of Welbilt's broader foodservice equipment portfolio; competes in the upstream ice equipment market rather than packaged ice itself.
• Scotsman Ice Systems: Global manufacturer of commercial ice machines and related refrigeration equipment; an indirect competitor whose equipment is used by foodservice operators who might otherwise source ice from third-party producers like Arctic Ice.

Others

• Linde plc: Global industrial gases company that produces and distributes dry ice as a byproduct of its CO2 business; relevant as a large-scale dry ice competitor for industrial and cold-chain customers in Australia.
• Air Liquide: Global industrial gas major with a dry ice and CO2 product line serving food, industrial, and cold-chain customers; an ecosystem participant whose dry ice offering overlaps with Arctic Ice's dry ice segment.
• Lineage Logistics: Global cold-chain warehousing and logistics company; an adjacent operator with overlapping cold storage infrastructure that could expand into ice distribution or partner with ice producers for shared logistics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/arctic-ice-au

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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