Tippmann Engineering

What Tippmann Engineering does

Tippmann Engineering, operating commercially as QuickFreeze, is a privately held, family-owned industrial equipment manufacturer founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The company designs, manufactures, and sells modular pallet blast-freezing systems used by cold-storage operators, food processing facilities, and third-party logistics providers that need to freeze palletized protein and other perishable products faster and more consistently than conventional common-plenum blast cells allow. Its flagship QFM product is a drop-in, self-contained modular blast freezer that installs inside a customer's existing select racking, pairs with patented accessories (AutoSeal dynamic pallet seal, AutoSense touchless IR core-temperature sensor, T2 Spacer, T-Probe wireless logger, and Spartan high-volume unit), and connects via Wi-Fi to a cloud-based QFMonitoring dashboard that integrates with warehouse management systems.

The underlying technology differentiates from legacy blast cells by placing a dedicated variable-speed EC fan at every pallet position — rather than relying on bulk plenum airflow — and using the patented AutoSeal to eliminate bypass air, yielding documented freeze-time improvements of up to 18.7% (AutoSeal) and 40% (T2 Spacer). Revenue is generated primarily through quote-based hardware sales of QFM units and accessories, supplemented by paid engineering services via the Blast Ready Report facility assessment and recurring operator training sessions. The company sells directly to enterprise customers through a field sales team supported by self-serve digital tools (heat-load calculator, sample dashboard, document library, engineering guide) and provides 18-week lead-time equipment with multi-year contracts. Founded on Tippmann family refrigeration expertise dating to the 1930s, the company has produced 15,000+ QFM units and maintains a portfolio of issued and pending US patents covering the core freezing architecture.

Name

Tippmann Engineering

Legal name

QuickFreeze

Website

https://quickfreeze.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tippmann Engineering, operating as QuickFreeze, is a Fort Wayne, Indiana-based family-owned manufacturer of modular pallet blast-freezing systems (QFM) and patented accessories (AutoSeal, AutoSense, T2 Spacer) sold to cold-storage operators, food processors, and 3PLs needing faster, more consistent pallet freezing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Blast Freezing Equipment

NAICS

Ventilation, Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing (33341), Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing (333415)

SIC

Air-Cond & Warm Air Heatg Equip & Comm & Indl Refrig Equip (3585), Refrigeration & Service Industry Machinery (3580)

akta.pro primary industry

Chillers & Cooling Plant Equipment (IMAHAKAE)

Keywords

• Industrial blast freezing
• Pallet freezing equipment
• Cold storage equipment
• Modular blast freezers
• Food processing freezers

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Wayne

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Blast Freezing Equipment Sales: Sale of modular blast freezing hardware including QFM units, AutoSeal and AutoSense accessories, T2 Spacers, T-Probes, and Spartan systems. Hardware is sold directly to cold storage operators, food processing facilities, and 3PL operators. Equipment operates on 3-phase power and can be daisy-chained together.
2. Blast Ready Report Services: Engineering assessment service that analyzes existing freezer room capacity and calculates how many QFM units can be added without additional refrigeration. Used as a sales tool to demonstrate ROI and win major accounts.
3. Training Services: Operator and integrator training sessions offered weekly. Bookable through calendar links on website. Training covers QFM operation, dashboard usage, and system management.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Tippmann Engineering (QuickFreeze) designs, manufactures, and sells modular blast-freezing hardware systems that install inside existing cold-storage racking. The core QFM unit freezes palletized food products using per-position EC fans with optional patented AutoSeal dynamic sealing and AutoSense touchless temperature sensing, plus cloud-based Wi-Fi monitoring. Supporting products include the T2 Spacer airflow spacer, T-Probe wireless temperature logger, Spartan high-volume freezer, and the Blast Ready Report engineering assessment service.

Product overview

QuickFreeze (Tippmann Engineering) offers a modular blast-freezing platform system for cold-storage and food-processing facilities. The core QFM unit is a self-contained modular blast freezer with per-position EC fans, Wi-Fi connectivity, and telescoping fit for existing racking. Two patented accessories—AutoSense (touchless IR temperature sensing) and AutoSeal (dynamic pallet seal)—can be added to create a fully automatic blast-freezing system. Supporting products include the T2 Spacer for optimized airflow, T-Probe wireless temperature logger, and Spartan for high-volume operations. QF+ is the retired predecessor to QFM. The company also provides engineering services through its Blast Ready Report and offers cloud-based monitoring via the QFMonitoring dashboard with WMS integration capability.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AutoSense: Patented touchless internal core temperature sensing system for QFM that knows when a pallet is done and ends the cycle automatically.
• AutoSeal
• QF+ (Retired 2021)
• Spartan
• T2 Spacer
• T-Probe

Quantifiable outcome

• 18.7% faster freeze times with AutoSeal (side-by-side controlled testing)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered reference_customer.

• DuBretonreference_customerTechnology or IntegrationQuebec, Canada-based organic and certified humane pork producer installed QF+ In-Rack Freezing System for pork export operations to China. QuickFreeze conducted installation and commissioning for DuBreton's freezing needs.
• Mattingly Cold Storagereference_customerTechnology or IntegrationZanesville, Ohio 3PL operator that commissioned QuickFreeze for freezing and tempering tests with QF+ In-Rack Freezing System to evaluate freeze times against traditional blast freezing.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Key Technology: Key Technology (a Duravant company) makes digital inspection, sorting, and conveying equipment for food processing, including integrated freezing line solutions. Comparability: serves overlapping protein and produce processors with adjacent line-of-process equipment, often co-installed with industrial freezers.
• Heat and Control: Heat and Control designs and builds food processing lines including frying, cooking, and freezing/cooking equipment for snacks, protein, and prepared foods. Comparability: delivers full-line processing/freezing systems to QuickFreeze's customer base, though broader in scope than pallet blast freezing.
• Cabinplant: Cabinplant is a Danish food processing equipment maker specializing in weighing, portioning, and freezing (including IQF and spiral/tunnel freezers). Comparability: sells freezing equipment into seafood, meat, and prepared-food processors that overlap QuickFreeze's end customers, though focused more on conveyor/spiral than in-rack pallet freezing.
• GEA Group: GEA is a large industrial equipment supplier with a dedicated refrigeration and freezing equipment line serving food, dairy, and beverage processors. Comparability: produces industrial refrigeration/freezing equipment for the same end markets as QuickFreeze, but at much broader scope and scale.
• Marel: Marel is a global food processing equipment manufacturer serving meat, poultry, fish, and prepared foods. Comparability: sells freezing/chilling and handling equipment into the same protein and food-processing buyers as QuickFreeze, though Marel operates at much broader scale across the full processing line.
• JBT Corporation: JBT (John Bean Technologies) is a broad- portfolio food processing and air transport equipment supplier with installed freezing and chilling systems used by protein and prepared-food processors. Comparability: overlapping end customers and freezing/chilling category, but JBT offers a much wider equipment portfolio and is significantly larger.
• Air Products: Air Products supplies cryogenic freezing systems (e.g., Freshline) used for blast and IQF applications across meat, seafood, and prepared foods. Comparability: alternative approach to fast pallet/case freezing using cryogenics rather than mechanical in-rack units, addressing the same throughput-quality pain points at industrial scale.
• Linde: Linde (formerly BOC/Praxair) provides industrial gases and cryogenic freezing solutions, including FOODLINE for IQF and cryogenic blast applications. Comparability: targets the same high-throughput protein and prepared-food customers seeking rapid pallet/cell freezing via an alternative technology stack.

Others

• FPSA (Food Processing Suppliers Association): FPSA is the industry association for food processing equipment suppliers, of which QuickFreeze is an active member (webinars, training content). Comparability: not a competitor, but the relevant ecosystem/community that aggregates peer equipment makers (IQF, spiral, cryogenic, mechanical freezers) QuickFreeze benchmarks against.

Emerging players

• OctoFrost: OctoFrost is an IQF (individually quick-frozen) equipment specialist serving berries, seafood, and prepared foods with modular freezing chambers. Comparability: shares the modular, energy-efficient freezing philosophy and protein/frozen-food customers, but specializes in IQF products rather than palletized in-rack blast freezing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCTOoH7NolqBR3ciRPKdMonQ
• Xx.com/TE_QuickFreeze
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tippmann-engineering

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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