Recom Ice Systems B.V.

What Recom Ice Systems B.V. does

Recom Ice Systems B.V. is a Dutch industrial-equipment manufacturer and supplier of commercial and industrial ice machines and turnkey ice plants, headquartered in Almere, the Netherlands, with production carried out under license at a facility in Southeast China. Founded in 2004 (with operations tracing back further, evidenced by 29+ years of market presence), the company is led by Managing Director Stef Bouhuijs and serves a global customer base across seafood/fishing, construction, concrete cooling, marine/vessel, winter sports, and industrial cooling end markets under a vertical segmentation approach. Its product portfolio spans flake, plate, tube, slurry, and block ice machines in capacities from 1 to 60 tons per day, plus containerized ice plants, ice storage, pneumatic and spiral delivery systems, automated weighing systems, water chillers, and CO2/ammonia-compatible ice drums, all built using components from brands such as Bitzer, Copeland, Danfoss, Siemens, and PED-certified to European standards.

The company's core technical differentiator is a vertical ice drum design (versus conventional horizontal drums) that reduces rotating parts and wear while maintaining ice quality, complemented by the RIIPP cloud-based SaaS platform on Siemens PLCs that enables remote monitoring and control of installed ice plants from PC, tablet, or mobile. Recom operates a project-based enterprise go-to-market model: direct sales from the Netherlands headquarters supported by a global agent network, selling into governments, port authorities, large fisheries, and construction companies primarily through tenders and direct negotiations (with 15+ consecutive years at the Brussels Seafood Expo). Revenue mechanics are dominated by hardware sales of machines and turnkey ice plants, with a smaller and emerging managed-services stream from RIIPP software; pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with multi-year contract cadences typical for the installed equipment base. Named customers include Royal Greenland, Mowi, Suez Canal Authority (34 vessel machines), Yemen Ministry of Fish Wealth (190 tons/day across 19 plants), Impregilo & OAS (360 tons/day concrete cooling in Brazil), Huon Aquaculture, Stornoway Port Authority, and Heerema Marine Contractors, evidencing a globally distributed but ticket-heavy enterprise book.

Name

Recom Ice Systems B.V.

Legal name

Recom Ice Systems B.V.

Website

https://recom-ice.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Recom Ice Systems B.V. is a Dutch manufacturer of industrial ice machines and turnkey ice plants (1–60 tons/day), serving seafood, construction, marine, and winter-sports customers worldwide via direct sales, a global agent network, and project-based tenders, with a vertical ice drum technology and a cloud-based RIIPP remote-monitoring platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Ice Equipment Manufacturing

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

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

akta.pro primary industry

Refrigeration Components & Controls (Compressors, Valves, Sensors) (IMAHAKAH)

Keywords

• Industrial ice machines
• Flake ice production
• Turnkey ice plants
• Harbour ice systems
• Concrete cooling plants

Headquarters

HQ city

Almere-haven

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Ice Machine Sales: Sale of industrial ice machines including flake ice, tube ice, plate ice, block ice, and slurry ice machines with production capacities from 0.5T to 60T per day.
2. Ice Plant Turnkey Solutions: Complete turnkey ice plant solutions including production, storage, delivery, weighing, and dosing systems. Combines multiple products into integrated harbor, concrete cooling, and artificial snow plants.
3. Water Chillers: Sale of industrial water chillers for concrete cooling plants, designed for extreme conditions and high ambient temperatures above 45 degrees Celsius.
4. RIIPP Software Services: Cloud-based SaaS application for ice plant automation and remote monitoring. RIIPP provides complete control over ice production plants and attached processes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Recom Ice Systems engineers, manufactures, and distributes industrial ice machines (flake, plate, tube, slurry, block, and vessel types) and complete turnkey ice plant solutions for commercial and industrial customers worldwide. The portfolio covers production capacities from 0.5 to 60 tons per day, complemented by ice storage, delivery, weighing, and water chiller systems, and remote plant monitoring via the RIIPP cloud SaaS platform. Production is carried out under license in Southeast China using European-designed engineering and premium components (Bitzer, Copeland, Danfoss, Siemens).

Product overview

Recom Ice Systems B.V. is a manufacturer, supplier, and distributor of industrial ice equipment offering a comprehensive portfolio centered on flake ice machines (commercial and industrial F-series), supplemented by specialized ice types (plate PL-series, tube TU-series, slurry SL-series, block BL-series machines), and complete turnkey ice plant solutions. The product ecosystem includes containerized flake ice plants (CF-series), ice storage systems (IS-series), ice delivery (AID/SID-series), ice weighing (PIW/SIW-series), water chillers (ICW-series), and CO2/flake ice drums (FD-series) as key components. The company provides RIIPP, a cloud-based SaaS ice plant automation platform powered by Siemens PLC technology for remote monitoring and control. Turnkey solutions span harbour ice plants (Arctic Ice Series), concrete cooling plants, and artificial snow plants. Production capacity ranges from 1 to 60 tons per day across the machine portfolio, with equipment built under license in China using components from Bitzer, Refcomp, Copeland, Danfoss, Alco, Telemecanique, Omron, and Siemens. Designed and tested to European PED standards with head office in The Netherlands.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• RIIPP: Industrial Internet application suite to manage the performance of a Recom Ice Plant. Full internet ice plant portal for remote control from PC, tablet, or mobile phone.

Products and services

• Commercial Flake Ice Machines (F-series) Compact commercial flake ice machines producing 0.5-2.5 tons per day of food-safe flake ice for the food and fish industries, available in standard (AS) and tropical (AT) air-cooled condenser configurations.
• Industrial Flake Ice Machines (F-series) Heavy-duty industrial flake ice machines producing 3-25 tons per day using vertical ice drum technology, available in standard (AS), tropical (AT), and water-cooled (WT) configurations with semi-hermetic or screw compressors.
• Vessel Flake Ice Machines (VF-series) Seawater-compatible vessel flake ice machines designed for fishing vessels, producing 1-7.5 tons per day with stainless steel SUS316L ice drums and seawater-cooled condensers for onboard ice production.
• Containerized Flake Ice Plants (CF-series) Complete containerized flake ice production plants built in 20ft or 40ft containers, producing 10-50 tons per day, fully tested modular systems with Siemens PLC controls, Bitzer compressors, and temperature-controlled containers.
• Plate Ice Machines (PL-series) Plate ice machines producing 1-30 tons per day of flat ice sheets (10-15mm thickness) at -1.5°C to -2°C; ice melts slowly and can be stored 30% longer than other ice types, suitable for fish industry applications.
• Tube Ice Machines (TU-series) Industrial tube ice machines producing hollow, transparent cylindrical ice (22-41mm diameters) for consumption and beverage cooling, with production from 1-50 tons per day and food-safe SUS304/SUS316 stainless steel water-contact parts.
• Slurry Ice Machines (SL-series) Slurry ice machines producing micro-crystalline ice particles (up to 40% ice density) at -2°C with efficient heat transfer for rapid cooling of fish, seafood, and poultry, with seawater compatibility.
• Block Ice Machines (BL-series) Block ice machines producing solid ice blocks (12.5-50kg) via brine tank immersion at -10°C, available in non-containerized (1-2.5 tons/day) and containerized (5-20 tons/day) models with ice blocks that are easy to transport without refrigerated vehicles.
• Artificial Snow Plants Industrial artificial snow plants using flake ice ground to powder and pneumatically delivered to slopes, with production capacity 15-500 tons per day and distribution up to 200m, providing climate-independent fully automated snow production for ski resorts and theme parks.
• Concrete Cooling Plants Turnkey concrete cooling plants using flake ice to lower concrete mix temperature during curing, preventing premature hardening in warm climates, with capacity up to 100 tons per 24 hours per plant and ice storage up to 150 tons.
• Harbour Ice Plants (Arctic Ice Series) Complete harbour ice plant solutions for fish cooling at ports, combining CF-series flake ice machines, IS-series ice storage, AID/SID delivery systems, PIW weighing hoppers, and payment/registration systems for autonomous fish market operations.
• Containerized Automatic Ice Storages (IS-series) Automated ice storage systems in containers (7-100 ton capacity) maintaining ice at -5°C to -6°C, including modular systems with screw discharge (FIFO principle) and V-type tube ice storage with PLC control.
• Ice Delivery Systems (AID/SID-series) Ice transportation systems including pneumatic (AID) delivery for long distances up to 180m and spiral (SID) delivery for short-distance distribution, with capacities from 6-30 tons per hour at various angles.
• Water Chillers (ICW-series) 3-stage fresh water chillers for concrete cooling plants, producing 180-450 m³ cold water daily from 45°C to 1°C, designed for extreme conditions such as deserts with 45°C+ ambient temperatures using shell and tube evaporators and built in 20ft or 40ft containers.
• RIIPP (Remote Ice Plant Management) Cloud-based SaaS application suite for remote ice plant management and monitoring, controlling ice production and attached processes via Siemens Simatic S7-1200 PLC with internet connectivity (fixed line or 3G), accessible from PC, tablet, or mobile phone.

Quantifiable outcome

• Seafood freshness maintained through rapid cooling to 0°C
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SUEZ Advanced Solutions UKcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Recom supplied a 15T containerized ice plant in Italy for Ice Pigging applications. SUEZ Advanced Solutions UK is the exclusive developer of Ice Pigging technology, a pipe maintenance solution using ice slurry. Recom partnered with SUEZ to provide ice production equipment for this innovative application.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Vogt Ice: US/German manufacturer of industrial flake ice equipment and refrigeration systems with deep presence in fishing harbors, food processing, and concrete cooling — directly comparable in product mix, capacity range, and enterprise/government customer base to Recom.
• North Star Ice Equipment: North American industrial ice equipment manufacturer producing flake, tube and plate ice machines for seafood, poultry and concrete cooling — overlapping product lines and end markets with Recom, though with stronger North American distribution.
• Ice-Bit: Italian-headquartered manufacturer of industrial ice machines and ice plants serving fishing, food processing and concrete cooling — closely overlapping Recom's product portfolio (flake, tube, plate, block) and target verticals across Mediterranean, Africa, and South America.
• KTI-Plenk: Austrian industrial ice equipment maker focused on flake, tube and slurry ice for fishing, food and concrete cooling — a smaller European specialist with comparable product range and customer verticals to Recom.

Broad incumbents

• GEA Group: German engineering conglomerate with a substantial refrigeration and cold-chain division serving food, dairy and industrial cooling — competes with Recom on large harbor and processing plant scope but as part of a much broader portfolio.
• Follett Corporation: US maker of commercial ice machines, ice storage and beverage equipment serving foodservice, healthcare and industrial customers — overlaps with Recom on ice production hardware but skews smaller capacity and North American.
• Johnson Controls (York Industrial Refrigeration): Global building and industrial refrigeration conglomerate whose York/Sabroe brands serve large-scale fishing, cold storage and food processing customers — a much larger competitor that Recom occasionally faces on major turnkey tenders.
• Hoshizaki: Japanese global leader in commercial ice machines and kitchen equipment, with a full industrial range following the acquisition of Manitowoc Ice — competes with Recom in flake and tube ice but with significantly broader product portfolio and global service network.
• Mayekawa (Mycom): Japanese industrial refrigeration specialist with strong global presence in fishing, food processing and cold storage; offers ammonia and CO2 ice systems that compete with Recom's heavy-duty industrial plants on large-scale enterprise tenders.

Regional players

• CIMEC Industrial: Chinese industrial ice machine manufacturer competing primarily across Asia-Pacific with a broad flake, tube and block ice portfolio — a regional competitor to Recom with potential cost advantages in Asian markets where Recom relies on its licensed Chinese production.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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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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