Icebridge

Name

Icebridge

Legal name

Icebridge Ltd

Website

https://icebridge.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Airline Catering Equipment

NAICS

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

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Ice Thermal Energy Storage (Chilled Water & Ice Storage for HVAC) (EUAFANAA)

Keywords

• Airline catering equipment
• Non-electric cooling solutions
• Onboard food cooling
• Passenger cabin refrigeration
• Aircraft galley equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Tuusula

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Cooling Hardware Products: Sale of physical cooling products including wet ice boxes, cooling cassettes, trolley coolers, and cooling chests to airlines and catering equipment providers. Products are durable goods designed for daily use over multiple years.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Icebridge develops and manufactures non-electric, passive cooling hardware for airline catering operations. Its product portfolio includes wet ice boxes, cooling cassettes, trolley coolers, cooling chests, oven insert cases, and premium in-seat and in-suite chilled mini-bars. Products are designed to maintain chilled or frozen food temperatures for up to 24 hours without electricity or dry ice, are compatible with all major trolley models (KSSU, Atlas, ACE), and are recyclable.

Product overview

Icebridge is a specialist provider of non-electric cooling solutions for airline catering, offering a portfolio of passive cooling products that maintain chilled and frozen temperatures without electricity or dry ice. The product line centers on cooling cassettes and trolley coolers as core offerings, supplemented by wet ice boxes, cooling chests, and oven insert cases. The company has expanded into premium cabin applications with specialized in-seat and in-suite chilled mini-bars for luxury airline products. All solutions are designed for compatibility with standard equipment models (KSSU, Atlas, and ACE) and are recyclable and environmentally friendly. The portfolio enables various catering concepts including Buy On Board, complimentary service, and overnight flight catering. Icebridge serves more than 70 airlines globally and operates from headquarters in Tuusula, Finland.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wet Ice Boxes Non-electric cooling containers that use wet ice to maintain chilled temperatures for food and beverages within airline catering equipment.
• Cooling Cassettes Non-electric cooling units designed for airline trolleys and galley equipment that provide extended chilling without electricity.
• Slim Trolley Cooling Cassette Ultra-thin, lightweight cooling cassette that chills an entire trolley for up to eight hours with no interior space loss, keeping all seven drawers of an HS trolley usable with four slim cassettes; can be washed and frozen daily for multiple years.
• Trolley Coolers Cooling solutions designed for integration with airline trolleys to enable chilled food transportation for extended periods without electrical power.
• Cooling Chests Portable non-electric cooling containers for airline catering operations that maintain chilled or frozen temperatures during food transportation.
• Oven Insert Cases Cooling solutions designed to fit within or complement aircraft galley ovens, enabling temperature-controlled food storage alongside heated meals.
• In-Seat Chilled Mini-Bars Compact non-electric cooling units integrated into aircraft seat arm-rests, maintaining contents between 5-9°C for up to 17 hours; developed exclusively for Etihad Airways First Suites on A380 and B787 fleets.
• In-Suite Chilled Mini-Bars Non-electric cooling units installed in premium cabin suites such as A380 First Apartments and The Residence by Etihad to maintain chilled temperatures for luxury First Class cabin service.

Quantifiable outcome

• Cooling duration of up to 24 hours without electricity or dry ice
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• CCE GroupflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 December 2025CCE Group, a Hivest Capital Partners portfolio company and leading aerospace platform specializing in cabin and cargo equipment solutions, acquired Icebridge to strengthen its catering solutions. The acquisition complements Driessen Catering Equipment and reinforces CCE Group's commitment to providing comprehensive, innovative solutions across the aerospace cabin equipment ecosystem.
• Driessen Catering EquipmentcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMarket leader in galley equipment solutions and part of CCE Group. With the acquisition of Icebridge, CCE Group will complement Driessen's offerings, enabling fully integrated, sustainable galley catering equipment solutions for airlines.
• Etihad AirwayscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership since 2012 for onboard cooling solutions. Icebridge supplies innovative chilled mini-bars for Etihad Airways' Airbus A380 First Apartments and Boeing 787 First Suites. The development was part of a five-year research, design and implementation process.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• SkyCell: Swiss provider of temperature-controlled containers for air-freight pharmaceutical shipments. Adjacent in aviation cold-chain with overlapping insulation-based passive cooling technology, though not in catering equipment specifically.
• va-Q-tec: Specializes in high-performance vacuum insulation panels and passive temperature-controlled containers, primarily for pharma and life sciences. Shares the passive thermal-storage technology adjacency though focused on a different vertical.
• Pelican BioThermal: Provider of passive and active temperature-controlled shipping containers for life sciences. Uses similar phase-change and insulation principles as Icebridge but targets pharmaceutical cold-chain logistics rather than onboard catering.

Broad incumbents

• Collins Aerospace: RTX business unit and one of the largest suppliers of commercial aircraft cabin equipment (formerly B/E Aerospace), including galley inserts, refrigeration, and chilling systems. Dominant incumbent in OEM galley chilling.
• Zodiac Aerospace (now Safran Aerosystems): Safran division supplying aircraft cabin systems including galley chilling and refrigeration. Large incumbent that competes for OEM-spec integrated chilling solutions.
• Diehl Aviation: Major tier-1 supplier of aircraft cabin interior systems, including galleys and integrated chilling solutions. Much broader portfolio but directly competes for cooling and galley equipment budgets on commercial aircraft programs.
• Bucher Group (Bucher Aerospace): Supplies galley equipment and catering trolleys to commercial airlines. Larger and more diversified than Icebridge but addresses the same airline catering equipment RFPs.

Direct peers

• Driessen Catering Equipment: Sister company under CCE Group and market leader in aircraft galley equipment (trolleys, containers, galley inserts). Direct overlap in target customers (airlines) and adjacent product categories; now distribution partner for Icebridge products.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 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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