Ice Industries invests $4 million to secure aluminium and steel enclosure business

Ice Industries has secured contracts for the supply of large outdoor machine enclosures for its Grenada, Mississippi facility. This will increase the number of employments in the locality.

To safeguard this virgin enclosure business, Ice is going to invest more than $4 million. It is planning to upgrade the paint capabilities, protruding its existing capacity to encompass powder coating for both steel and aluminium enclosures. To cope with the eventual increase in production, Ice is also upgrading its large-format tandem stamping press lines.

Ice Industries is a global supplier of a broad range of capabilities consisting of deep drawn metal stamping, CNC machining; MIG, TIG and resistance welding; assembly, rolled and welded pressure vessels, large format enclosures, high volume banking, automated roll forming and powder coating. It has a vast network of jobs it produces, like, HVAC-R, automotive, commercial and heavy truck, alternative energy, filtration, fire and safety, furniture, healthcare and off-highway vehicles. Ice industries can assure us of the quality product while customers are guaranteed stability and on-time delivery.

Chairman and CEO of Ice Industries, Howard Ice, confidently said, "In this difficult supply chain environment, customers continue to look for the United States-based supply chain options that reduce the number of suppliers in their supply chain. Ice's ability to stamp, weld, and paint all in one location provides a cost-effective and dependable integrated supplier,"

Ice Industries previously has participated in the HVACR enclosure market in meaningful ways, having supplied steel enclosures to its customers. "This is a new and significant opportunity for Ice to support any OEM requiring painted exterior machine enclosures for various industries," Mr Ice sounded very hopeful.

Within next year, Ice plans on recruiting 120 officials to support the launch of this operation.  The company plans to be ready by the third quarter of 2022. The hiring of general labourers, supervisors, material handlers, maintenance crew, accounting and operation associates has already started.

"Since its inception in 1999, Ice has regularly expanded our capabilities and prided itself in providing customized solutions for our customers, and this is no exception. We enjoy working collaboratively to deliver exactly what is needed for our customers' production lines at high volume to support their business needs and processes," said Paul Bishop, The president of Ice Industries.