The Company
Production facility in the Netherlands
Universal Ice Blast, Inc. is a corporation organized in 1995 for the purpose of developing and marketing ice-blasting equipment for which it holds patents. The Company's office and warehouse facility is in Kirkland, Washington, a suburb of Seattle. The Company designs, assembles and sells its equipment as well as providing ice blasting services and equipment rental. The Company creates environmentally friendly solutions to industrial cleaning needs.
The Company is the sole worldwide provider of crystalline ice blasting equipment. Management is unaware of any other companies who are engaged in, developing, or marketing similar technology.
US Operations
The Company was initially engaged in technology and market research and development. Since 1998, the Company has worked with clients to develop tailored products, applications and cleaning systems to fulfill customers' needs. UIBI holds four patents two of which were issued in 1999, one was issued in 2001 and one was issued in 2003. These patents cover the method and equipment for manufacturing, transport, and continuous delivery of ice particles to a nozzle to do continuous ice blast cleaning work on various surfaces. Future patent applications are anticipated. The Company builds and assembles parts of its ice blasting equipment, while some components have been purchased from sources in the US and Europe.
European Operations
Since August 2000 the Company started operations on the European market in the form of a distributorship with Heydaal
Holding B.V.
United Kingdom and Ireland Operations
CIProcess Ltd is the exclusive technical
distributor of the Iceblast distributor for the United Kingdom and Irelans.