1948 headquarters easton pennsylvania and gdansk poland products ice machines ice transport and storage ice and beverage dispensers website http www.follettice.com follett corporation is a privately held company that manufactures nuggett ice makers for the healthcare foodservice hospitality and supermarket industries as well as refrigerators for the medical industry . headquartered in easton pennsylvania the company operates three manufacturing facilities in easton bethlehem and gdansk poland . in 1948 following world war ii roy follett saw an opportunity to fill a need in ice storage . he founded follett corporation to supply ice storage bins to meet the needs of the exploding foodservice industry according to thomas r. cutler . 1 today follett remains a family run business . follett milestones include 1948 founded by roy follett in garden city new york 1954 don follett took over the company 1967 a new manufacturing plant opened in easton pennsylvania 1994 steve follett roy follet s grandson assumed the ceo role 2005 a new manufacturing facility opens in gdansk poland 2015 a new manufacturing facility opens in bethlehem pennsylvania today follett corporation still builds ice storage and transport systems ice and water dispensers ice and beverage dispensers and medical grade refrigerators and freezers for foodservice and healthcare markets . follett products can be found in hospitals restaurants major league baseball stadiums and casinos around the country as well as in the beijing winter olympics stadium . 2 see also edit list of ice companies references edit cutler thomas . follett ice three years of demand driven supply chain efficiency still part of continued process improvement . automation.com . retrieved 2008 06 09 . toole scott . follett corporation is an industry leader in all things ice . five questions . lehigh valley live . retrieved 28 december 2011 . qsr magazine food management 1 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title follett ice & oldid 743233160 categories companies based in northampton county pennsylvaniaice companiesamerican companies established in 19481948 establishments in new yorkprivately held companies based in pennsylvania navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 17 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view