; 49 years ago 1967 founder andrew schlupp headquarters elmira ontario canada area served worldwide website official website olympia ice resurfacer at the 2010 winter olympics resurfice corporation is a manufacturer of ice resurfacing equipment based in elmira ontario canada . their olympia brand product line includes push models through full size models built on a chevy powertrain . 1 in early 2009 don schlupp the company s director of sales and marketing said that the company had about a 70 % share of the market in north america 2 but later that year the company said it produces about the same number of machines as zamboni . 3 the company was selected as the official supplier of ice resurfacing equipment to the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver in a lease of 17 machines . this also included a contract to develop battery powered machines resulting in the development of the olympia cellect . the cellect is powered by nicad batteries recharges fully in 6 8 hours to provide 30 35 resurfacings before recharging . 2 4 a pair of olympia cellect resurfacers failed while working the ice at the speed skating venue during the olympics forcing organizers to quickly bring in a zamboni resurfacer in use at the speed skating venue in calgary used in the 1988 winter olympics . 5 6 7 resurfice issued a press release stating that the issues were due to maintenance issues not design . 8 while competitor zamboni was named official ice resurfacer of the national hockey league this was largely for licensing purposes and some nhl teams such as the carolina hurricanes and vancouver canucks continue to use olympia machines even featuring them in television commercials . 9 references edit the ice rink resurfacing man cometh . los angeles times . august 17 1999 . pp . e2 . retrieved 18 february 2010 . a b walcott matt february 3 2009 . a victory of olympic proportions ; resurfice corp. of elmira to lease ice resurfacers to olympics . waterloo region record . as economy stumbles the zamboni glides on . new york times . may 22 2009 . retrieved 19 january 2013 . olympia cellect product information . resurfice inc. retrieved 18 february 2010 . maintenance to blame for ice resurfacer issues . toronto sun . february 18 2010 . retrieved 19 january 2013 . shaun white fans shut out as olympic glitches pile up . business week . february 17 2010 . retrieved 18 february 2010 . canadian ice resurfacer snafu highlights rivalry with u.s. giant zamboni . yahoo sports canada . retrieved 18 february 2010 . olympic ice machine malfunctions an issue of maintenance not design manufacturer . press release . resurfice . retrieved 18 february 2010 . dregni eric november 15 2006 . zamboni the coolest machines on ice 1 ed . . voyageur press . p. 80 . isbn 0 7603 2439 5 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title resurfice corporation & oldid 740878953 categories ice hockey equipmentmanufacturing companies of canadahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 23 september 2016 at 22 31 . 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