industry beverages soft drinks headquarters winnipeg manitoba canada owner h.i.g. capital number of employees 650 1 website www.arcticglacier.com arctic glacier is a manufacturer of packaged ice in winnipeg manitoba canada . the company was founded in 1996 and has rapidly grown to become the largest producer of ice for the canadian market and one of the largest for the american market . 2 the company operates 36 production and 50 distribution facilities 3 and employs more than 1 100 people year round . 4 employment increases to 2 400 employees during the summer to meet the increased seasonal demand . 4 corporate headquarters are located in winnipeg and employ 85 people . the company declared bankruptcy in march 2012 . it was delisted from the tsx in october 2011 . in april 2012 its main rival reddy ice also declared bankruptcy in a pre packaged bankruptcy backed by creditor centerbridge partners . 5 h.i.g. capital agreed to acquire arctic glacier in may 2012 . 6 the sale was completed july 27 2012 . 7 references edit company profile for arctic glacier income fund ca ; ag.un . retrieved 2008 10 10 . arctic glacier . arcticglacierinc.com . retrieved june 19 2015 . arctic glacier . arcticglacierinc.com . retrieved june 19 2015 . a b arctic glacier . arcticglacierinc.com . retrieved june 19 2015 . troubled ice companies could be on path to merger . winnipegfreepress.com . retrieved june 19 2015 . private equity deals . fortune . retrieved june 19 2015 . arctic glacier income fund press release july 27 2012 pdf . arcticglacierinc.com . retrieved june 19 2015 . external links edit official website v t e corporations based in winnipeg crown corporations canadian wheat board manitoba public insurance manitoba liquor control commission manitoba hydro centra gas manitoba lotteries corporation publicly traded corporations great west lifeco igm financial buhler industries the north west company boyd autobody manitoba telecom services winpak new flyer industries arctic glacier private corporations richardson international cargill canada k tel paterson globalfoods canad inns palliser furniture motor coach industries rogers west group retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title arctic glacier & oldid 731880611 categories manufacturing companies based in winnipeg 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 28 july 2016 at 03 24 . 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