The Hoshizaki Electric Company was established in February, 1947 in Nagoya, Japan by Mr. Shigetoshi Sakamoto, and originally sold car horns. Over the years, Hoshizaki Electric has manufactured a variety of products, including stoves, refrigerators, vending machines, water purifiers, and commercial ice makers.

Hoshizaki America's wants to achieve and maintain optimum customer satisfaction by consistently providing the highest level of quality in the products and services delivered to customers worldwide and to deserve the excellent reputation it has earned since its inception over sixty years ago. In 1986, the Peachtree, Georgia headquarters opened for production, and accounts for 94% of all of Hoshizaki's American sales, and Hoshizaki ice machines are preferred by 46 out of 50 of the top U.S. Foodservice chains.

Because they focus their energy solely on commercial ice machines, they've honed their ability to create a masterpiece in every powerful ice maker they sell, giving businesses exactly the capacity they need to produce crystal clear ice quickly, and in a variety of shapes and sizes.

Ice Types

Hoshizaki categorizes their ice makers by the shapes of ice each ice maker produces:

Hoshizaki Cuber Ice Machines

These are considered the "standard" ice maker type (models include the KML, KMD, KM, and KMS Ice Makers) featuring an ice making capacity range of 115 pounds per day to 2301 pounds per day, with over forty models to choose from! These ice machines come in an enormous variety of sizes and shapes, free-standing and built-in ice makers, and even choices in electrical capacity. They produce normal "crescent" cubes that are popular in most restaurants, and, of course, the ice is free of impurities with a crystal clear appearance.

Hoshizaki "Shot glass" Ice Makers (AKA: The AM Series)

These ice machines are a much more exclusive, compact line, featuring "shot glass" shaped ice, resembling, of course, a common shot glass. These are excellent for bars, offering a stylistic flare when compared to more "normal" types of ice. This line of ice makers only has five models to choose from, most of them made to be free standing or under the counter, and the AM-50BAE-ADDS Ice Maker offers convenient sizing, plus available trim kits to match your decor. All of these ice machines comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by having a convenient, low height and handle placement, and fewer moving parts means a longer life for the ice maker.

Hoshizaki Flaker Ice Machines

These are ice makers that produce small, randomly shape chunks of ice that are perfect for salad bars, seafood and meat displays, healthcare facilities, and blended cocktails. This type of ice also cools more efficiently and melts slowly, keeping your customers' drinks cold longer. The "F" series features, a standalone ice machine: the Hoshizaki F-450M Ice Maker; self-contained ice makers like the F-300BAF, the F-300BAH, and the F-500BAF; and six high capacity, slim-line ice makers: the Hoshizaki F-1001MLH, F-1500M, F-2000M, F-2000MLH, F-801M, and F-1001M. The capacity range for these ice machines are approximately 300 pounds, all the way up to approximately 2300 pounds of ice per day!

Cubelet Ice Makers

This type of ice maker is widely considered to be the most desirable because the cubelets, or "nugget" ice is soft, chewable, and cools drinks longer and more efficiently than any other ice type. The Hoshizaki DCM and DT ice makers form flake ice and then compress these smaller pieces into "cubelets," or "nuggets." Customers love this ice because it is soft and chewable, and keeps drinks cooler than any other form of ice cube. Like flake ice, this ice shape is perfect for food displays and healthcare facilities.

You can trust Hohsizaki's decades of experience and customer testimonials that account for the quality and longevity of the Hoshizaki Ice Maker. How can 46 out of the 50 top restaurant chains be wrong?