Hoshizaki is a Japanese global market leader for professional refrigeration and ice machines — founded in February 1947 in Nagoya (Japan) by Shigetoshi Sakamoto under the name Hoshizaki Electric Company®, initially manufacturing and selling vehicle horns as its first electrical product. In 1955 Hoshizaki produced the first ice machine; in 1965 the first fully automatic ice machine in Japan. Hoshizaki Electric Co., Ltd. was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 1984; later renamed Hoshizaki Corporation. Hoshizaki Europe B.V. was established in 1992; Hoshizaki America, Inc. opened in Los Angeles in 1981, the factory in Peachtree City (Georgia) in 1986. Annual revenue: approx. $2.6 billion (FY 2022). Unique among all ice machine manufacturers: Hoshizaki is the only producer using exclusively 100% stainless steel evaporator plates. Hoshizaki ice is the world's only cube with six sides at a 90° angle — clear, hard ice with a minimal melting rate.

Brand technologies: 100% stainless steel evaporator plates (unrivalled service life, no flaking); HoshiGuard antimicrobial agent (H-Guard) against bacterial, fungal and mould growth in food contact zones; Cycle-Saver technology (same ice production in half as many cycles as competitors — extended service life, reduced energy consumption); Clean-Cycle self-cleaning (patented, time-saving). Product categories: ice machines (large cube, small cube, cubelet, flake ice), refrigerated display cases, refrigerators and freezers, beer dispensing equipment, water purifiers, dishwashers (following acquisition of Jackson MSC, Inc. 2013). Contract applications: restaurants, cafés, bars, hotels, catering, hospitals.

For architects and interior designers seeking for hospitality, bar, catering and foodservice projects a Japanese global market leader for professional refrigeration founded in Nagoya in February 1947 that as the only manufacturer worldwide uses exclusively 100% stainless steel evaporator plates, formulates a characteristic quality feature with the world's only ice cube with six sides at a 90° angle, and with HoshiGuard, Cycle-Saver and Clean-Cycle technologies sets the hygienic and operational standards in professional refrigeration — Hoshizaki started in 1947 in Nagoya with vehicle horns and made its first ice in 1955: the world's only ice cube with six sides at a 90° angle, 100% stainless steel evaporator plates as a unique feature, HoshiGuard and Cycle-Saver as the technology benchmark — over 75 years of specialisation in refrigeration as the result.