NEWS & UPDATES

The latest news and updates from the Polar Ice team.

Lights, camera, action!
Lights, camera, action!

Lights, camera, action! COCO Content Broadcasting and Media Production Company were onsite at Polar Ice HQ in Portarlington last week, filming for the upcoming series ‘Open For Business’, which will air on RTE1 on Thursday 29th at 7pm. This episode will focus on the...

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Start At Best Project Funding Case Study
Start At Best Project Funding Case Study

Polar Ice were one of just five Irish SMEs who received European Start at Best project funding to support workplace innovation practices. Workplace innovation is about "empowering teams, building on their strengths, and embedding an innovation culture across...

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Successful BRCGS Audit for Polar Ice
Successful BRCGS Audit for Polar Ice

On October the 6th and 7th we undertook a virtual BRC audit with SAI Global. On the success of previous virtual audits for ISO 9001 and FTA Gold Standard, we decided to forge ahead with what is an immense undertaking even in pre-Covid times. A great deal of personnel...

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COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution with Dry Ice
COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution with Dry Ice

With the encouraging results for The Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, there has been much discussion on the temperature-controlled logistics challenges associated with distributing the vaccine once approval is granted. Vaccines are...

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Polar Ice Recipient of Start At Best Funding
Polar Ice Recipient of Start At Best Funding

Polar Ice are delighted to be a recipient of Start At Best funding this year. Start At Best is a Horizon 2020 funded project that focuses on workplace innovation to aid business competitiveness. The main goal is to contribute to the development of a European-led wave...

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What do Freezebranders use dry ice for?
What do Freezebranders use dry ice for?

What do our customers use dry ice for? Let’s look at the agricultural sector as the freeze branding season begins. Freeze-branding is a method of stock identification. It has the advantages of being the only permanent identification available for cows (as ear tags can...

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Polar Ice Drivers Receive Transport Heroes Award
Polar Ice Drivers Receive Transport Heroes Award

We’re thrilled to announce that our drivers Anthony Crosbie, Raivo Podniek, Ronan Dunne, and Stephen Flanagan were recipients of the Fleet Transport Awards ‘Transport Heroes Award’, which honours the essential workers who went the extra mile during the Coronavirus...

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What do Bone Banks use dry ice for?
What do Bone Banks use dry ice for?

What do our customers use dry ice for? Let’s look at the medical sector; Ireland’s bone banks use dry ice for transporting fresh frozen femoral heads. A femoral head is the highest part of the thigh bone (femur) that sits into the hip socket. Bone banks procure...

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Same-day Airfreight Re-icing Services
Same-day Airfreight Re-icing Services

Did you know that Polar Ice offer dry ice re-icing services for consignments at Airports? Whether due to flight delays, customs clearance checks or unforeseen interruptions on the cold-chain journey, we understand how critical shipments can be and our skilled team are...

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Our Locations

HQ Office
Unit 3
Portarlington Ind. Est.,

Portarlington,
Co.Laois
R32 XR7Y
T: +353 (0)57 862 3860
E: info@polarice.ie

Dublin Depot
c/o Expert Air
Unit 42 Airways Ind. Est.,

Santry,
Dublin 9
D17 V672
T: +353 (0)1 862 3730

Cork Depot
Unit 624 Harbour Point Bus. Park,
Little Island,
Co.Cork
T45 RK26
T: +353 (0)21 463 4607

Northern Ireland Depot
Unit 47 CIDO Business Complex,
Portadown,
BT63 5WH
Northern Ireland
T: +44 (0)28 4375 8045
E: info@polarice.co.uk