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Glice and the function we perform in the world of Eco-Ice.
Glice is an industry leader in the rapidly growing world of Eco ice rink. Founded in 2012, Glice is the premier provider of high quality polymer panels used as a substitute for ice. At the core of any high performance product is the inventors. Glice was made by athletes for athletes with high performance skating in mind. Glice provides a cost effective and eco- friendly skating experience that distinguishes itself from conventional rinks.
Glice is often used in places where real ice is impractical or impossible, and an ideal solution in a warming world.
Our Vision:
Here at Glice, our vision is to democratize ice sports while caring for the planet. Only by providing the highest quality solution with the best localized service can we bring a great skating experience to a warming world. We aim to achieve our goals through our core values of hard work, innovation, and a strong team spirit. Founded by a group of passionate athletes who have a deep commitment to environmental sustainability, Glice brings together a high performance skating experience without the environmental drawbacks of conventional rinks.
The World’s Largest Eco Ice Producer:
The founders of Glice recognized the failures of existing synthetic ice brands in the market and wanted to bring a competitive solution to customers. Through an intensive research and development process, the founders had developed a solution that effectively mimicked the glide of real ice. In working to achieve a competitive alternative to real ice, Glice provided an economically and ecologically sound solution that successfully achieved the goal. The result was Glice, which rapidly became the world’s top selling eco ice product.
Glice brings eco skating
opportunities to several
vertical markets
Municipalities
Glice’s eco-ice offers municipalities a safe, sustainable, and adaptable alternative to traditional ice rinks, which can be used for a variety of purposes, from community events to tourism.
Hotels and Resorts
Glice’s eco-ice offers hotels a fun and unique activity for their guests, as well as a versatile tool for marketing and training purposes.
Educational
Glice’s eco-ice offers educational institutions a safe and functional alternative to real ice that can be used for a variety of purposes, from educational training to recreational activities.
Special Events
Glice is a dynamic and innovative solution that can help special event coordinators create memorable and engaging experiences for their guests.
Off-ice Hockey and Figure
Skating Training Centers
Glice offers a cost effective and convenient option for hockey and gure skating training centers. The seamless installation of a rink allows for facilities to have easy access for their customers.
Commercial Rink
Replacements
Transitioning to Glice can offer many benefts including cost savings, convenience, environmental sustainability and reduced maintenance.
Residential Rinks
Glice offers a convenient in-home option for skating enthusiasts who want to bring the rink home with them. Variable residential rink sizes are available to t any desired skating space.
Glice panels use the highest quality materials sourced from a single manufacturer ensuring exceptional quality. Glice panels are produced through a sintering process where lubricant pellets are added throughout the panel to bring a smooth and consistent skating experience.
Glice utilizes a tongue and groove connection method to ensure an easy installation. The panels are connected and held together with a polimer plug to ensure material consistency when skating panel to panel. Unlike other connection methods like dovetail or a puzzle system, Glice’s tongue and groove method ensures a stable connection that stands the test of time.
Glice provides online training through Glice Academy for rink installation and rink management. Glice offers a turnkey solution for rink providers to ensure a timely installation and overall rink success.
The creators of Glice recognized an issue in the world of ice sports:
Making a synthetic ice surface perform close to regular ice Lower the cost of operating a skating rink Eliminate the water, electricity and chemicals required for traditional rinks Make skating available in any environment and temperature With these problems in mind, Glice was brought to the market to provide a solution for those in the skating community. Eco ice brings nancial and environmental relief to the burdened skating infrastructure.
With reduced emissions and operating costs, rinks can bring prices down and more skating availability to a broader audience.
Glice is on a mission to make ice sports sustainable and available anywhere in the world! Thanks to a complex molecular technology, Glice waterless zero-energy Eco-Ice allows for ice skating without the negative environmental impact related to conventional ice.
Ice skating
anywhere,
any time!
Founding Story
Bored with his 9 to 5 job, Glice CEO Viktor Meier saw Toni Vera, an engineer and former hockey player, in a BBC documentary about the innovative product he spent the previous 8 years developing. Viktor was fascinated with the invention – ice that isn’t ice – and reached out to him to form the company. Within the frst 10 years, the company had exported the
revolutionary Eco Ice into 90 countries on 5 continents. Viktor, who’s available for interviews by request, sums up the Swiss technology like this:
“Glice looks like ice, glides like ice, but isn’t ice.”
Global Growth Phenomenon
Since 2012, Glice has completed thousands of installations in every corner of the world, from classic winter sport countries to the tropical islands. The company has experienced non stop double digit growth every year and now employs a worldwide team of over 100 people. The company was present at the Olympic Games in Rio and PyeongChang and even replaced the world’s largest refrigerated ice rink with a Glice Eco Ice rink. However, Glice’s proudest accomplishment is the Skate for the Planet initiative, which has planted over 100,000 trees to date.
Prominent clients include brands like
The array of installations ranges from small home rinks to the world’s biggest ecological ice rink.
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Join a global movement
We have partnered with the Eden Reforestation Project to further advance Glice’s environmental sustainability pledge. The Glice and Eden Project is a natural partnership that furthers both organizations missions for environmental sustainability. For every Glice panel purchased, the Eden Project plants a tree. Our Skate for the Planet project has resulted in over 100,000+ trees planted around the world.
“Our new Eco-Rink offers the joy of ice skating without the negative environmental impact related to the operation of conventional ice rinks.”
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, Head of Government Mexico City
By supporting the Eden Reforestation Projects, we help enable youth worldwide to become climate embassadors.
Let’s go green together!
Demonstrate your climate-consciousness with our marketing materials
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Encourage skaters to plant their own tree with the Skate for the planet bracelet
