At Ice Industries, manufacturing is in our blood, and dedication is in our DNA. Beyond our strategic locations, extensive equipment capability and technological power, our success begins and ends with our team of manufacturing experts.
From our inception, Ice has carefully sought out and employed team members who share our vision and passion for manufacturing excellence, and then empowered each—across the board—to make the decisions necessary to drive innovation, meet challenges head-on and continually exceed expectations.
Howard Ice purchased Acklin Stamping in June 1999, an acquisition considered the culmination of a lifelong dream. Along with a strong desire to own his own company, Howard wanted to build and manage a business and employee team in an entirely new way. He sought employees who wanted to come to work every day, who wanted to work hard and contribute to the success of an organization.
The successful turnaround of Acklin Stamping earned Howard the Ernst & Young Northwest Ohio Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2001. Building upon that successful base, he has led Ice Industries' through a sustained period of growth.
Howard has always lived by two guiding principles: treat others as you would like to be treated and don’t put yourself above any other. His greatest assets are his ability to motivate and inspire his employees to perform above their expectations. He believes you must respect, empower an organization’s greatest resource: its employees. Howard is the driver of our strategies for our markets, customers and company and the foundation of our belief that we will succeed by focusing on quality, delivery and customer service.
Howard earned a Bachelor's Degree in Finance from Ohio University, and an MBA from the University of Toledo. He served in the OHARNG with the 324th Military Police Company for 10 years, is a Veteran of Operation Desert Storm, and was Honorably Discharged in 1993. Howard is a member of the Young President's Organization.
Jeff Boger has been with Ice Industries since its inception in 1999. He has served as Ice's Controller and Scheduler at Acklin Stamping. Jeff was promoted to Chief Financial Officer in 2002 upon the acquisition of Deerfield Manufacturing, and was named Executive Vice President in 2012. Jeff started his manufacturing career at Toledo Technologies (a division of GenTek, Inc.), where his roles included Accounting Supervisor and Production Control Manager. Jeff also served as the General Manager of Toledo Technologies' Sandco Division located in Hamilton, Ontario. Prior to joining Ice, Jeff was Plant Manager of their PCD division.
Jeff graduated from Bowling Green State University with a BS specializing in Accounting and subsequently added an MBA from the University of Toledo with a specialization in Finance.
