Underneath Ricky Fitzhugh’s ownership, Ice Lab LLC has expanded its operations to involve a 2nd manufacturing and freezing facility in Cambridge. (Submitted photo)

Dorchester County entrepreneur Ricky Fitzhugh has accomplished the obtain of Glen Burnie-based mostly Ice Lab, a firm that carves customized ice sculptures, bars and consume luges for festivals, corporate functions, weddings and other distinctive gatherings nationwide.

Below Fitzhugh’s ownership, Ice Lab LLC has expanded its operations to contain a second manufacturing and freezing facility in Cambridge.

The new plant consists of various icemakers that freeze 300-pound crystal-clear blocks used for sculpting and building artisan cocktail cubes. Ice Lab is now the major producer of ice blocks involving New York and Florida, in accordance to Fitzhugh. Block creation supports Ice Lab functions and profits to other ice sculptors on the East Coastline.

Ice Lab has also introduced an artisan cocktail ice division – Luxurious Rocks – that creates distinct, in excess of-sized cubes, the most popular method and presentation for chilling drinks by cocktail connoisseurs and the professionals who provide them.

The completion of the Ice Lab acquisition follows Fitzhugh’s December 2021 sale of Baltimore-centered Rosedale Ice to Stone Canyon Industries Holdings, homeowners of the nationwide Reddy Ice brand. Rosedale supplied bagged and block ice for businesses, advantage retailers and establishments in Maryland and spanning the Atlantic Coastline from New Jersey to South Carolina.

For the forthcoming winter holiday getaway period, Fitzhugh secured a contract to make customized ice carvings for Enchant, a sequence of Xmas-themed villages getting held in the course of the U.S. In addition, the organization carves themed-sculptures for ice festivals in cities during the mid-Atlantic, like Baltimore, Cambridge, Easton, Frederick and Havre de Grace Bethany Seaside, Delaware and Leesburg, Virginia.

Capitalizing on the rising buyer demand from customers for cocktail ice, Ice Lab makes cubes that are totally free of particulates and minerals and elevate the delicate notes of quality spirits with out diluting the flavor, in accordance to Fitzhugh.

Cocktail cubes are packaged separately or as a…