ICEL is a portuguese company and brand that manufactures knives.
Established in 1945, ICEL started as a small family business company. In 1972, a new innovation spirit and ideas emerged, and in full awareness and respect by the new market demands, as well as product international recognition, ICEL began to export mainly to the U.S.A., Canada, Germany, Sweden, Denmark and England, and for big retailers. Nowadays, ICEL exports more than 85% of its production for more than 75 countries spread across the 5 continents.
ICEL provides a large product range in order to satisfy the HORECA, Domestic/Household and Professional segment’s needs.
The blades are produced attending to high standards of Quality. The steel ICEL uses - AISI 420 MoV - has an alloy with contents of Chromium, Molybdenium and Vanadium, that provides greater stability of the steel, increasing its wear resistance during the productive process, as well as good corrosion resistance, resulting in extremely sharp knives with great cutting power retention, that lasts for a significant period in time, without having to re-sharpen the knives.
In what concerns the handle, ICEL uses different materials like: brazilian, indian and portuguese woods, diverse plastics like PP (polypropylene), POM (polyoxymethylene), Proflex, Proflex Plus, Stainless Steel and Micarta.
ICEL is certified in Quality and was the first cutlery producer (only cutlery) in the world to be certified in Environment. ICEL products are too certified by NSF - National Safety Foundation.
ICEL offers a wide range of knives, made in Portugal, made with today's “state of art” technology and the most modern processes that exist for cutlery, some of them unique because were/are developed inside the company by our specialized workers.
ICEL has the capacity to evaluate and respond efficiently to different market requirements, by developing a culture of innovation in products and materials, and great flexibility in production.
Our products are domestic and professional knives, cleavers, spatulas, forks, kitchen accessories and butcher accessories.
You can find our range of products at www.icel.pt