Right Product. Right Place. Right Temperature.

U-Line & DESMON

Henry Uihlein, Sr. founded U-Line Corporation in 1962 as an outgrowth of Ben-Hur Freezers. Henry developed and patented the first undercounter residential ice maker, selling door-to-door. While their products have evolved over the last 5 decades, one thing remains the same – U-Line resides proudly in America’s Heartland in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

From U-Line’s early days of introducing America to the first undercounter ice maker and first undercounter wine refrigerator to current industry exclusive features like the highest nugget ice machine production and full-depth lower interiors on our 5 class products – they are focused on continuing to provide the best premium modular ice making, refrigeration, and wine preservation in the industry.

They take pride in leading the industry often years ahead of governmental agency and energy requirement mandates, working closely with various domestic and global agencies such as DOE and AHAM to establish energy standards. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued over 50 patents to U-Line.

DESMON SpA was founded by the De Santis family in 1994 as a company for the marketing of catering equipment. In 1998, DESMON acquired a historical brand of professional refrigeration by starting the production of professional refrigerators under its own brand. In a few years DESMON becomes a European reference point in the production of refrigerated catering equipment.

Since 2015 DESMON SpA is part of Middleby Corporation, a world leader in the Food Service Equipment sector. 100% of the refrigerated equipment produced by DESMON are made in the two factories of approximately 25.000mq fully covered sites in Italy.