Resurfice Corporation is a manufacturer of ice resurfacing equipment based in Elmira, Ontario, Canada. Their Olympia

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product line includes push models through full size models built on a

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powertrain. In early 2009, Don Schlupp, the company's director of sales and marketing, said that the company had about a 70% share of the market in North America, but later that year the company said it produces about the same number of machines as

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. The company was selected as the official supplier of ice resurfacing equipment to the

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in a lease of 17 machines. This also included a contract to develop battery powered machines resulting in the development of the Olympia Cellect. The Cellect is powered by NiCad batteries, recharges fully in 6–8 hours to provide 30-35 resurfacings before recharging. A pair of Olympia Cellect resurfacers failed while working the ice at the speed skating venue during the olympics forcing organizers to quickly bring in a Zamboni resurfacer in use at the speed skating venue in Calgary used in the

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. Resurfice issued a press release stating that the issues were due to maintenance issues, not design. While competitor Zamboni was named official ice resurfacer of the

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, this was largely for licensing purposes and some NHL teams such as the

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, and

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continue to use Olympia machines, even featuring them in television commercials.

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* {{official website, http://www.resurfice.com Ice resurfacers Ice hockey equipment Bandy equipment 1967 establishments in Ontario Manufacturing companies established in 1967 Companies based in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo Woolwich, Ontario Canadian companies established in 1967 Ice hockey equipment manufacturers