ICS Cool Energy was originally formed in 1989 by Jeff Spolnik and Phil Wilson as Industrial Cooling Systems, the company began with two UK offices, one in Bradford and one in Southampton. Expansion continued in the mid-nineties, with the company opening an office in Ireland to manage all aspects of sales, service and rental for the Irish market. Success continued as the late-nineties saw ICS achieve a turnover of £20 million within the UK and Ireland.

In the mid-2000s, Cool Energy, a specialist temperature hire company was formed, later expanding into Europe before merging with Industrial Cooling Services, as well as ICS Tricool Thermal, ICS Air Conditioning, ICS Heat Pumps, ICS Service, to form ICS Cool Energy Ltd in 2014.

On 22nd January 2018 ICS Cool Energy was acquired by Ingersoll-Rand PLC, a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments.

Today, ICS Cool Energy offer an unrivalled range of temperature control solutions for manufacturing process and HVAC including capital equipment, hire equipment and planned preventative maintenance across all manufacturers equipment, worldwide.