Fridgy started in Port Hedland, where the heat, the dust and the long shifts sort the good gear from the rest. What holds up there holds up anywhere.
The salt flats outside Port Hedland.
I started Fridgy in 2021, after years living and working in Port Hedland. Up there you learn quickly what gear is worth buying. A bottle that sweats through a crib bag. A lid that gives up in the sun. A cooler that is warm by smoko. You replace it, and then you replace it again.
We set out to build the version you do not have to keep replacing.
If it can handle a Pilbara summer, it can handle whatever you throw at it.
Everything we make is designed here in Western Australia, tested in the conditions it was built for, and protected under our own registered designs. The range has grown a long way past that first run of bottles. The test has not changed.
Dan McCormack
Founder, Fridgy®
2021
Fridgy Pty Ltd is registered in Western Australia and the first FRIDGY trade mark is filed.
The idea is straightforward: create drinkware tough enough for a Pilbara worksite, while giving businesses access to premium custom branding without the enormous minimum orders demanded by traditional suppliers.
2023
This is not a cosmetic refresh. The range is redesigned from the ground up with new bottle bodies, new lids and a completely new brand identity.
The first Fridgy product designs are filed with IP Australia, marking the beginning of a growing portfolio of original Australian designs.
2024
Fridgy opens its warehouse in Balcatta, Perth.
The new base provides the space and capability needed to support a growing national network of stockists, corporate customers and community organisations, without losing the Pilbara foundations the brand was built on.
2025
Fridgy continues investing in its own laser engraving and personalisation capability in Balcatta.
Branded drinkware can now be produced locally with greater control over quality, presentation and turnaround, from individually personalised gifts to large corporate and team orders.
Today
Fridgy has grown well beyond its original bottle range.
Today, the range includes insulated bottles, tumblers, reusable coffee cups, can coolers, wine and champagne coolers, soft coolers, ice blocks, accessories and an interchangeable lid system.
Behind the range sit ten registered Australian designs, seven of which are certified with IP Australia. The products continue to evolve, but the original brief remains unchanged: build dependable gear for Australian conditions.
Port Hedland is surrounded by red dirt, iron ore and summer temperatures that can remain above 40 degrees for weeks at a time.
It is where Fridgy began, and it remains the benchmark every product is designed against.
Fridgy products are used on worksites and cattle stations across the north, in vineyards and regional businesses down south, and on ute trays and in crib rooms throughout the country.
The brief has never changed: keep it cold, take a beating and come back tomorrow.
Fridgy also works with businesses, sporting organisations, clubs and venues across Australia to create branded drinkware that people genuinely want to use.
From staff gifts and customer merchandise to player bottles and event collections, every order receives the same focus on durability, presentation and detail.
2021
Established
Fridgy Pty Ltd registered in Western Australia
10
Registered designs
Seven certified with IP Australia
150+
Stockists
Retail stockists across Australia
WA
Home base
Warehouse and customisation facility in Balcatta, Perth
