24 | Fabrum T T Richard Loader Celebrating the ‘spirit of the team’ “We see a need, design a solution for that need, manufacture it, commercialise it, market it, commission it on site and service it.” REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Christopher Boyle, executive chair of Christchurch company Fabrum, and the 110 talented team members that each contribute to the success of the business, have been recognised as finalists in this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year programme. The programme recognises and celebrates the spirit and contribution of exceptional entrepreneurs. By nature, the award recognises an individual, but Christopher says this is a prime occasion when the spirit of the team must be recognised and celebrated. “Fabrum is not about one person, it is the amazing people I am surrounded by that make the difference. I believe that the recognition talked to the ability of this team in Christchurch. I don’t personalise it at all. Everything we do in this business is a team effort, with almost all product leaving the business having been touched by every team member. You can’t do it alone.” Fabrum was founded in 2004 by Christopher and Hugh Reynolds with a vision of building on Canterbury manufacturing and design capability, providing employment for emerging talented people, and developing technology from New Zealand that can be deployed globally and enable humanity to do more with less for longer. Taking inspiration from ‘faber’, Latin for skilfully engineered with style, Fabrum provides world-leading solutions in engineering and cryogenic production and storage technologies. Operating out of four buildings in Christchurch, with staff in the UK and North America, Fabrum has deployed and commissioned liquid hydrogen, liquid nitrogen, and liquid oxygen systems in East Africa, India, Corsica, Europe, UK, Canada, America, South America, Australia and New Zealand. A very mobile workforce travels the world, either commissioning or servicing the systems. “We see a need, design a solution for that need, manufacture it, commercialise it, market it, commission it on site and service it,” says Christopher. “Our technology produces liquid oxygen or liquid nitrogen on site for animal husbandry like freezing bull semen or embryos. We do liquid oxygen systems for flight crews in defence forces, but also for humanitarian services such as field hospitals in areas of violent conflict where our technology is deployed on site to extract oxygen from air, purifying it and make it available in a liquid or compressed gas format. “In Canada, two kilometres underground in an active nickel mine we have liquid nitrogen systems cooling the devices that measure neutrinos penetrating the earth’s crust. We’ve also built systems for NASA for CO2 sublimation for the Mars Landing Project.” Domestically, Fabrum works with businesses like Hamilton Jet, Rocket lab, MHM Automation, and Shotover Camera Systems, contract manufacturing specific equipment or components. “Fabrum has also developed world-leading composite tank technology for the containment of cryogens (very cold liquids). Currently we have several aviation companies globally that we are developing super lite-weight composite fuel tanks for liquid hydrogen flight.” Fabrum’s first job in 2004 was a project with Canterbury University Engineering School. Over the last two decades, over 60 graduate engineers have been employed by Fabrum. “It’s incredibly rewarding to see the talent that comes out of our universities and other institutions, and just seeing them bat at the highest level in the world and be successful,” says Christopher. QUALITY + EXPERIENCE = VALUE CONTACT US P: 03 981 8199 • E: service@toolingsolutions.co.nz • W: www.toolingsolutions.co.nz Proudly supporting Fabrum for over 15 years
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