Скачать или смотреть Playing the Long Game with Innovation and Hydrogen: FABRUM's Journey from New Zealand to Japan

Chris Boyle is Co-founder, Executive Chair and Managing Director of FABRUM. Chris shares FABRUM's expansive journey in the hydrogen energy sector, including breakthrough projects and partnerships with NASA, Rolls Royce, and significant Japanese corporations like Obayashi. We hear real stories about the failures as well as the successes that have helped them to be where they are today.

In this episode you’ll hear:
How FABRUM started to get noticed by big organisations such as NASA and Rolls Royce
The benefits of working with NZTE and how joining ministerial visits gives you credibility in Japan
The pitfalls of casualness in business and how FABRUM designed a way that helps customers have confidence in them
The long term vision for FABRUM in hydrogen and for Christchurch and New Zealand’s up and coming engineers.

About Chris
Christopher Boyle is the co-founder and Executive Chair of FABRUM, a New Zealand company with the tagline of “advancing a world where people can do more, with less, for longer, by creating clean-tech solutions which enable humanity to tread lightly.“

Christopher has been with FABRUM for over 20 years. He is an adventurer and serial entrepreneur, setting up a number of start-ups over the last two decades.

After graduating from the University of Canterbury with an electrical engineering degree, Chris ventured into the power industry, which took him around the world in a range of different roles. When he returned home, a reunion with an old university mate led to the creation of FABRUM Solutions.

Christopher was a Finalist in the EY New Zealand Entrepreneur Of The Year 2024

FABRUM is a world leader in providing engineering and cryogenic technologies that help generate power. From designing cryogenic systems for major hydrogen plants to developing lightweight composite liquid hydrogen tanks for the aviation industry, FABRUM has a number of patents on bespoke pieces of technology. The company was driven by the goal to develop Kiwi renewable technology for global adoption, helping sectors like aviation, marine, and heavy industry transportation decarbonise.

Japan’s Obayashi Corporation participated in FABRUM’s $23M Series A financing round in February 2023. Obayashi is one of the world’s leading construction companies with expertise and technological innovation and a long track record of projects in New Zealand. In August 2023, FABRUM collaborated with Obayashi Corporation on their first project together where FABRUM is the supplier of a Hydrogen Refuelling Station (HRS) package for a refuelling station project in Auckland.

Recently, FABRUM’s proprietary storage solutions have achieved some impressive performance milestones. For example, their cutting-edge liquid hydrogen (LH2) storage technology has been shipped to the top car manufacturer in Japan (Toyota) for further research and development.

Links:
FABRUM: https://fabrum.nz/

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YouTube Time Stamps
00:00 Introduction and a NZ Grass Fed Butter Experience
03:59 Guest Introduction: Chris Boyle from FABRUM
05:10 Chris Boyle's Japan Experience
08:44 FABRUM's Journey and Achievements
10:42 Partnership with Obayashi Corporation
22:13 Advice for New Zealand Companies Entering Japan
26:00 The Pitfalls of Casualness in Business
26:29 Key Strategies for Successful Negotiations
29:06 Building Trust and Maintaining Relationships
31:40 Collaborations and Introductions
34:53 Hydrogen Technology and Future Prospects
40:16 FABRUM's Vision and Achievements
47:08 Reflections and Final Thoughts