About us.
The South Island of New Zealand is a place known for its stunning beauty and harsh climatic conditions. It is home to some of the smartest and most stubborn engineering minds in the world. That these two elements exist in the same place is no coincidence.
Fabrum was founded and is based in Christchurch, New Zealand with a clear mission to precision engineer better outcomes through technological excellence, whilst leaving the lightest footprint possible and providing a pathway for future generations of engineers to continue that mission.
Our Journey.
Our journey started in 2004 with a project failure in composites and power systems. It wasn’t directly our fault but we learnt right at the beginning to learn hard and do better.
In a world where more and faster drive markets, it could become easy to compromise on the need for reflection and the careful consideration of process which makes advances possible. Not for us; it’s just not part of what makes us tick.
Our very own backyard keeps us grounded, industry networks, staff or family and friends; Every time we push ourselves to knock another challenge off the list, someone is fast on our heels, to call us out or show us their version of better. We partner with global experts where we need to, to ensure we’re always leading the way.
We thrive on developing advanced technologies which make mark on this constantly changing landscape. It takes time and consideration to create and prove ideas which are precise and efficient, with benefit which can be scaled to any market.
The technology we produce is not just a machine which performs a function, it is the promise of ideas and responsibilities, of improvement, of betterment. It is technology which not only benefits the purse holder, but betters the lives of the communities and users it is designed to serve. That community of course, is all of us, the world.
When the company culture expects you to surround yourself with people who push you to get the best, the outcome is hyper focused precision outputs and deep, simplified thinking. The best outcome isn’t always the fastest route to the end, it’s about the smartest and in our game all roads lead to Christchurch. The result – a winning team for the right reasons.
We may be at the bottom of the world but we perform at the top of the game; and this is just the beginning of our story.
Our History.
2004.
Cast your mind back to 2004 – Shrek was popular, Facebook launched, Martha Stewart went to jail, Ben Lummis won New Zealand Idol and had the Number One song here. At the same time two friends Hugh Reynolds and Christopher Boyle, with shared interests in motorbikes, engineering and helping humans to live a more sustainable life, came together on a project with the Electrical Department of Canterbury University, New Zealand. Their mission was to use Hugh’s experience with composites and Chris’s power systems background to make a first-of-its-kind partial core superconducting transformer. And with it Fabrum Solutions was born taking inspiration from Fabri the Latin word for skillfully engineered with style.
2015.
In 2015 Fabrum Solutions partnered with Absolut System and formed a new venture to harness the power of their combined innovation in cryocooling technology and formed AFCryo.
2022.
Now in 2022, with a global challenge to reduce our environmental footprint, explore new terrain (and planets), and with an appetite to partner with those at the cutting edge of whatever lies ahead, the business did a robust health check to ensure we’re future-fit. We are, and now we have a new brand identity and name to suit. A clean, clear and skillfully crafted brand – now, Fabrum Solutions and AFCryo are simply Fabrum.
We continue to attract and develop some of the cleverest engineers and operators, and we all share these pillars.
Over the last two decades we have worked with some of the biggest names in transport, space and tech; NASA, Rolls Royce, Siemens, Bruker ASC, SuperPower, MagniX, Airbus among others. We can put our name to the world’s first superconducting aviation motor flown in Seattle in 2019, we’ve helped breed cattle in Africa, found dark matter three kilometres underground and with zero gravity earth base rocket testing.
And we're not done yet.
We’re deep into R&D on green hydrogen and have the mind-power and tools ready for what lies ahead. Let’s go!
If you’re the kind of person who takes pride in solving the big challenges, getting creative and finding ways to work smarter, while also upholding the highest standards, then we’d love to hear from you. Please get in touch and discuss what opportunities might lie ahead, or see the current advertised vacancies listed below.
