- [Commentator] Kiwis can fly!
Sailing's most treasured prize, the Americas Cup
stays in New Zealand.
- That was incredible.
Cause I was actually on one of the chase boats.
To know that we had built something that was on that boat
that had won was pretty special.
When they approached us to
be an official supplier, we jumped at it.
- Working for them was just a validation
of everything we do.
It's trying to make our customer's solution
so they can go faster, stronger.
And certainly for them, it was also
about learning new production methods.
They required us to do something we've normally done,
but do it slightly different with materials we
hadn't used before.
So it was learning how to use and get the best out of
those materials to make the product for the customer.
That is what we really like doing,
because you're doing something new.
- Kilwell are really good at having the ability to
meet custom designs at short notice
and in short production runs.
The experience and the team culture is really strong
I think as well.
And that's where we see a lot of alignment with Kilwell.
If you go to Kilwell and you go into the lunchroom there,
it's like you're in a rugby club with
everyone's name on honors board and things like that.
And that's a really strong part of the Kilwell culture
and it's also a strong part of the
Team New Zealand culture
and I think that's where we see really good alignment.
- For me the thing that always stands out is
how fast the process is and how customisable it is.
and in what we are dealing with,
generally we leave everything to the last minute
to try and optimize our designs.
If you're not breaking things, you're not really
learning any lessons.
So we need to be in a position where we can break something
and then have the next iteration working really quickly.
So that's where a place like Kilwell is
really important for fast turnaround
- Design, time, quality.
They all account for them succeeding in their
design of the boat and getting it done on time.
- And that sort of high value manufacturing sector.
I think New Zealand has a great opportunity and it's places
like Kilwell with really strong production processes,
efficient production processes that make the
best use of labour really valuable in the
New Zealand Composites industry.