Meet Steve Oakley, the managing director of Heuch Refrigeration and winner of the 2016 Innovator of the Year Award.
Oakley recently commenced commercialisation of the world's first 100 per cent solar powered refrigeration containers, a project that was central to winning this year's award.
Oakley first began the project in 2005.
“The time wasn't quite right then. The project worked technically but it wasn't commercially viable,” Oakley said.
“Now its the right time, the right people, the right product and a bit of luck.
