Laurence, inventor/founder of Liquid Control, has a long, distinguished history of creating innovative and ground-breaking two-component meter mix application equipment, with worldwide applications.

Born in 1936, Laurence won a scholarship to Dulwich College at 11 years old and, despite his classical education, he subsequently obtained a Diploma, First Class, at the Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering College, Chelsea.

Having gained production engineering and industrial marketing experience, Laurence entered the field of two-component application in 1965 when it was still in infancy, when, primarily, manufacturers weighed out the two chemicals and mixed them by hand.

In 1970, became the first person (in co-operation with Ciba) to bond a propeller to the drive shaft of what was then the world's largest oil tanker. His name subsequently appeared in the Lloyds Register as the process machinery expert.

In 1971, Laurence invented and patented the relatively simple, yet versatile, 'Posiload®' metering pump, for use within 'Twinflow®' automatic metering, mixing and dispensing machines and founded Liquid Control Ltd, England. He later licensed his technology to Liquid Control Corp, USA, Naka Liquid Control Ltd, and Asahi Glass (Mitsubishi) Japan and Hermex, Australia.

In 1975, he pioneered Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM) machinery, initially with Matra, France, for low volume car body production, which included the early use of static mixing. From 1978 to 1984, he also pioneered the development, marketing and international appreciation of the two-component 'Supermix™' coaxial cartridge system which included the use of disposable static mixers.

Over the years, Laurence has presented papers and given talks at various conferences as well as being a guest lecturer on the marketing of British technical innovation with the USA to British postgraduates at Cleveland State University 1984 - 1989. In 1988, he was elected to serve on the North East Ohio Technology Development Advisory Board. In 1988/89, Laurence was a consultant for Courtaulds Aerospace in Los Angeles and is now internationally recognised and called upon as an expert witness in the field.

He has since gone on to develop and patent the Failsafe Metering Technology, which, although in its infancy, has already been incorporated into new and advanced car production as well as other volume production applications where accuracy and traceability are key factors.