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(2000), "MBE for Liquid Plastics chairman", Pigment & Resin Technology, Vol. 29 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/prt.2000.12929cab.018
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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MBE for Liquid Plastics chairman
MBE for Liquid Plastics chairman
Keywords: Liquid Plastics
Specialist coatings and flooring systems manufacturer, Liquid Plastics Limited (LPL) announce that Mr Lionel Gorick, chairman and joint managing director has been awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours list for his services to the plastics industry and to the community of Preston, Lancashire.
For well over a quarter of a century, Lionel (age 72) has been a leading figure in the development of plastics based surface coatings for the building and construction industries. He established Liquid Plastics in Preston, in 1963, taking as a foundation plastics-based technology emerging from the USA in the immediate post war years and developed a range of roof and external wall coatings.
In addition to the MBE, Lionel was recently elected an honorary fellow of the University of Central Lancashire, in recognition of his scientific innovations and business acumen. One of the company's environmentally friendly roof coatings was included in Prime Minister Tony Blair's Millennium Products initiative and His Royal Highness, the Duke of Gloucester, recently visited Liquid Plastics to conduct the official opening of the company's newly refurbished £1.5 million, Preston-based, head office.