The company is under the direction of founder and Chairman Claude C. Laval III. Laval shares leadership of the privately-held company with his daughter, Melinda Laval, President. An advisory board from a variety of fields offers expert advice. The company operates from a 100,000+ square foot manufacturing, sales, marketing and engineering headquarters in Fresno, California.

A worldwide network of technically trained distributors extends the company’s reach, with applications around the globe. Originally designed for groundwater and agricultural uses, LAKOS Separation and Filtration products are now targeted to key industrial markets as well, and our products for cleaning Cooling Tower basins and Heat Exchangers is our fastest-growing market.