# Hangzhou Laison Technology Co., Ltd.

> Hangzhou Laison Technology Co., Ltd. is a Chinese high-tech manufacturer of smart water and gas metering solutions, founded in 2012 and based in Hangzhou's Zhejiang University National Science Park. Laison designs and produces STS prepaid, ultrasonic, and IoT-connected (NB-IoT, LoRaWAN, GPRS) meters along with the software systems that run behind them, helping water authorities improve bill collection, cut non-revenue water, and modernize operations. The company serves utilities in more than 30 countries, with particular strength across Africa, the Middle East and Asia, and produces over a million smart water meters a year.

- **Founded:** 2012
- **Headquarters:** Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- **Founders:** Raymond Zheng (Chief Executive Officer)
- **Team size:** ~28 employees (per Apollo record)
- **Products:** STS Prepaid Water Meter, RF-Card Stepped-Tariff Prepaid Water Meter (LXSZ series), IoT Smart Water Meters (NB-IoT / LoRaWAN / GPRS), Ultrasonic Water Meter, Bluetooth Smart Water Meter (BLE 5.0)
- **Notable:** Serving water utilities in more than 30 countries, Annual production capacity exceeding one million smart water meters, Recognized as a Chinese benchmark in the international smart prepaid water meter market

## Products & services

- **STS Prepaid Water Meter** — Smart-card and keypad prepaid water meter conforming to the Standard Transfer Specification (STS), supporting both 20-digit keypad code recharge and RF customer-card recharge for revenue protection.
- **RF-Card Stepped-Tariff Prepaid Water Meter (LXSZ series)** — Radio-frequency card prepaid water meters (e.g. LXSZ-15/20) with stepped-tariff billing, paired with Laison's prepaid management software for water authorities.
- **IoT Smart Water Meters (NB-IoT / LoRaWAN / GPRS)** — Connected water meters supporting bi-directional communication over NB-IoT, LoRaWAN and GPRS for remote reading and AMR/AMI deployments.
- **Ultrasonic Water Meter** — Static ultrasonic meter offering high accuracy and no moving parts for domestic and industrial water measurement.
- **Bluetooth Smart Water Meter (BLE 5.0)** — Water meter integrated with Bluetooth Low Energy 5.0 for short-range configuration, reading and mobile top-up.
- **Meter Data Management (MDM) & Prepaid System Software** — Backend software for prepaid vending, meter data management, water leakage monitoring and revenue collection.
- **Meter Test Benches & Terminals** — Water and gas meter test benches (LS series), air-tightness testing equipment, and data collection terminals for utilities and manufacturers.

## Achievements

- Serving water utilities in more than 30 countries
- Annual production capacity exceeding one million smart water meters
- Recognized as a Chinese benchmark in the international smart prepaid water meter market
- Closed Series A financing in February 2023
- Proposed its 'Parise' series smart water meter
- Member of the LoRa Alliance

## Latest updates

- **2023-02** — Closed Series A financing (tens of millions RMB) with UBS Electronics as investor.
- **2022-01** — Launched Bluetooth (BLE 5.0) smart water meter for mobile-based reading and top-up.

## Links

- Website: https://www.laisongroup.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/laisontech
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/LaisonLtd
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/laisontech

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Last updated: 2026-07-27