Since losing his mother and sister in a car accident at just seven years of age, Paul Hennessy has developed a desire to live life to its full and a tenacity desire overcome adversity. At 10 years of age Mr Hennessy welded his first plastic while attempting to modify a spray container lid. Twenty years later he founded Polymer Fabrication Pty Ltd, which has become a substantial supplier of plastics and fabrications to the mining sector. In 2003 Mr Hennessy won a Business News 40under40 Award.