Sourcing from China

China Map

When I started Cayley Chemicals back in 1987 China was just developing its chemical industry. Prior to ’87 China exported some basic chemical raw materials but the quality was terrible. However, just as I started Cayley, China got its act together and quality Chemical products started to …..

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UK Business Memberships

We are members of: IOE, FSB, ISBE and the Cheltenham Chamber of Commerce which gives us access to a wide variety of knowledge and resources allowing collaboration, debate and sharing of valuable insight, knowledge and best practice and a powerful voice in government.

Exporting is Great

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John Robert Mills 1916 – 1998

In celebration of my fathers centenary, born 12th November 1916, I would draw your attention to his Wikipedia entry (see below).

John Robert Mills

Photograph kindly provided by MOD and reproduced under the Open Government License V3

My father was my inspiration and the one that encouraged me to go into the export business and subsequently set up Cayley Chemicals. John Robert Mills was a great father and a highly respected scientist who….

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Albright & Wilson

Albright and Wilson

Albright and Wilson was founded by Arthur Albright and John Wilson as a manufacturer of Potassium Chlorate and White Phosphorus for the match industry. In 1892 Albright and Wilson became a private limited company, Albright and Wilson Ltd, and it remained a double family-owned firm for nearly 100 years, until 5 March 1948 when it became a public company. Albright and Wilson expanded considerably into silicones, detergents, food additives, metal finishing chemicals, strontium based chemicals and Chromium based chemicals. It was the second largest chemical manufacturer ….

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Zimbabwe – Water treatment chemicals

Cayley Chemicals is a major supplier of Poly Aluminium Chloride (PAC) and Aluminium Sulphate and regularly supplies to Zimbabwe, keeping their water clean and disease minimised. Poly Aluminium Chloride (PAC) is increasingly used for water treatment as opposed to the conventional use of Aluminium Sulphate (Alum). Polyaluminium chlorides are synthetic polymers dissolved in water. They react to form ….

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Nigeria – Disinfectants

Nigeria Flag Map

With a population approaching 200 million and mostly bad sanitary conditions there is a huge market for disinfectants in Nigeria. Cayley Chemicals is a major supplier of disinfectant raw materials: Cresylic Acid, Cresylic Creosote 40/45, Castor Oil, DCMX, ChlorHexidine Gluconate (CHG), Casein, Borax, Pine oil & Castor Oil Soap….

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