by Philip John Mills
We first bought from India back in 1989 from Modi Alkali, a 35% Chlorine product that we sold to the mining industry in southern Africa for disinfectant purposes. In the last 20 years Indian Industry has very much developed. One only has to see how the conglomerate Tata is now a major player in Cars, buses, lorries and steel and not only in India but internationally. Indian generic pharmaceuticals are recognised the ….
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by Philip John Mills
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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by Philip John Mills
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.
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by Philip John Mills
In celebration of my fathers centenary, born 12th November 1916, I would draw your attention to his Wikipedia entry (see below).
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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by Philip John Mills
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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by Philip John Mills
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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