1878 |
Charles Pickering Hayley forms Chas P. Hayley & Co. in Galle. |
1909 |
Hayley & Kenny, a partnership formed between W W Kenny and Chas P Hayley, opens
in Colombo. |
1913 |
Hayley & Kenny purchases Thurburn Stores, 400, Deans Road premises. |
1936 |
Hayley and Kenny becomes a private limited liability Company. |
1944 |
Chas P Hayley & Co. becomes a private limited liability company and fully owned subsidiary of Hayley &
Kenny Ltd. |
1952 |
George G Hayley with senior executives also subscribing
to equity forms Hayleys Ltd.
with a paid up capital of
Rs. 200,000/-, to acquire from
the heirs of the late Chas P Hayley and W W Kenny, the entire undertaking of Hayley
& Kenny Ltd. |
1954 |
Hayleys Ltd., becomes a public Company. |
1958 |
Shipping agency department is formed, later to be reconstituted as Maritime Agencies Ltd. (forerunner of Hayleys Advantis Ltd.). |
1964 |
Industries department is formed to manufacture agricultural machinery and spraying equipment. |
1968 |
Haychem Ltd., a collaboration with Bayer of Germany, is formed to formulate agrochemicals. |
1973 |
Haycarb Ltd., is formed to pioneer the manufacture and export of activated carbon from coconut shell charcoal. |
1975 |
Ravi Industries Ltd., a Company engaged in the manufacture of brushes is acquired. |
1976 |
Dipped Products Ltd., is incorporated to pioneer manufacture of Rubber Gloves. |
1983 |
The first overseas venture, Sorbtech Inc. (now Haymark Inc.) is formed in USA. |
1985 |
Overseas marketing companies are formed in Holland, UK, Japan and Australia. |
1991 |
- Hayleys ventures into hoteliering through its subsidiary Carbotels Ltd.
- Employee share ownership schemes are introduced within the Group.
- Hayleys steps into the business of plantations.
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1994 |
Group’s first overseas manufacturing facility Carbokarn Co. Ltd., opens
in Thailand. |
2001 |
Hayleys steps into power generation in collaboration with AES Corporation of USA. |
2002 |
Inland marketing companies realigned under 3 focused companies Hayleys Agri Products Ltd., Hayleys Consumer Products Ltd.
and Hayleys Industrial Solutions Ltd. |
2003 |
- Group entered into ship owning business, where Maritime Holdings Ltd. makes its maiden investment in the Container Vessel “Orient Stride”.
- Dipped Products Ltd’s initial overseas plant is set up in Thailand heralding its entry into the medical glove market.
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2006 |
- Hayleys adopts a new visual identity replacing its former logo of 50 years with one, more contemporary and representative of the diversity of the Group’s products and services.
- Hayleys achieves hat trick by winning Sri Lanka’s Best Corporate Citizen title for the third successive year.
- Mabroc Kelani Valley launches the world’s first “Ethical Tea” to be recognised by the UN’s Global Compact.
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2007 |
Hayleys becomes one of the first ten signatories worldwide to the CEO Water Mandale of the UN’s Global Compact. |
2010 |
Hayleys acquires its first
city hotel - Ceylon
Continental Hotel. |
2011 |
Hayleys enters in to the aluminum extrusions industry by acquiring the Alumex Group.
Hayleys re-enters and wins the Best Corporate Citizens Award for the 4th consecutive year that it took part in the competition. |
2012 |
Hayleys acquires the
Amaya Group. |
2013 |
- Hayleys enters into wind power generation through Nirmalapura.
- 3 sectors post pre-tax profits of over Rs. 1 billion for the first time in the history of Hayleys.
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