About Us:
Cryolite Consulting and Technology Ltd is a small company, based in Glasgow, which works on supporting and developing technology related projects for a small number of clients.
At present we only take personal client referrals - however if your problem is particularly complicated and tricky, and its solution would be positively impactful, you could always try us and drop us an email...
The word derives from the Greek for ice (cryo) and stone (lithos) and is the common name of a rare mineral of particular historic significance.
Almost invisible when immersed, pure cryolite has a refractive index close to water, but that is not its greatest claim to fame. In the 19th Century, cryolite mined from one Greenland deposit, enabled commercially viable industrial extraction of aluminium by electrolysis.
Cryolite may not be a mineral you’ve heard of but the lightweight aluminium alloys it enabled completely revolutionised modern life. From the shell of a modern drinks can, laptop, car or aeroplane, what may otherwise have been too heavy or fragile became light and strong. The previously unthinkable or impractical became not just possible, but ubiquitous.
For the company, cryolite represents the possibility that by creative application, something almost invisible may yield unexpected solutions with far-reaching consequences.
From helping to harness basic information technology, to thinking deeply about systemic challenges (be they technical, organisational, ecological or political) we are interested in things that will make a positive impact for our clients and the world around them.
We are happy to help with big-idea development (whether our client is on a global-mission or seeking to achieve city or regional change), and also to facilitate small-actions e.g. helping small local community groups. We have experience at both ends of that spectrum as well as design based projects in-between. The common factor is situation-based analysis and fresh ideas.
