Pyral Explained

Pyral SAS is a manufacturer of magnetic recording media products, based in Avranches, France. As of 2015, it is a subsidiary of Mulann, a French company in the smartcard and ticketing industry.

In 1934, Pyral created a new type of transcription disc. Their innovation was to coat the aluminum disc with a layer of lacquer. These discs came to be known as lacquers or acetates.^[1]

As of 2007, The company's primary product is perforated magnetic tape, used to record sound for movie productions.^[2] They also produce magnetic inks and slurries used in the production of magnetic stripe cards.

Corporate history

• Pyral made the original blank disks for the NASA Voyager spacecraft.
• Pyral was originally based in Créteil, France, but moved to the Avranches location in 1985.
• Prior to 2004, it was part of EMTEC, BASF,^[3] and Rhône-Poulenc.
• From 2004 until the acquisition by Mulann, it was an independent company.
• In 2012, Pyral acquired RMGI, a maker of analog tape used for sound recording.
• In 2015, after financial difficulties^[4] integrating RMGI, Pyral was acquired by Mulann.

External links

• Corporate website

Notes and References

1. http://www.midcoast.com/~lizmcl/earlyradio.html Early radio article describes development of "acetate".
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20061010112222/http://www.jts2004.org/english/papers/AbaondonAnalog-Watanabe-FinalPaper.doc Pyral factory is last making magnetic film
3. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4332/is_199709/ai_n15137487 "BASF Magnetics acquired the Pyral company in 1992"
4. http://www.entreprises.ouest-france.fr/article/avranches-societe-pyral-connait-difficultes-04-10-2013-112299 À Avranches, la société Pyral connaît des difficultés