# Pyral

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{{Short description|French recording medium manufacturer}}
thumb|Current logo of Pyral
'''Pyral SAS''' is a manufacturer of [magnetic recording](/source/magnetic_recording) media products, based in [Avranches](/source/Avranches), France. As of 2015, it is a subsidiary of [Mulann](/source/Mulann), a French company in the smartcard and ticketing industry.

In 1934, Pyral created a new type of [transcription disc](/source/transcription_disc). Their innovation was to coat the [aluminum disc](/source/aluminum_disc) with a layer of [lacquer](/source/lacquer). These discs came to be known as lacquers or [acetates](/source/acetate_disc).<ref>[http://www.midcoast.com/~lizmcl/earlyradio.html Early radio article describes development of "acetate".] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402112900/http://www.midcoast.com/~lizmcl/earlyradio.html |date=2012-04-02 }}</ref>

As of 2007, the company's primary product is [perforated](/source/perforated) [magnetic tape](/source/magnetic_tape), used to record sound for movie productions.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061010112222/http://www.jts2004.org/english/papers/AbaondonAnalog-Watanabe-FinalPaper.doc Pyral factory is last making magnetic film]</ref>  They also produce magnetic inks and slurries used in the production of [magnetic stripe card](/source/magnetic_stripe_card)s.

== Corporate history ==
thumb|Logo from around 1981

In 1977, Pyral made the original blank disks for the [Golden Record](/source/Golden_Record) of the NASA Voyager spacecraft.
Although the company was originally based in [Créteil](/source/Cr%C3%A9teil), France, it moved to the [Avranches](/source/Avranches) location in 1985. Prior to 2004, it was part of [EMTEC](/source/EMTEC), [BASF](/source/BASF),<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4332/is_199709/ai_n15137487 "BASF Magnetics acquired the Pyral company in 1992"]</ref> and [Rhône-Poulenc](/source/Rh%C3%B4ne-Poulenc). From that same year until the acquisition by Mulann, it was an independent company. In 2012, Pyral acquired [RMGI](/source/RMGI), a maker of analog tape used for sound recording. In 2015, after financial difficulties<ref>[http://www.entreprises.ouest-france.fr/article/avranches-societe-pyral-connait-difficultes-04-10-2013-112299 À Avranches, la société Pyral connaît des difficultés],</ref> integrating RMGI, Pyral was acquired by Mulann.

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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070912140853/http://www.pyral.fr/englishversion/greeting.html Corporate website]

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