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.
^Early radio article describes development of "acetate". Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
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