The range of Petrel inks is particularly vast and constantly improved by our Research and Development laboratory, in liaison with our customers and suppliers. A significant part of our laboratory's activity is focused on the tailor-made development of inks to meet specific needs. This page presents the Petrel inks and gives the main points of presentation of the range, according to their properties, that is to say what they will react to and how they will increase the protection of a document, then the types of documents on which they are regularly used, and in Direct Marketing suggestions for inks to use.

PETREL Security fibers are regularly used by paper mills that produce Security papers. These fibers make it possible to reliably authenticate an original document in the face of counterfeiting. These Polyamide fibers are incorporated into the paper pulp and are most often fluorescent under Ultra Violet. Petrel is constantly doing research and development and has filed international patents in this field. These fibers can be produced in different diameters, between 1.5 and 22 Decitex, (between 13.8 and 49.6 microns) and in different lengths which are generally between 1 and 12mm. PETREL's know-how in this area has long been recognized by Central Banks and PETREL is a supplier renowned worldwide for the quality of its security fibers used in the manufacture of papers necessary for printing banknotes. bank and other security documents. The range is constantly evolving and PETREL currently offers the following fibers in order of increasing safety:

PETREL Security sewing threads are used for sewing passports and other security booklets and are an extremely important element in their security. Due to their uses, these threads are designed to be very mechanically resistant and are mass-dyed, which gives them very good light resistance. Compared to Polyester/Cotton or 100% Cotton yarns, Petrel yarns present an essential advantage on these 2 points. Petrel offers 3 types of threads depending on the characteristics of the documents and multiple choices of colors both in the visible spectrum and under Ultra-Violet. Petrel's know-how has long been recognized in this field and many passports are sewn with PETREL threads.