ORAFOL delivers premium safety solutions designed to ensure maximum visibility in high-risk work environments. Our certified retroreflective materials combine advanced engineering, durable construction, and precise manufacturing to exceed industry standards and provide long-term reliability, even under extreme conditions.
Personal Safety
Visibility means safetY
Under the brand ORALITE® – Engineered to Save Lives, ORAFOL offers a comprehensive portfolio of reflective materials for personal protection. These products meet diverse certification and performance requirements in terms of durability, wash resistance, and processing.
Solution
The personal safety market demands highly specialized, technically advanced materials that also meet modern aesthetic standards. Increasingly, multifunctional garments combine visual design requirements with multiple technical performance criteria.
With a wide selection of certified materials, compliant with EN ISO 20471:2013 + A1:2016 and other standards, ORAFOL provides optimal visibility and protection for professionals working in hazardous environments. The portfolio includes cutting-edge prism-based and glass bead-based technologies.
Reflective solutions for workwear
Under the ORALITE® brand, ORAFOL offers a wide range of prismatic and glass bead-based reflective tapes certified to EN ISO 20471:2013 + A1:2016 and other international standards. Designed for professional workwear across emergency services, industry, and transportation, these tapes deliver maximum visibility and reliability.
Beyond superior reflectivity, ORALITE® products are engineered for wash durability, temperature resistance, longevity, and flame retardancy. They provide consistent retroreflection across varied conditions and withstand the rigors of daily use, combining technical precision with robust material performance.
Reflective solutions for firefighter clothing
ORALITE® reflective tapes, both prismatic and glass bead-based, are purpose-built for firefighting applications, ensuring maximum visibility even under extreme conditions. They comply with EN 469:2020, the standard for protective clothing used in firefighting, guaranteeing dependable performance in critical situations.
The continuous color-reflective surface of ORALITE® prismatic trims ensure full-surface retroreflection. The innovative Triple Trim design provides edge-to-edge visibility, keeping firefighters highly visible in darkness, rain, and harsh weather. Abrasion-resistant microprisms deliver long-lasting retroreflection, exceptional wash resistance, and maximum durability.
Reflective solutions for maritime applications
For more than four decades, ORALITE® reflective films and tapes have set the standard in maritime safety. Designed for both inflatable and non-inflatable life jackets, life rafts, and heavy-duty marine protective gear, they ensure reliable visibility even in the most demanding marine environments.
These products employ advanced microprismatic technology to deliver outstanding retroreflective performance over long distances, which are crucial for nighttime search and rescue operations. ORALITE® maritime solutions fully comply with SOLAS/IMO requirements and are certified by recognized bodies including Bureau Veritas (BV) and the United States Coast Guard.
Technology
Personal protective materials must perform reliably under extreme conditions while meeting stringent international standards. ORAFOL meets these demands with high-tech solutions, precision manufacturing, and premium quality.
Both glass bead and prismatic technologies are optimized for their respective fields of application, focusing on parameters such as reflectivity, wash resistance, heat tolerance, and long-term stability. All key performance characteristics are rigorously tested and continuously refined at ORAFOL’s subsidiary in Waterford (Ireland).
Certified premium quality
All ORAFOL personal protection products comply with EN ISO 20471 and additional standards such as EN 469:2020 for firefighter clothing, as well as relevant international certifications. These standards require maximum wash durability and resistance to mechanical stress.
At ORAFOL’s site in Waterford, wash and drying cycles are simulated in-house to verify product longevity, durability, and compatibility with various textile substrates. This ensures each product consistently meets the high demands of everyday use.
Glass bead technology
ORAFOL’s glass bead technology uses microscopic glass spheres that reflect light efficiently from multiple angles, providing reliable reflectivity for a broad range of textile applications.
This technology offers outstanding flexibility, easy processing, and a consistently high visual appearance, making it ideal for both functional and aesthetic applications.
Prismatic technology
ORAFOL’s prismatic technology includes two distinct construction types, each engineered for specific performance requirements:
Prismatic air-backed construction: Features microprisms with an integrated air layer, achieving very high retroreflective values, excellent durability, and consistent performance, even in wet or challenging environments.
Prismatic metallised construction: Utilizes a metallised microprism film offering exceptional reflectivity, flexibility, and low weight. It provides outstanding day and night visibility and maintains constant performance under varying environmental conditions.
Service
ORAFOL provides full service from technical consultation and material selection to global delivery. Both customized and standardized applications are supported with expert guidance and strict compliance with all relevant standards.
Full service from consultation to delivery
In addition to proven technological expertise and certified quality, ORAFOL offers a comprehensive full-service approach for partners worldwide. Services include technical consultation, application guidance, custom product development, and the provision of demonstration materials such as color charts and sample cards. Product personalization, including corporate branding, is also available.
Through this integrated approach, ORAFOL delivers tailored solutions precisely matched to each application, making people safely visible in every environment.
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