PETZL

For over 40 years, Petzl has built on its expertise in the design and manufacture of products for verticality and lighting. Today, Petzl designs, produces and distributes millions of products around the world. Building a Petzl product requires expertise in a wide range of materials - textiles, metals, plastics - as well as in specific technologies: plastics processing, sewing, injection molding, forging, LEDs, electronics... This expertise allows us to design equipment that meets both the needs of users and the technical requirements for its use: resistance to impacts, abrasion, extreme temperatures...

The Petzl research department in Crolles, France, integrates all the fields related to product design: mechanical, textile, electronic, optical, computing and prototyping. Starting at the design and prototype phases, the reliability of the product and user safety are continually evaluated with a strong focus on risks to the user.

Petzl serves communities of users committed to their activities. Our goals: to assist them with products they can rely on, and to offer them our expertise.

Petzl is active in the following fields:
• outdoor activities: climbing, mountaineering, ski mountaineering, trail running, via ferrata, canyoning...
• work at height: rope access, tree care, energy and networks, framing and roofing...
• rescue: technical rescue, self-rescue, evacuation on mechanical lifts
• personal lighting for professionals, for maintenance, for industrial worksites
• equipment for tactical operations units
• equipment for adventure parks