Livery decals

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Designing the sky

Flying on more than 150 aircraft since 2012, ADHECAL® is the world's leader of exterior livery decals for aerospace.

Our livery decals are engineered to transform any aircraft into a flying masterpiece, while being compliant with all aeronautical standards. ADHECAL® 13880® is the only decals material qualified by all aircraft manufacturers to last as long as paint.

Fully customizable and available with fast leadtimes with an MOQ of one, let your imagination run free with a unique promotional livery or a full fleet rebranding.

Overview

  • Complex designs
  • Fast installation times
  • No paint hangar required
  • Up to 60% cycle time reduction
  • Easy to repair in service
  • OEM approved
  • No residue at end of life
  • Ideal for livery transitions and leases

ADHECAL® 13880®: The only livery decals qualified by all OEMs to last as long as paint

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Qualified by all OEMs

Over the years, we have established strong technical and commercial partnerships with the world’s leading commercial aircraft manufacturers. These collaborations enabled us to address long-standing in-service durability challenges such as crazing, peeling, yellowing, premature erosion, and incompatibility with paint systems.

Through this work, we developed ADHECAL® 13880®, the only decal system qualified by all major OEMs to deliver service life equivalent to aircraft paint.

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Livery transitions expert

Our ADHECAL® livery decals for livery transitions is ideal for changing from one livery to another. Adhecal can easily cover an existing livery and can be installed on a white tail aircraft.


With our livery decals, we ensure up to 50% direct costs saving and up to 60% less downtime than versus paint.

Frequent questions

What paint systems is ADHECAL® compliant with?

ADHECAL is compliant with all paint systems, base coat / clear coat and top coat.

Can ADHECAL® be installed on most zones of the aircraft?

Yes, ADHECAL® can be installed on vertical tail, most areas of the fuselage, sharklet/winglet, wings and nacelles. Some zones are excluded: radome, belly fairing, leading and trailing edges.

Is there any limitations in terms of design and sizes?

ADHECAL® offers unlimited artwork liveries: images, photographs, gradients, multi-colors, complex type designs. We deliver high-definition graphics for outstanding brand image. We can support small logos to very large-scale liveries.

Can ADHECAL® be fitted on high evolutive areas?

We developed several films types adapted to each area. They offer different levels of conformability and flexibility. Additionally, we have the capability to engineer any design and artwork to fit all zones without distortions.

Can we cover existing paint surfaces and liveries with ADHECAL®?

ADHECAL® provide different levels of opacity to cover all painted color backgrounds and existing liveries. This makes ADHECAL® the preferred livery transitions and retrofits partner. No need to strip and repaint your aircrafts when it comes to a livery change.

What is the weight of ADHECAL® livery decals?

The density / weight of our printed decals is either lower or equivalent (depending on film type and design) to the ones of a painted livery. A decal based livery is an advantage when weight control is a concern, as a printed decal always has the same density / weight, unlike paint that relies on human application factors.

Is ADHECAL® livery decals easy to install?

ADHECAL® is easy to install for someone already used to fitting decals. In the case of a new user, a learning curve is necessary. We provide comprehensive installation procedures and layouts to facilitate the positioning, fitting and finishes. Additionally, we offer on-site support, training & certification during installations and can also install your livery if preferred.

Is ADHECAL® livery decals easy to remove?

ADHECAL® livery decals are easy to remove using a steam wallpaper machine for example. They can be peeled off by entire formats, and do not chip in little pieces like most existing films upon removal. This means a fast removal process. The removal is clean with very low or no adhesive residues, and will not damage the substrates.

What is the durability of ADHECAL®?

Adhecal has been flying since 2012 and has proven to last as long as paint in service. We have been studying our decals ageing and have in the past year intensified their in-service follow-up with our Airline customers in order to gather additional feedback on the durability of our ADHECAL® 13880®. Our R&D and installation teams have also been continuously implementing improvement actions to significantly enhance product durability (product testing, installation and repair procedures, in service preventive actions).