Manufactured in India, supplied in Belgium
Wood wool acoustic panels in Belgium
We manufacture wood wool acoustic panels at our own plant at Palwal in Haryana, India, and supply them into Belgium. Made at our own plant in India and shipped into Antwerp, one of the shortest port to site runs anywhere in Europe, which shows up directly in the landed cost.
- Panel size
- 1200 x 600 mm
- Thickness
- 20 mm
- Density
- 400 kg per cubic metre
- NRC
- 0.30
- Test standards
- ASTM C-423 and EN ISO 354
- Lead time
- 4 to 7 working days for standard sizes
- Minimum order
- 500 sq ft, about 46 sq m
- ASTM C-423 and EN ISO 354
- Made at our own plant, Palwal, Haryana, India
- One batch across the order, no blending between runs
We are the manufacturer. There is no local office and we do not claim approvals we do not hold. What you get is factory pricing, one consistent batch across the order, and a straight answer on what the material will and will not do.
01 / What it is
The material, and what it actually does on a Belgium job
Wood fibre bound into a rigid board with an open texture. Robust, paintable and used where the surface takes knocks, which is why it ends up in schools, sports halls and plant rooms.
Work reaching us from Belgium is mostly terraced housing, institutional and corporate offices, schools, clinics, restaurants, studios.
Narrow terraced houses sharing party walls, with timber upper floors and concrete below. Apartment stock is concrete with hard finishes.
- Direct fix Mechanically fixed to the soffit or wall. Durable and simple.
- On a cavity Mounted on battens with an air gap, which is where the low mid performance comes from.
- With a porous backing Board over mineral backing where the room needs more than the board alone gives.
- What it will not do At 20 mm it is a mid and high frequency absorber, not a bass solution, and painting it heavily will close the surface and reduce what it does. If a room needs low frequency control, depth or a cavity has to come from somewhere.
Full specification
Thickness, density, NRC by frequency, fire class, standard sizes and build-up detail for wood wool panels are on the main product page. This page covers what that means for a project in Belgium.
02 / The numbers
One specification sheet, the same in every market
The specification below is the same everywhere we supply, because a specification that changed by city would not be a specification. What changes is which grade and build-up is the right buy, and that is what the rest of this page is about.
- Natural20 mm. Plant rooms, back of house, industrial
- Painted20 mm. Classrooms, halls, visible ceilings
| Panel size | 1200 x 600 mm |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 20 mm |
| Density | 400 kg per cubic metre |
| NRC | 0.30 |
| Test standards | ASTM C-423 and EN ISO 354 |
| Surface burning | Class A to ASTM E84 |
Consultants get the raw data, not a sales sheet. That is the whole of our side of the job, and it is set out under working with acoustic consultants.
03 / Local conditions
The Belgium conditions that change the answer
- Antwerp is the advantage
The port is close to almost everywhere in the country, so the inland leg barely registers. That is the practical reason a factory in India competes well here.
- Terraced brick, shared on both sides
Most housing shares a party wall left and right. Speech and impact noise move sideways, which is a mass and decoupling job rather than a treatment job.
- Institutional meeting spaces
Offices built for meetings in several languages need speech privacy and clean intelligibility at the same time, which pulls the design in two directions unless the ceiling is handled properly.
- Renovation, not new build
The structure usually stays. Build-ups have to fit the depth and finishes already there, so shallow and effective beats thick and theoretically better.
- Assembly and performance rooms
Church buildings, civic halls and converted industrial spaces have long decay and hard surfaces.
- School and campus buildings
School buildings are hard surfaced with long corridors, and refectories are consistently the loudest rooms.
If you are specifying for a Belgium project, we can give you a section, a BOQ and the honest limits of each layer. See how we support architects.
04 / Conditions
Why the climate in Belgium changes the material, not the target
Belgium is cool and damp, with long heating seasons and cold external walls, and that narrows the sensible material list before acoustics is even discussed.
Cold wall build-ups and long heating seasons mean interstitial condensation is a real risk behind any lining. PET felt is unaffected by damp air and will not feed mould where a fabric-faced mineral product would.
The risk we design against here is condensation behind linings in older, poorly insulated stock.
Interior designers tend to arrive with the look already decided. We will tell you which finish gets there without losing the acoustics. See how we work with interior designers.
05 / Logistics
How material reaches a Belgium site
| Ships from | Palwal, Haryana, India |
|---|---|
| Arrives at | Antwerp, then a short road run to site |
| Dispatch | 4 to 7 working days |
| Freight | Sea via Antwerp |
| Packing | Palletised flat, edge protected. Boards are rigid but the edges chip, so they travel protected. |
| Lead time | 4 to 7 working days for standard sizes. |
Standard items dispatch in 4 to 7 working days. Grooved panels and custom colours take longer, and we say so before you order, not after.
Sea freight into Antwerp, then a short road run to site. Air freight for samples and urgent quantities.
The same 500 sq ft minimum applies on export.
| Any finish | 500 sq ft, about 46 sq m |
|---|
A panel is 1200 x 600 mm, which is 0.72 sq m or about 7.75 sq ft, so the minimum is roughly 65 panels.
06 / Straight talk
What we will tell you that a reseller will not
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The wrong product for the problem
At 20 mm it is a mid and high frequency absorber, not a bass solution, and painting it heavily will close the surface and reduce what it does. If a room needs low frequency control, depth or a cavity has to come from somewhere.
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Square footage quoted before the room is understood
Anyone can price a wall. Working out how much material the room actually needs usually reduces the order, which is why not everyone does it.
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Local approvals that nobody actually holds
We hold no Belgium certification and we will not borrow one. The test data we publish is ours, and we will send the reports rather than describe them.
Belgium: questions we are actually asked
Do you manufacture wood wool acoustic panels in Belgium?
No, and we will not say otherwise. We manufacture at our own plant at Palwal in Haryana, India, and supply into Belgium as the manufacturer rather than through a dealer. Made at our own plant in India and shipped into Antwerp, one of the shortest port to site runs anywhere in Europe, which shows up directly in the landed cost. You buy at factory prices with one consistent batch across the order.
What do you look at first on a Belgium enquiry?
The port is close to almost everywhere in the country, so the inland leg barely registers. That is the practical reason a factory in India competes well here. Most housing shares a party wall left and right. Speech and impact noise move sideways, which is a mass and decoupling job rather than a treatment job. Those two things move the build-up far more than the panel figure does.
Will this material last in the Belgium climate?
Belgium is cool and damp, with long heating seasons and cold external walls. Cold wall build-ups and long heating seasons mean interstitial condensation is a real risk behind any lining. PET felt is unaffected by damp air and will not feed mould where a fabric-faced mineral product would. The failure we design against here is condensation behind linings in older, poorly insulated stock.
When would material land on a Belgium site?
ships from: Palwal, Haryana, India, arrives at: Antwerp, then a short road run to site, dispatch: 4 to 7 working days. Standard items dispatch in 4 to 7 working days. Grooved panels and custom colours take longer, and we say so before you order, not after.
What will wood wool acoustic panels not do?
At 20 mm it is a mid and high frequency absorber, not a bass solution, and painting it heavily will close the surface and reduce what it does. If a room needs low frequency control, depth or a cavity has to come from somewhere.
How is the order packed and what is the minimum?
The same 500 sq ft minimum applies on export. Any finish, 500 sq ft, about 46 sq m. A panel is 1200 x 600 mm, which is 0.72 sq m or about 7.75 sq ft, so the minimum is roughly 65 panels. Palletised flat, edge protected. Boards are rigid but the edges chip, so they travel protected.
Next step
Send the drawings, get a straight answer
Send what you have. We will give you a layer by layer build-up, a bill of quantities and a date material lands, and we will flag anything in the brief that will not achieve what you want.