Manufactured in India, supplied in Boston
Acoustic panels in Boston
We manufacture acoustic panels at our own plant at Palwal in Haryana, India, and supply them into Boston. Made at our own plant in India and shipped into Boston or a nearby East Coast port, then road to site, with the full transit window quoted openly.
- Plain PET felt
- 9 to 24 mm, 1220 x 2440 mm standard, up to 2440 x 4270 mm, 1200 to 3600 GSM
- Printed felt
- 1800 x 900 mm, image printed into the felt rather than onto a facing
- Grooved panels
- Cut pattern in PET felt, adds visual rhythm without changing the absorber
- Test standard
- ASTM C423
- Lead time
- 4 to 7 working days standard
- Minimum order
- From 10 panels
- ASTM C423
- Made at our own plant, Palwal, Haryana, India
- One batch across the order, no blending between runs
This comes from our own plant, not a trading desk. We do not have an office in your city and we will not invent one. What we can give you is factory pricing, consistent material and a technical answer before you commit.
01 / The material
What this is, and what it changes in a Boston room
The full absorber range rather than one product: plain PET felt, printed felt, grooved panels and fabric finishes, chosen by how the room is used and how it has to look.
Work reaching us from Boston is mostly universities and labs, teaching hospitals, offices, triple-decker housing, studios, schools.
American homes are timber frame with gypsum board on both faces, so a party wall or a basement ceiling has almost no mass. Adding a second leaf with a limp membrane between does more than any amount of surface treatment.
- Wall array Panels placed at first reflection points rather than spread evenly. Fewer panels, better result.
- Ceiling first In most rooms the ceiling is the largest untreated surface and the cheapest square metre of result.
- Mixed finish Plain felt where it is out of eye line, printed or grooved where it is seen.
- What it will not do Coverage is not the target, reverberation time is. Lining every surface wastes money and can leave a room sounding dead and unpleasant.
Full specification
Thickness, density, NRC by frequency, fire class, standard sizes and build-up detail for our acoustic panel range are on the main product page. This page covers what that means for a project in Boston.
PET felt acoustic panels Printed acoustic felt panels Grooved PET panels
02 / Data sheet
The numbers, and they do not move by city
We publish one data sheet for every market. If a supplier quotes you a different figure for the same product in a different city, one of the two numbers is wrong.
- EchoCore 151500 GSM. General commercial
- EchoPro 181800 GSM. Rooms with a written RT target
- EchoMax 222200 GSM. High occupancy and high level spaces
| Plain PET felt | 9 to 24 mm, 1220 x 2440 mm standard, up to 2440 x 4270 mm, 1200 to 3600 GSM |
|---|---|
| Printed felt | 1800 x 900 mm, image printed into the felt rather than onto a facing |
| Grooved panels | Cut pattern in PET felt, adds visual rhythm without changing the absorber |
| Test standard | ASTM C423 |
On a Boston job with a consultant involved, our part is material that matches the submitted data. See working with acoustic consultants.
03 / In this market
What we see driving Boston briefs
- Institutions specify properly
University and hospital work arrives with a consultant and a written target. Send us the specification and we will say where our material sits against it, in writing.
- Labs and equipment rooms
Fume hoods, chillers and equipment run constantly next to rooms where people have to concentrate. That is a plant isolation problem before it is a room treatment problem.
- Old brick and triple-deckers
Boston housing stock is old, wooden inside and stacked. Floors between units pass footfall easily, and a resilient layer under the finish is what fixes it.
- Sealed against hard winters
Buildings close up for months and mechanical systems run hard. Noise stops escaping and starts accumulating inside.
- School and campus buildings
Public school buildings run long corridors with hard floors and lay-in tile ceilings that were chosen for cost, not for speech. Classroom reverberation and corridor spill are the two complaints, and both respond to ceiling area rather than wall panels.
- The studio and content scene
Home and project studios go into basements and converted garages with equipment budgets far ahead of the building. The room leaks to the floor above long before it sounds wrong inside.
Architects working in Boston usually need the build-up before the product. We will draw the section and mark what does the work. See how we support architects.
04 / Conditions
Why the climate in Boston changes the material, not the target
Boston is mild summers and cold, wet winters, and that narrows the sensible material list before acoustics is even discussed.
Cold external walls and long heating seasons make condensation behind a lining the thing to design out. PET felt is unaffected by damp air.
The risk we design against here is condensation and cold bridging behind new linings.
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 / Route to site
Supply into Boston, start to site
| Ships from | Palwal, Haryana, India |
|---|---|
| Arrives at | Boston or a nearby East Coast port, then road to site |
| Dispatch | 4 to 7 working days |
| Freight | Sea into the East Coast |
| Packing | Palletised flat and film wrapped. Printed panels interleaved and corner protected. |
| Lead time | 4 to 7 working days standard. Printed and grooved take longer. |
Standard items dispatch in 4 to 7 working days. The sea leg from India is long, so plan the full door to door window into the programme. We give real dates, not optimistic ones.
Sea freight into Boston or a nearby East Coast port, then road to site. Air freight for samples, approvals and urgent quantities.
200 panels for a trial order, in any mix of thickness, GSM and colour. Beyond a trial we would rather quote a container load.
| Trial order | 200 panels, 6,400 sq ft, mixed thickness, GSM and colour |
|---|---|
| Recommended | Full container |
A panel is 1220 x 2440 mm, which is 32 sq ft.
06 / Before you buy
Four honest warnings before you buy
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The wrong product for the problem
Coverage is not the target, reverberation time is. Lining every surface wastes money and can leave a room sounding dead and unpleasant. We would rather calculate the area than sell the wall.
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Coverage bought instead of a target
Lining every surface is a purchase, not a result. We would rather calculate the area against a reverberation target and sell you less of it.
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Local approvals that nobody actually holds
We hold no Boston certification and we will not borrow one. The test data we publish is ours, and we will send the reports rather than describe them.
07 / In projects
The material in real interiors
Boston: questions we are actually asked
Is there a Boston factory behind this product?
No, and we will not say otherwise. We manufacture at our own plant at Palwal in Haryana, India, and supply into Boston as the manufacturer rather than through a dealer. Made at our own plant in India and shipped into Boston or a nearby East Coast port, then road to site, with the full transit window quoted openly. You buy at factory prices with one consistent batch across the order.
What do you look at first on a Boston enquiry?
University and hospital work arrives with a consultant and a written target. Send us the specification and we will say where our material sits against it, in writing. Fume hoods, chillers and equipment run constantly next to rooms where people have to concentrate. That is a plant isolation problem before it is a room treatment problem. Those two things move the build-up far more than the panel figure does.
Does Boston weather shorten the life of this material?
Boston is mild summers and cold, wet winters. Cold external walls and long heating seasons make condensation behind a lining the thing to design out. PET felt is unaffected by damp air. The failure we design against here is condensation and cold bridging behind new linings.
When would material land on a Boston site?
ships from: Palwal, Haryana, India, arrives at: Boston or a nearby East Coast port, then road to site, dispatch: 4 to 7 working days. Standard items dispatch in 4 to 7 working days. The sea leg from India is long, so plan the full door to door window into the programme. We give real dates, not optimistic ones.
Where do acoustic panels fail to help?
Coverage is not the target, reverberation time is. Lining every surface wastes money and can leave a room sounding dead and unpleasant. We would rather calculate the area than sell the wall.
Is there a minimum order, and how does it arrive?
200 panels for a trial order, in any mix of thickness, GSM and colour. Beyond a trial we would rather quote a container load. Trial order, 200 panels, 6,400 sq ft, mixed thickness, GSM and colour. Recommended, Full container. A panel is 1220 x 2440 mm, which is 32 sq ft. Palletised flat and film wrapped. Printed panels interleaved and corner protected.
Next step
Drawings in, BOQ and a delivered date out
A plan and a section is enough. We will come back with a build-up, a BOQ and a delivered date, and we will say so if what you are asking for will not work.