Manufactured in India, supplied in Italy
Ceiling baffles and clouds in Italy
We manufacture ceiling baffles and clouds at our own plant at Palwal in Haryana, India, and supply them into Italy. Made at our own plant in India, shipped in container loads into Genoa, La Spezia or Trieste, and specified against your drawings before anything leaves the factory.
- Material
- 100% PET non-woven, the panel family
- Thickness
- 9 to 24 mm
- Size
- Made to the drawing, standard and custom
- Exposure
- Both faces work, which is why suspended area outperforms the same area laid flat
- Test standard
- ASTM C423
- Lead time
- Confirmed against the drawing
- Minimum order
- 500 sq ft, about 46 sq m
- 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 / What it is
The product, described honestly, for a Italy brief
PET felt suspended from the soffit, vertically as baffles or horizontally as clouds. It is how you treat a room with exposed services, where there is no ceiling to line.
Work reaching us from Italy is mostly apartments, hotels, restaurants, showrooms, offices, studios, clinics, schools.
Masonry palazzi and later concrete blocks, with terrazzo and tile floors and shared courtyards that carry sound between flats.
- Vertical baffles Hung on edge in rows. Both faces absorb, so coverage figures based on plan area understate them.
- Horizontal clouds Flat rafts over the occupied zone, which also reflect early speech energy back down where it helps.
- Mixed with services Set out around ducts, trays and lighting rather than fighting them, coordinated from your reflected ceiling plan.
- What it will not do Baffles are efficient, not magic. In a very tall volume the height above the baffle line still rings, and the honest answer is either more area or accepting a higher RT, not a denser panel.
Full specification
Thickness, density, NRC by frequency, fire class, standard sizes and build-up detail for baffles and clouds are on the main product page. This page covers what that means for a project in Italy.
Acoustic ceiling baffles Acoustic ceiling clouds Acoustic ceiling tiles
02 / Specification
One specification sheet, the same in every market
These figures are published and they do not move. The thing worth arguing about is not the number on the sheet, it is which grade and which build-up suits the room you are treating.
- EchoCore 151500 GSM. Offices, retail, general
- EchoPro 181800 GSM. Halls, atria, spaces with a target
- EchoMax 222200 GSM. High volume and high occupancy
| Material | 100% PET non-woven, the panel family |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 9 to 24 mm |
| Size | Made to the drawing, standard and custom |
| Exposure | Both faces work, which is why suspended area outperforms the same area laid flat |
| Test standard | ASTM C423 |
On a Italy job with a consultant involved, our part is material that matches the submitted data. See working with acoustic consultants.
03 / Local conditions
What we see driving Italy briefs
- Hard shells, long reverberation
Masonry, marble, terrazzo and plaster reflect almost everything. A room can measure fine on paper and still be unusable for speech until something absorbent goes on the ceiling.
- Heritage limits what you can touch
In a protected building you often cannot alter the structure or the facade, so the work has to be internal, shallow and ideally reversible. That rules out most thick framed systems.
- Condominio living
Shared stairwells, party walls and slabs between flats mean neighbour complaints arrive fast. Mass plus a resilient break does more here than any surface treatment.
- Appearance is half the brief
Italian clients look at the panel before they listen to it. We supply consistent colour across a full order and finishes that survive a design review.
- School and campus buildings
School buildings are hard surfaced with high ceilings, and many sit inside older structures where intervention has to be reversible.
For a Italy practice, the useful thing is a detail you can put in a drawing set, not a brochure. See how we support architects.
04 / Climate
What the Italy climate rules in and rules out
Italy is hot dry summers and mild wet winters, and that narrows the sensible material list before acoustics is even discussed.
The swing between a dry summer and a wet winter moves timber. PET felt is dimensionally stable across that swing; slat panels want a stable substrate and a ventilated fixing.
The risk we design against here is seasonal movement in timber and winter damp in unheated 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
What the route into Italy actually looks like
| Ships from | Palwal, Haryana, India |
|---|---|
| Arrives at | Genoa, La Spezia or Trieste, then road to site |
| Dispatch | 4 to 7 working days |
| Freight | Sea via Genoa |
| Packing | Flat packed with fixings, sets labelled by row so the install sequence matches the drawing. |
| Lead time | Confirmed against the drawing. Standard sizes 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.
Sea freight into Genoa, La Spezia or Trieste, then road to site anywhere in the country. Air freight for samples and urgent quantities.
The same 500 sq ft minimum applies on export.
| Baffles and clouds | 500 sq ft, about 46 sq m |
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Baffles and clouds are cut to the drawing, so the minimum is counted on finished panel area. Both faces of a hung baffle absorb, which is why coverage taken off a plan understates what the order actually does.
06 / Straight talk
Four honest warnings before you buy
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The wrong product for the problem
Baffles are efficient, not magic. In a very tall volume the height above the baffle line still rings, and the honest answer is either more area or accepting a higher RT, not a denser panel.
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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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A claim of being local to Italy
We manufacture in India and supply here. We do not run an office in this city and we will not pretend to, because you would find out on the first site visit.
Italy: questions we are actually asked
Are these ceiling baffles and clouds made in Italy?
No, and we will not say otherwise. We manufacture at our own plant at Palwal in Haryana, India, and supply into Italy as the manufacturer rather than through a dealer. Made at our own plant in India, shipped in container loads into Genoa, La Spezia or Trieste, and specified against your drawings before anything leaves the factory. You buy at factory prices with one consistent batch across the order.
What do you look at first on a Italy enquiry?
Masonry, marble, terrazzo and plaster reflect almost everything. A room can measure fine on paper and still be unusable for speech until something absorbent goes on the ceiling. In a protected building you often cannot alter the structure or the facade, so the work has to be internal, shallow and ideally reversible. That rules out most thick framed systems. Those two things move the build-up far more than the panel figure does.
How does the Italy climate affect this product?
Italy is hot dry summers and mild wet winters. The swing between a dry summer and a wet winter moves timber. PET felt is dimensionally stable across that swing; slat panels want a stable substrate and a ventilated fixing. The failure we design against here is seasonal movement in timber and winter damp in unheated stock.
When would material land on a Italy site?
ships from: Palwal, Haryana, India, arrives at: Genoa, La Spezia or Trieste, then road 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.
When are ceiling baffles and clouds the wrong purchase?
Baffles are efficient, not magic. In a very tall volume the height above the baffle line still rings, and the honest answer is either more area or accepting a higher RT, not a denser panel.
Is there a minimum order, and how does it arrive?
The same 500 sq ft minimum applies on export. Baffles and clouds, 500 sq ft, about 46 sq m. Baffles and clouds are cut to the drawing, so the minimum is counted on finished panel area. Both faces of a hung baffle absorb, which is why coverage taken off a plan understates what the order actually does. Flat packed with fixings, sets labelled by row so the install sequence matches the drawing.
Next step
Send the drawings, get a straight answer
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.