Manufactured in India, supplied in Miami
Wood wool acoustic panels in Miami
We manufacture wood wool acoustic panels at our own plant at Palwal in Haryana, India, and supply them into Miami. Made at our own plant in India and shipped straight into PortMiami, so the container lands in the city rather than a day of trucking away.
- 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
Manufacturer, not reseller. We hold no local approvals and will not imply we do. You get the price the factory quotes, material that matches across a large order, and advice that sometimes talks you out of a purchase.
01 / The product
What you are buying, and what it fixes in Miami
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 Miami is mostly condo towers, hotels and lounges, restaurants, offices, clinics, home theatres.
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.
- 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 Miami.
02 / Specification sheet
The published figures, unchanged by location
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.
- 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 |
If a consultant has set the target, we will quote against their figures rather than ours, and stay out of the scope they own. More on working with acoustic consultants.
03 / In this market
The Miami conditions that change the answer
- Heat and humidity
Our PET felt does not absorb moisture, shed fibre or feed mould, which matters in a climate where mineral products sag and hold damp.
- Concrete towers, hard interiors
The structure has mass, so airborne transfer between units is usually not the issue. Reverberation inside glass, tile and terrazzo rooms is, and that is a treatment job.
- Impact noise through slabs
Hard flooring over a concrete slab passes footfall straight down. A resilient underlay is the fix, and it has to go in before the finish, not after the complaint.
- The port is in the city
Containers land at PortMiami and reach site the same day, which is the practical reason a factory in India competes here on landed cost.
- Assembly and performance rooms
Churches, school gyms and multipurpose halls double as performance spaces, which means a room designed for neither speech nor music has to carry both.
- 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.
Architects working in Miami 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 / Climate
The Miami climate decides the material list
Miami 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.
If the visual is fixed and the room still has to perform, that is a solvable problem and a conversation worth having early. See how we work with interior designers.
05 / Getting it there
How material reaches a Miami site
| Ships from | Palwal, Haryana, India |
|---|---|
| Arrives at | PortMiami, then a short road run to site |
| Dispatch | 4 to 7 working days |
| Freight | Sea into PortMiami |
| 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. 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 direct into PortMiami, then a short road run to site. Air freight for samples, approvals 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 / Read this first
Four honest warnings before you buy
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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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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 Miami
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.
Miami: questions we are actually asked
Is there a Miami 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 Miami as the manufacturer rather than through a dealer. Made at our own plant in India and shipped straight into PortMiami, so the container lands in the city rather than a day of trucking away. You buy at factory prices with one consistent batch across the order.
What decides the specification for a Miami project?
The structure has mass, so airborne transfer between units is usually not the issue. Reverberation inside glass, tile and terrazzo rooms is, and that is a treatment job. Hard flooring over a concrete slab passes footfall straight down. A resilient underlay is the fix, and it has to go in before the finish, not after the complaint. Those two things move the build-up far more than the panel figure does.
Will this material last in the Miami climate?
Miami 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.
How quickly can material reach a site in Miami?
ships from: Palwal, Haryana, India, arrives at: PortMiami, then a short road run 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 wood wool acoustic panels fail to help?
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.
Is there a minimum order, and how does it arrive?
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
Drawings in, BOQ and a delivered date out
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.