Manufactured in India, supplied in Shillong
Ceiling baffles and clouds in Shillong
We manufacture ceiling baffles and clouds at our own plant at Palwal in Haryana, India, and supply them into Shillong. Shillong gets more rain than almost anywhere on earth, and it has a serious music culture.
- 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 Shillong 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 Shillong is mostly practice and performance rooms, schools and colleges, hotels, churches and halls, clinics, offices.
RC frame and timber construction with hard floors, in one of the wettest places on earth where moisture resistance decides the material.
- 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 Shillong.
Acoustic ceiling baffles Acoustic ceiling clouds Acoustic ceiling tiles
02 / The numbers
Published specification, identical wherever we ship it
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. 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 Shillong job with a consultant involved, our part is material that matches the submitted data. See working with acoustic consultants.
03 / Local conditions
The Shillong conditions that change the answer
- Rain on the roof
Metal roofing under extreme rainfall turns a downpour into a noise source that stops a lesson or a recording. It is worth designing for rather than discovering.
- A music city
Practice rooms, choirs and performance spaces in ordinary buildings. Isolation from neighbours is what keeps them usable.
- Timber and light construction
Hill building is often light, which passes low frequency easily. Mass and decoupling do the work.
- Hill roads on the last leg
The final stretch is steep and rough. We pack for that rather than for a straight highway run.
- School and campus buildings
Schools have hard floors, bare walls and long corridors that amplify noise, with music a strong part of school life.
We would rather argue about the build-up at design stage than on site. See how we support architects.
04 / Durability
What the Shillong climate rules in and rules out
Shillong is hot summers, mild winters and a distinct wet season, and that narrows the sensible material list before acoustics is even discussed.
PET felt handles the wet months without absorbing moisture or feeding mould. Timber and wood wool want a ventilated cavity and a stable indoor RH.
The risk we design against here is wet-season humidity behind linings.
Designers get colour, pattern and CNC options with the absorption figure attached to each. See how we work with interior designers.
05 / Logistics
How material reaches a Shillong site
| Made at | Our own plant, Palwal, Haryana |
|---|---|
| Reaches site in | five days |
| Dispatch | 2 to 4 working days |
| To site | five days |
| 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 2 to 4 working days from our plant at Palwal. Grooved panels and custom colours take longer, and we say so before you order, not after.
By road from Palwal, roughly two thousand kilometres, normally five days on a dedicated truck. The final hill leg is planned into the schedule.
500 sq ft, about 46 sq m, across baffles and clouds together.
| 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.
06 / Worth knowing
What we will tell you that a reseller will not
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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 Shillong
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.
Shillong: questions we are actually asked
Do you manufacture ceiling baffles and clouds in Shillong?
No, and we will not say otherwise. We manufacture at our own plant at Palwal in Haryana, India, and supply into Shillong as the manufacturer rather than through a dealer. Shillong gets more rain than almost anywhere on earth, and it has a serious music culture. You buy at factory prices with one consistent batch across the order.
Why would a Shillong build-up differ from anywhere else?
Metal roofing under extreme rainfall turns a downpour into a noise source that stops a lesson or a recording. It is worth designing for rather than discovering. Practice rooms, choirs and performance spaces in ordinary buildings. Isolation from neighbours is what keeps them usable. Those two things move the build-up far more than the panel figure does.
Does Shillong weather shorten the life of this material?
Shillong is hot summers, mild winters and a distinct wet season. PET felt handles the wet months without absorbing moisture or feeding mould. Timber and wood wool want a ventilated cavity and a stable indoor RH. The failure we design against here is wet-season humidity behind linings.
How does an order actually travel to Shillong?
made at: Our own plant, Palwal, Haryana, reaches site in: five days, dispatch: 2 to 4 working days. Standard items dispatch in 2 to 4 working days from our plant at Palwal. 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?
500 sq ft, about 46 sq m, across baffles and clouds together. 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
One drawing gets you a proper answer. Build-up, quantities, a delivered date, and an honest note on anything we think is the wrong approach.