ISINAC is a manufacturer of acoustic absorbent panels and fabric solutions for decreasing the echo and the reverberation inside the spaces. Based in Spain, all the raw materials are from Europe, and all the products are tested by an external laboratory about fire resistance and absorption. Working by project, ISINAC does the calculations for the acoustic treatment and their products have until 10 years of warranty.
Interview with Cova Díaz, Country Manager at ISINAC.
Easy Engineering: What are the main areas of activity of the company?
Cova Díaz: Because we work by project, we do any type of space which needs to increase the acoustic comfort and decreasing the noise inside. However, if we have to indicate the type of project we do more often, they are:
- Video conference and meeting rooms for corporate sector
- Dining rooms and class rooms from schools
- Restaurants
- Sport centers
E.E: What’s the news about new products?
C.D: The most recent products are our acoustic curtains, which are used no only for theatres, but also for pubs and offices with the objective or creating private spaces. This is because our curtains not only achieve a 1 (the maximum) in the Alpha Sabine absorption standard, but also achieve 9db of soundproofing. It allows to separate some areas inside big rooms in a temporary way. The maintenance is really easy and the range of colors is amazing.
E.E: What are the ranges of products?
C.D: Our range of products can be divided in:
- Acoustic panels: more than 700 standard shapes and bespoke designs
- Acoustic curtains
- Stretched Fabrics
- Mobile Solutions: bass-traps, desk dividers, folding screens…
E.E: At what stage is the market where you are currently active?
C.D: Due to the fact that we have different type of solutions, and the acoustic comfort is needed in many different types of room; we are currently active in different markets. Some of them are in a growing process and, some of them are consolidated markets. However, even when the market is consolidated, the acoustic comfort treatment could be something new for that market.
E.E: What can you tell us about market trends?
C.D: If we speak about the market of acoustic comfort treatments, from our point of view, we are in a starting market. Until few years ago, the acoustic panels and the acoustic absorption was something more related with the professional record studies, theatres and home cinemas. However, due to the evolution of the society, the increasingly demand of comfort from the client, the different health problems proved as a consequence of the noise pollution, the increase of the videoconference meeting because of the COVID pandemic, and in the end, the welfare society; the acoustic absorption treatments start to be demanded by other type of clients.
E.E: What are the most innovative products marketed?
C.D: The most innovative product market is our ABSORBRELLA patent. Which is a solution for the parasols used in the terraces of the bars and restaurants, it means for the outside noise. They offer acoustic absorptions for the area which is below the parasol, and in addition it gives 5db of soundproofing avoiding the noise gets inside the flats of the buildings which are close to the terrace.
E.E: What estimations do you have for 2023?
C.D: We have a good and positive estimations for this current year 2023.