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2024-12-05: Ecophon takes another step towards its goal of net-zero acoustics. Following extensive product development and improvement in production, Ecophon is now able to offer an upgraded glass wool panel with maintained acoustic performance.
2024-07-16: Acoustic solutions manufacturer Saint-Gobain Ecophon and technology start-up LightYX have signed an exclusive distribution agreement, bringing data-driven technology to construction sites.
2024-06-25: Following a successful pilot phase initiated last year, Ecophon is now fully operating SoundCircularity Reuse in Sweden. Contributing to Ecophon’s circular offer, the reuse initiative aims to reduce the carbon footprint and resource usage of acoustic products by providing an alternative to newly produced acoustic materials.
2024-06-18: Each year national experts from many European countries gather to review the working programme of CEN TC 350 Sustainability of construction works. In relation to this meeting in Stockholm on June 20, Ecophon will arrange study visits together with Swedish Wood and the Swedish Institute for Standards to showcase high Swedish ambitions.
2024-02-07: Ecophon has achieved Cradle to Cradle Certified® Bronze for its glass wool products produced in the Nordics, which cover 70% of Ecophon’s sales volumes. Ecophon is one of the first companies to achieve the certification under the new, more rigorous Version 4.0 standards.
2023-12-14: In close collaboration with Saint-Gobain Isover, Ecophon is setting a new industry benchmark for sustainability, introducing its first wave of low-carbon products with an average reduction of -35% in footprint.
2023-12-08: Ecophon has entered into an exclusive agreement to acquire all the shares of Träullit, further completing its portfolio in acoustic ceiling and wall solutions.
2023-11-07: Ecophon now expands its circular offer even further as its Swedish business unit launches a pilot and test market for the reuse of sound absorbers. Ecophon offers to buy back material from existing buildings, for instance in connection with reconstructions, renovations, or tenant customisations.
2022-12-15: SoundCircularity, Ecophon's recycling service for the construction industry, was named Circular Initiative of the Year at the Recycling Gala. The prize was awarded at Berns in Stockholm on November 24, 2022, and goes to innovations, business models or techniques that stimulate circular flows of materials and resources.
2022-11-24: Joining forces with partners The Loop Factory, LINK Arkitektur, DECIBEL by Johanson, LogTrade Technology, and Lund University the aim is to demonstrate a circular value chain and new resource-efficient manufacturing technologies within the construction and demolition industry.
2022-08-30: Ecophon’s acoustic ceiling system Ecophon Master™ Eg wins the ICONIC AWARDS, an internationally respected design award presented by the German Design Council. The award honours holistic projects in the fields of architecture, interior architecture and product design.
2022-08-15: Canteens are the noisiest room in schools, a report by Ecophon finds. When canteens are noisy, many students lose their appetite, cut lunch short and even skip lunch altogether. When students return to school after their summer holidays, poorly designed or old canteens risk harming student health and learning, while adding to unnecessary food waste.
2022-04-27: A new report from Ecophon shows that more than 8 out of 10 students in France, Sweden and the Netherlands go to schools with too much noise. The sound environment in many European schools causes both learning losses and inequalities between student groups.
2022-02-11: Ecophon Group enters into an exclusive agreement to acquire CLIPSO, a recognized supplier of acoustic textile solutions.
2021-12-08: Two industry market leaders, Ecophon Group and Lindab Group, enter a partnership for new indoor environment systems that combines a sound acoustic environment with healthy indoor air.
2021-11-24: Ecophon’s new acoustic ceiling system Master Eg wins the prestigious German Design Awards 2022 in the category ”Excellent Product Design – Building and Elements”.
2021-10-13: Saint-Gobain Ecophon, world-leading manufacturer of acoustic systems with headquarters located in Hyllinge in Sweden, opens a new production line in Russia.