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edesign52 Anutoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weekly newsletter, every Tuesday since April 2009, has been so popular that after one year of 52 editions it is now published as a book. Presenting Volume 1 - April 2009 to March 2010.

Volume 1 â&#x20AC;˘ April 2009 - March 2010

Dear Patron,

The e-design newsletter and a journey called Anutone In this journey called Anutone, we may come a long way but have only just started. In the 1990s, we pioneered the resurrection of the woodwool board industry that was being buried by its very practitioners. We did this by manufacturing world-class boards with a host of variants to meet customer needs. Its continued use in modern multiplexes in metro cities by top operators is testimony. In this decade, we have been pioneering an acoustics revolution benefiting the entire ecosystem. We are doing this by injecting scientific temper to the practice of architectural acoustics right from design, supply, install to site testing. Growing awareness of the subject and acousticians on board project teams is testimony. For the coming decade, 2010s, we are pioneering the walls and ceiling industry. It already exists. So how does one pioneer? Products, systems and services related to walls and ceilings are still in their nascent stage with current international trends at least a decade away. This is what needs to be bridged, albeit the Asian way, the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;glocalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; approach that Anutone is pioneering. Since 2007, Anutone has been introducing a slew of products with view to realising our aim to transform the wall and ceiling industry in the coming decade. There is something exciting happening at Anutone on a daily basis and it became necessary to share new knowledge with the ecosystem on the many changes, innovations and trend-setting concepts that bring a constantly evolving portfolio of products, systems and services to the market and the industry.

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Hence the idea of e-design - a weekly newsletter from Anutone, every Tuesday since April 2009, that provides one interesting fact, facet or feature about Anutone walls and ceilings. Anutone’s e-design has evoked an overwhelming response such that we are encouraged to publish a collection of one year of 52 editions for the benefit of architects, consultants, contractors and customers. While we are very bullish on our recent walls and ceilings foray we have not forgotten our roots. e-board is our fortnightly newsletter every alternate Friday that highlights our original business woodwool boards. And for acoustics and noise we will commence ecoustic and e-noise every fortnight on alternate Fridays that highlights our products for this purpose. Thank you for your attention and patronage. We look forward to enjoying the same for the coming decade. We say, ‘Challenge Yourself’, since exciting times are ahead that will surely ‘make you feel good’! Yours truly,

Team Anutone Bengaluru Monday 5 April 2010

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CONTENTS Issue

Date

Subject

Page #

2009

13 April

New DR3.1

20 April

Noise isolation gets cheaper

27 April

Anutone Pixel Series

04 May

Anutone White Ceilings

11 May

Anutone Synthfab

18 May

AnutoneSynth Insulation

25 May

Anutone Experience Centre

01 June

Go Green with Anutone!

08 June

Gain the competitive edge with Subtex Ceilings

15 June

Complement Subtex Ceilings with Soft Wall Panels

22 June

Anutone for Telepresence

29 June

Versatility - common to the Swiss knife and Anutone!

06 July

Thanks for your response!

13 July

Anutone proves its mettle with Serge metal ceilings

20 July

AnutoneSuite - solutions for office ceilings

27 July

AnutoneSuite - solutions for office ceilings

03 August

Come to our Experience Centre

10 August

Belgravia Ceilings - the new paradigm

17 August

Seamless ceilings with Designpanel

24 August

Mineral fibre ceiling solutions

31 August

Real metric ceilings - now here!

08 September

Anutone at GBC

15 September

Anutone @ GBC

22 September

Slim is truly in!

29 September

Subtex R and Subtex S

06 October

Thanks for your response!

13 October

Plaza for grid & Designpanel 900 for span

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Issue

Date

Subject

Page #

20 October

Gain knowledge, Be a digital nomad!

27 October

Stretch ceiling solutions for King Abdullah University

03 November

Enhance comfort levels

10 November

New solutions in metal and wood ceilings

17 November

Ceiling on floor!

24 November

Ceiling solutions that are timeless

01 December

Fabric-wrapped wall panels in Size Zero

08 December

AnutoneStyle – solutions for mall ceilings

15 December

AnutoneSwank – solutions for hotel ceilings

22 December

Excuse some trivia this Tuesday

29 December

Holiday season - gifting you an e-reader!

2010 39

05 January

Anutone’s New Avatar!

12 January

Ceilings from Anutone - global solutions for you

19 January

High on emotion, low on emission

26 January

Sastau, Tikau, Bikau – the Marwari maxim

02 February

Microperfs & megapanels – yeh kya hai?

09 February

AnutoneSyllabi – solutions for school ceilings

16 February

Solutions for corridor ceilings

23 February

Pixel solutions for gypsum ceilings

02 March

The many colours of Anutone products

09 March

Save life, prevent fire, use Anutone

16 March

Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy – what else?

23 March

The new aesthetic in ceiling solutions

30 March

AnutoneSleuth – solutions for hospital ceilings

06 April

Stretch your imagination with fabric walls!

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Vol 1 # 1

13 April 2009

Yes, DR 3.1, the latest version of Anutone’s Design Revue walls and ceiling presentation, is now available to the design community in an ingenious and user-friendly format. As Anutone continues to innovate, DR – as the Design Revue CD is popularly called – now comes with a whole, new blog of design concepts presented in a much simplified and attractive structure. The new 3 series – launched recently for the year 2009-10 – will have four quarterly updated design packages. The first of the series, DR3.1 released recently for April-June quarter is a complete updation of the previous version DR2.4. The new DR3.1 brings to you: •

Compact and crisp company info

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A new exclusive on green services

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Products indexed by application into ceilings, walls and floors

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Rationalized product selection - products of same surface finish minimized to reduce slide count

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Brand names shortened for smarter and easy reference, and recall

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New, exciting visuals- Woods and Plasters for ceilings, and Metals for walls

..And much, much more!

Plasters

Woods

An exhibition of the product versatility with complete range of solutions.

A versatile product range with curved ceilings of 144mm-wide panels; ceiling and wall junction curves etc.

Metals A new world of ‘large panel’ wonderment. Large size panels up to 1200x3600mm in plain or perforated metal are now possible with strength, durability and non-wavy aesthetics. Check out also new applications in exterior grade for Metro rail corridors and Acoustical louvers for AC plants.

Ensure your copy today from Anutone’s regional offices at Chennai, New Delhi, and Mumbai or contact Anutone corporate office in Bengaluru as per co-ordinates below:

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Vol 1 # 2

20 April 2009

Noise isolation gets cheaper - Anutone drops Septum prices

The Park, Bengaluru

Anutone’s Septum Series is widely used in partitions for noise isolation. In these recession-hit times Anutone now provides you the most compelling reason to continue using Septum in offices, hotels, hospitals, auditorium etc. Helped by lower input costs and improved manufacturing the Septum Series now costs a whopping 25% less. Coupled with Anutone’s expertise in customising engineered solutions to your project requirements you now have a real winner on your hands!

Super smooth surface finish and best thickness tolerances! Anutone’s investments in finishing machines, at its plant in Bengaluru, means Septum Series will be finished on the Automatic Double-sided Surface Planer (left) and the Automatic Wide-belt Sander (right) for an incredible super smooth surface and industryleading thickness tolerance of + 0.5mm. This ensures an idiot-proof system at project sites with minimal labour and a snag-free install. At no extra cost this is a huge benefit to the contractor and client. Faster, better, cheaper - our credo!

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Vol 1 # 3

27 April 2009

Anutone Pixel Series Now paint or paper your walls for better, quieter interiors!

Anutone introduces its latest innovation - the Pixel Series - that imparts your interiors with walls that are magical and wonderful in form and function. Wall surfaces that are smooth or textured but seamless and uniform. Also, strong, durable and soundabsorbing! Two remarkable product systems in the Pixel Series are PixelSmery that works like an acoustical paint and PixelVin that works like an acoustical wallpaper. Get these to your walls, and sense the different ambience for its •

Creativity

Wall painting finishing system for an attractive textured surface. Takes any rollerapplied water-based paint.

PixelVin Virtually any wallpaper of choice that instantly transforms drab, boring walls into attractive surfaces that are easy to maintain.

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Seamless looks

SeptumPixel Walls

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Choice aesthetics

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Invisible acoustics

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Easy maintenance

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Environment-friendliness

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Durability

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Value proposition

Combine Anutone’s Septum Series with the Pixel Series to get complete walling solutions that divide large floor plates quickly into smart spaces that are both noise-isolant and sound-absorbent apart from 2 hours fire-rating and impact-resistance for offices, hotels, hospitals, homes.

Ask for the Pixel Series Brochure 1.0 or visit www.anutone.com/pixel.htm

PixelSmery

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Vol 1 # 4

4 May 2009

Anutone White Ceilings One system, many finishes!

Anutone brings modular white ceiling solutions in a refreshingly new design concept. Six different, feature-rich surface finishes but in an uniform suspension system. Anutone ensures complete engineered solutions with perimeter and transition trims, bulkheads and bandrasters that take care of glazing mullions, relocatable partitions etc. What is more there is total integration of lighting, air-conditioning, fire-plumbing, electronics etc.

HIGHLIGHTS •

Superior light reflectance upto 0.85

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Large format – 1200x1200mm

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Concealed suspension options

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Great acoustics – upto NRC 0.95

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Green – wins LEED credits

SIX SURFACE FINISHES

Anutone White Ceilings impart form and function to • Offices • Hotels • Hospitals • Education For example, use the same Skelet U15 white-black suspension system across the floor plate and layin tiles with surface finish in vinyls where you need to wet-wipe, metals below the HVAC services, softfibres in the acoustically sensitive spaces, plasters in open-plan office etc.

VINYLS MAT Vin

SOFTFIBRES Subtex

PLASTERS Belgravia

METALS Serge

FOAMS Sconz

NATURALS MAT White

Ask for White Ceilings Leaflet 1.0 or visit www.anutone.com /ceilings.htm

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Vol 1 # 5

11 May 2009

Anutone Synthfab Greenest Greenest panel panel on on planet planet Earth! Earth!

Anutone presents yet another fabulous choice in fabric walls with modular panels for better, quieter interiors. Synthfab panels boast a core of SynthHD, Anutone’s popular brand of polyester-based infill, and a smart wrap of SpunFR, an inherently flame-retardant fabric. The panel core is the most important feature. SynthHD is thermally-bonded (no resins), chemically-free polyester fibres fused under pressure to form a highdensity wadding that is rigid with sharp lines. More, it is EHS-compliant as it is VOC-free and does not itch, irritate or lower the IAQ. Anutone Synthfab is available in standard sizes of 600 /1200 x 600 / 1200 and a thickness of 25mm for adhesive install or 30mm for Z-clip install. To know more ask for the SynthFab Brochure 1.0 or visit www.anutone.com/fabrics.htm

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HIGHLIGHTS •

Green credentials – Does not contain glassfibre or wood – Made from recycled content – Panel can be recycled

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Fire, acoustics and thermal rated

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36 pleasing colours in fabrics

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Joint lines are neat and crisp

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Lightweight – easy handling

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Adhesive or Z-clips – no framework

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Space saving install – max 30mm thick

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Factory-finished, lab-certified

Vol 1 # 6

18 May 2009

AnutoneSynth insulation The iealthy, durable alternative

Polyfibre as infill in quilts, outdoor clothing etc. is proven in the toughest of conditions like polar ice caps for decades – keeping cold out and warmth in. Anutone Interiors brings the same goodness of polyfibre to buildings with not just thermal but also acoustic comfort. AnutoneSynth is thermally-bonded, chemically-free polyfibre blankets used for thermacoustic linings in ceilings, panellings, partitions and floor cavities. The product is white in colour and pleasant to look, touch and feel. It does not itch or irritate, making it very safe and healthy to use. AnutoneSynth is dimensionally stable ensuring consistent thermacoustic values for the lifecyle of the building. It is made from recycled polyfibres and is recyclable again. That it also conserves energy in buildings lowering airconditioning and heating costs, it is very, very green!

HIGHLIGHTS •

Rolls of 600mm width - easy handling

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Non-toxic, non-allergic, non-irritant, odourless

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No protective measures required for installation

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Dimensionally stable ensuring thermacoustic values for lifecycle of building

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Readily available - large quantities in short time

AnutoneSynth replaces traditional insulation that tends to itch and irritate. Traditional insulation is resinbonded and emits odour. It ‘lumps down’ over time losing its insulation value. Thus, the initial higher investment in AnutoneSynth fetches matching returns over time! Use of eco-friendly materials is the mantra for sustainable development. AnutoneSynth does for insulation what CFC-free gasses have done for refrigeration. No impact on environment, healthy and sustainable.

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Vol 1 # 7

25 May 2009

Anutone Experience Centre Future of interior finishes unveiled!

Anutone’s Experience Centre – the first of its kind in India – opened in Bengaluru, India’s Silicon Valley, where you meet the future of interior finishes with the latest concepts, from Anutone’s winning portfolio of Walls and Ceilings. On display are Anutone’s next-gen, wall and ceiling systems. Consultants, architects, designers, contractors and end-users can come, look at, feel, understand and take informed decisions. Nothing like first-hand, nothing like the actual! Stretched ceilings on t-grids; white ceilings – one system many finishes; hanging baffles; painted and papered walls that are quieter!; 1200x2400mm fabric panels impaled to walls; metal walls … you have them all! State-of-the-art systems with irresistible ‘eco-logics!’

HIGHLIGHTS

White ceilings - one system, many finishes

Hanging baffles - 600x1200/2400mm

Painted and papered walls that are quieter, better

Jumbo-size wall panels 1200x2400mm just impaled!

Live demo on doing it right (AnutoneSynth with AnutoneSonator)

Training centre with all the tools - easy to take informed decisions

Anutone Experience Centre (AEC) is the first bold experiment in the realm of actual-size wall and ceiling finishing systems that simulate site conditions. Anutone plans to deploy similar AECs across key metros.

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Vol 1 # 8

1 June 2009

Go Green with Anutone! 3Rs REUSE REDUCE RECYCLE A Green Revolution, of a different kind, beckons you, from Anutone. It is exciting as also easy - given the 3Rs approach Anutone takes to your interior finish solutions.

REDUCE

REUSE

RECYCLE

Anutone is selflessly committed to the green building movement even if it means reduced business from projects! In a bid to reduce the use of products and yet improve the ambience, Anutone has developed concepts like Carnival Floats and Celebration Clouds for ceilings. For walls, there are AnutoneSoft and AnutoneSynthfab that can be hung at strategic locations. All these obviate the need for continuous ceilings and wall coverings.

Anutone wall and ceiling solutions are from dry construction products and very modular - meaning they can be easily assembled, dismantled and reused. Again this could be termed as a selfgoal since Anutone could very well lose repeat business! But it does not matter in the larger interest of a greener world!

Most of Anutone products can be recycled. Products like AnutoneSmooth are recycled at Anutoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bangalore plant to be made into AnutoneSeptum (see flowchart below). Similarly AnutoneSnazz can be recycled as a filler material in plasterboards; AnutoneSynth can go back to the polyfibre industry etc.

In product design, Anutone has innovated with AutoAir in AnutoneSoak panels that reduce use of raw material per panel, yet achieve better performance.

Many of Anutone products are made from reused products. AnutoneSeptum is made from pre-used wood-cement particles (see flowchart on right); AnutoneSoft is made from pre-used glass bottles; AnutoneSynthfab from preused polyester-based products etc.

Flowchart for reuse of AnutoneSmooth to AnutoneSeptum

Optimise the use of interior surfacing materials by opting for Anutone, and bolster the green building movement. Yes, a Green Revolution beckons you. edesign52

Vol 1 # 9

8 June 2009

Gain the competitive edge with

Subtex Ceilings

Subtex, introduced by Anutone a year ago, has been a huge success story. A smooth-surfaced, lightweight tile, with none of the usual pinhole or worm-like patterns, ensures soothing aesthetics and high light reflectance. Added advantages like sound absorption and humidity resistance enhance product appeal. Here is how AnutoneSubtex, for modular white ceilings, benefits the ecosystem.

Consultants / Architects AnutoneSubtex offers the designer a plethora of options â&#x20AC;&#x201C; surface renders, large-format 1200x1200mm, concealed edge etc. Morever, Anutone offers complete system solutions with AnutoneSkelet framework â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Infinity or Screenline perimeter trims for Carnival Floats, transitions and bulkheads, HVAC pockets at glazing mullions etc.

Contractors / Project Managers All components of the system are pre-finished and labcertified which means failsafe install, near-zero snag list and quick project turnaround. Once the framework is installed, AnutoneSubtex can be placed in grid even after carpeting and furniture is in place, allowing flexible sequencing, a boon to sites on tight timelines.

Clients / End-users The serenity of unbroken white surfaces, the crispness of neat joint lines, the sublimity of diffused lighting, the cocooning comfort of quietitude - all this and more ensures less strain and stress, a feel-good factor that translates to higher output, thus providing the business with a competitive edge!

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HIGHLIGHTS Surface White surface finish with fine monolithic texture for high light reflectance; less lighting requirements. Large Format 1200x1200mm sizes means less busy framework; better aesthetics Lightweight At 1.5-3kgs/m2, does not contribute significantly to structural load High NRC 0.9 NRC broadband sound absorption; highest for modular white ceilings Fast Track Panels can be laid in T-grids even after fitouts/capeting; large size means 4-tiles-in-1tile install

Vol 1 # 10

15 June 2009

Complement Subtex Ceilings with

Soft Wall Panels

ACT KLH with radius edge accentuating the 600x600mm modules and complementing the white blocks & shelves

Applications

Highlights

AnutoneSubtex ceiling in office spaces such as • Discussion cubicles • Conference halls • Executive cabins • Training rooms • Privacy suites are best complemented with AnutoneSoft wall panels.

AnutoneSoft walls panels • sport crisp, neat edges and joints for classy aesthetics • need no frame and airgap – space saving & quick install • just hang on walls – can be removed and re-installed • modular concept – no need of perimeter trims, bottom angles etc • easily blend with other modern interior elements like relocatable partitions, writing surfaces, carpet tiles etc

AnutoneSubtex ceilings and AnutoneSoft walls - a terrific combo for office interiors!

Additionally the ACT KLH series shown in these pictures: • sport a microperf vinyl wrap that can be wet-wiped • come in a palette of 108 shades – pastels, contrasts, darks

State-of-the-art office buildings in India are now transforming interior design concepts using AnutoneSubtex ceilings and AnutoneSoft wall panels. How about you?

ACT KLH installed modularly in two-tone colours

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Vol 1 # 11

22 June 2009

Anutone for Telepresence

Telepresence is a hot topic today given its benefits of life-like conferencing obviating the need for travel; the resultant savings being costs and carbon emissions. Anutone detected its potential ahead of time and published a leader in Acoustic Answers Nov-Dec 2006. Anutone, today, offers complete wall and ceiling solutions for Telepresence Rooms ensuring single-source turnkey responsibility.

A conference table arrangement that can be used both as an independent physical space for normal meetings or linked virtually via telepresence with large screens in the cabinetry to conduct business with several remote locations simultaneously in real time

Telepresence Rooms are finished in a double-wall-and-ceiling configuration. The outer wall or Iso Wall is clad with AnutoneSeptum on AnutoneStudd framework with an infill of AnutoneSynth. The inner wall or Abs Wall is clad with AnutonePixel, finished with AnutoneSmery. The unique feature is precise colouration to the requirements of life-like visual requirements without impacting human skin tones. The primary ceiling is AnutoneSeptum whereas the secondary ceiling is AnutoneSubtex that provides excellent light reflectance and the practicality of plenum access for services like HVAC, luminaries etc. The unique feature is the diffused, shadow-less uplighting so crucial for life-like image transmission.

A typical conferencing furniture in a telepresence environment. 6 chairs physically placed around the table on one side with another 6 chairs â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;virtuallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; placed on the other side to make it a 12seater.

All the components that make up the wall and ceiling system are from Anutone; lab-certified, factory-finished that ensure hassle-free, zero-snag install. No multiple vendor sourcing, no incompatiblity issues etc. All this and more ensures glitch-free microphone and camera alignment resulting in superlative performances of the Telepresence Room for remote audiences. Beyond Telepresence, Anutone has successfully deployed this technology in AV conference rooms, Network Operating Centres (NOC) and other such spaces.

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AnutoneSubtex ceilings with diffused uplighting and AnutoneSmery walls with precise colouration provide the right visual environment so crucial for Telepresence Rooms. Of course, acoustics is assured ... after all, it is our middle name!

Vol 1 # 12

29 June 2009

Versatility common to the Swiss knife and

Anutone! Anutone’s new range of interior products are like this Swiss knife – very versatile! Since two years Anutone has unleashed a stunning range of ceilings and walls that suit almost all architectural spaces for every kind of form, function and performance. Ceiling and wall finishes include fabrics, vinyls, textures, woods, plasters, metals used in offices, hotels, hospitals, malls, schools, airports etc.

Imagine •

125m2 of single-span, seamless, white ceilings installed in a few hours after carpet and furniture is in place!

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white modular ceilings that sport soft-fibre, plaster and metal tiles on the same grid in the same building but different locations to suit performance requirements

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factory-finished, lab-certified panels in woods, plasters and metals that create undulating ceilings.

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single panels in jumbo sizes that hang on walls or ceilings, finishing a large hall overnight again, after, carpet and furniture is in place.

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now you can paint, paper or laminate walls so that they not only look good but sound great too!

Yes, all this and more with Anutone’s new range of interior products. Why not get a copy of the latest Design Revue presentation, DR3.2, launching 1st July, that showcases products with many project pictures to inspire you? Challenge yourself, think change, transform interior design, use Anutone’s versatility to your advantage and make your clients feel good!

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Vol 1 # 13

6 July 2009

Anutone e-newsletters

Thanks for your response!

Since April 2009, every Monday, Anutone has mailed e-newsletters to a select audience of approximately 3,000 architects, designers, consultants, contractors and customers. The overwhelming response suggests the e-newsletters have been well received. Continuous improvement is Anutone mantra, and after 12 issues of the e-newsletter in the quarter April-June 2009, as indexed below, it is time to review. Please find time to fill in the Survey on the right tab and be assured of a return gift! Please make sure the postal address is correct and complete to ensure the gift reaches you. Allow 6-8 weeks for delivery. Otherwise please contact info@anutone.com

DR 3.1 CD released

Anutone drops Septum prices

Anutone Synthfab panels

# 10

Anutone Subtex Ceilings

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Anutone Pixel Series

Anutone White Ceilings

Anutone Experience Centre

# 11

AnutoneSoft Wall Panels

Win Free Business Card Holder!

AnutoneSynth Insulation

Click here to fill in the Survey Form and

Go Green with Anutone!

# 12

Anutone for Telepresence

Versatility means Anutone

Vol 1 # 14

13 July 2009

Anutone proves its mettle with

Serge metal ceilings

Anutone ceiling solutions include a complete catalogue of metal tiles, panels, planks alongwith suspension systems and accessories. Serge metal ceilings are built tough like the stronghearted lovers of heavy metal music! Serge for airports, hotels, hospitals etc.

Serge metal ceilings - a delight! Aesthetics • Plain, perfed, microperf surfaces • RAL gloss colour palette

Open Cell

Installation • Compatibility of components • Bandrasters, bulkheads, transitions, trims Performance • Fire, acoustics, light, seismic ratings • Conforms to EN 13964

Curvgrid

BeamGrid

Hook-on

Plank

Perf ACP

Clip-in Square

Clip-in Steppe

Perf AHP

Durability • Steel and aluminium • Heavy-duty coating Flexibility • Sizes, shapes, curve options • Modules to suit room scale

Lay-in Steppe

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Vol 1 # 15

20 July 2009

AnutoneSuite - solutions for office ceilings More than 12 types of white ceiling options in six finishes for grid, span or discrete formats to meet precise needs of each space in an office for aesthetics, performance and budget (starting from Rs. 500/m2 installed)!

Shapes ST Celebration Clouds Smooth Ebony & Serge Open-cell Ceilings

Mat Smery Painted Ceilings

Serge Lay-in Metal Ceilings

Subtex Nubby Texture Ceilings

Sconz Whiteline Foam Ceilings

Belgravia Pixel Plaster Ceilings

Serge Hook-on Metal Ceilings

Subtex Pebble Carnival Floats Sisoli Safari Min-fibre Ceilings Snazz Slate Gypsum Ceilings

Soft ST Celebration Clouds

Stretch SLS Fabric Ceilings

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Designpanel Pixel Plaster Ceilings

Wave ST Baffles

Vin Shale Vinyl Ceilings

Vol 1 # 16

27 July 2009

AnutoneSuite - solutions for office ceilings Continuing our previous e-newsletter, here is Option 2 that keeps it simple for the designer, contractor and customer. Grid type ceiling on a single suspension system, Skelet U15, across the entire floor plate. 3 tile formats 2x2, 2x4, 4x4 and 6 surface finishes optimised to precise needs. Average installed cost Rs. 1,000/plus taxes (ranges from Rs. 500/m2 to Rs. 1,500/m2). Aesthetics, performance and budget achieved! Makes everyone feel good!

MatVin Stratus Vinyl Ceilings MatVin Shale Vinyl Ceilings Smery Sybil Texture Ceilings Serge Lay-in Metal Ceilings

MatVin Shingle Vinyl Ceilings

Belgravia Pixel Plaster Ceilings

Sconz Whiteline Foam Ceilings Serge Lay-in Metal Ceilings Subtex Pebble Texture Ceilings

Sisoli Safari Min-fibre Ceilings

Subtex Painted Texture Ceilings

Subtex Nubby Texture Ceilings

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Vol 1 # 17

3 August 2009

canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come to

If you our Experience Centre, We

will bring the

Experience Centre to you!

Anutone has developed a Mobile Experience Centre (MEC) that can be installed at major project sites prior to order finalisation. The first in the series is AnutoneSuite for Offices and has already been deployed for a corporate major at Navi Mumbai. This helps the project ecosystem - architect, consultant, project manager, contractor, client, end-user - to get a firsthand look and feel of office ceiling solutions from Anutone. A stunning array for 4 to 8 mock-ups with different surface finishes, tile dimensions, edge profiles, suspension systems and perimeter solutions is deployed. This service is currently available for Greater Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Chennai and Bengaluru (conditions apply). More details of AnutoneSuite MEC at www.anutone.com/mec.htm

Subtex with concealed edge

Belgravia on Skelet U15

Serge metal with integration

Sand Micro value on Skelet T15

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Vol 1 # 18

10 August 2009

Belgravia Ceilings the new paradigm

Easy & effortless performance secured by great geometrical characteristics Belgravia is a gypsum ceiling tile that fits on a T-grid system like Skelet O15, U15, T15. There are 3 styles: Belgravia Slate - plain tile with a super smooth finish. Also used in combo with perf tiles for ceiling fixtures.

Micro - Pixel

Globe - Sircle

Regula - Slate

Belgravia Pixel - microperf tile. The microperf is 3x3mm tiny squares at 8mm pitch that makes them â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;invisibleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Belgravia Sircles - for those who do not want square perf of Pixel. Sircles are circular perf 6mm dia at 15mm pitch. Supplied with steppe bevelled edges and pre-painted white to gloss 5, the tiles guarantee a very stable ceiling, less sensitive to damaging edges and corners. Durable

- being gypsum-based can last upto 25 years

Green

- meets best emission classification and indoor climate regulations

Healthy

- does not cause cancer nor hazardous to human health

Compatibiliy

- combines very well with plain gypsum board for finish, material and colour

Readily available with Anutone for offices, hotels, hospitals, malls and similar commercial spaces. edesign52

Vol 1 # 19

17 August 2009

Seamless ceilings with

Designpanel

Optimum method for large ceilings means large-format Designpanel with tapered edges for seamless finish Designpanel offers scope for a ceiling design with large, continuous surfaces. With a surface area equivalent to 8 conventional tiles of 2x2, each Designpanel board ensures lesser joint preparation and faster installation, resulting in seamless finishes. Designpanel are installed with tapered edges along the long edges on Strut suspension system and give an even and smooth intermediate joint filling between panels. There are 2 perf styles: Designpanel Pixel - the microperf is 3x3mm tiny squares at 8mm pitch that makes them almost â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;invisibleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Designpanel Sircles - for those who do not want square perf. Sircles are circular perf 6mm dia at 15mm pitch. Green

- meets best emission classification and indoor climate regulations

Compatibiliy

- combines very well with plain gypsum board for finish, material and colour.

Readily available with Anutone for offices, hotels, hospitals, malls and similar commercial spaces.

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Micro - Pixel

Globe - Sircle

Vol 1 # 20

24 August 2009

Mineral Fibre

Ceiling Solutions

Euro School, Airoli

Anutone strengthens its solutions portfolio for white grid ceilings with the induction of Mineral Fibre Tiles from Saint Gobain. White, grid ceilings and especially Mineral Fibre tiles are suitable for commercial buildings like •

Airports

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Offices

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Hotels

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Hospitals

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Schools & Colleges

Sand Micro

HIGHLIGHTS •

Directional and non-directional patterns

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Light reflectance upto 0.87

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Sound absorption upto 0.7 and noise isolation upto 35

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Edge profiles and suspension choices

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Humidity resistance upto RH95

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Sag resistance with upto 10 years warranty

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ASTM and UL ratings on select variants

Styles include •

Sand Micro

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Pin Perf

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Fine Fissured

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Cashmere

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Cashmere High NRC

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Fine Fissured High NRC

Fine Fissured

What is more, Anutone offers a complete portfolio of Skelet suspension sytems that include perimeter trims, transitions, bulkheads and bandrasters to ensure your spaces get complete ceiling solutions from a single source!

Kannada School, Wadala

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Vol 1 # 21

31 August 2009

Real Metric

Ceilings - now here!

Architects have been wistful of all things being metric in buildings so as to keep things simple, very simple. They conceptualize buildings on 1x1m gridlines and are successful in getting it built that way including external glazing and cladding, internal partitions etc. But when it comes to ceilings they come a cropper. Ceilings earlier came in 2’x2’ size which when the world turned metric was 610x610mm. Manufacturers finetuned this to 600x600mm or in multiples like 1200x1200mm but this never matched the 1000x1000mm gridlines of everything else in the building. Architects can now rejoice! Anutone introduces true metric ceilings from the Serge series: Widths (mm)

Lengths (mm) -

500, 1000 1000, 2000, 3000

Ceiling gridlines can match building gridlines for perfect harmony. What you conceptualise is what you get! What’s more, here is the icing on the cake! Anutone can supply wall panels too in true metric from its Soft or Stretch series: Widths (mm)

Lengths (mm) -

1000, 1500 1000, 2000, 3000

Anutone – the walls and ceilings solutions company. Your true friend with true metric walls and ceilings that match your 1x1m gridlines!

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Visit us @

Stall # 16 & 17

Vol 1 # 22

8 September 2009

Anutone at GBC

Installed on Skelet U15 with Screenline at perimeter Size 600x600x15mm with Steppe edge. Belgravia Pixel is microperf gypsum ceiling that guarantees a very stable ceiling and different aesthetics

Serge Lay-in Installed on Skelet T15 Size 600x600x15mm with Steppe edge. Serge Layin is grid metal ceiling for durability. Works best for corridors and those areas where utilities run through plenum and frequent shift of ceiling tiles is required.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;White is Greenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is the theme at our stall at the Green Building Congress 2009, Hyderabad, as depicted above. The stall showcases white ceiling solutions that are green - Subtex Nubby (texture), Serge Lay-in (metal) and Belgravia Pixel (plaster) in different grid and perimeter. As a contrast we have also showcased Slats Haya (wood) as walls. Anutone is strongly committed to the green building movement! In a bid to reduce the use of

Slats Haya Installed on Skelet CC18 Size 160x2400x16mm with Tongue-Groove edge. AnutoneSlats Haya L16 is acoustic fibreboard with lineal perforations. It is installed as ceiling and wall in speciality spaces.

WOODS

Belgravia Pixel

PLASTERS

Installed on Skelet O15 with Screenline at perimeter Size 600x600x15mm with Steppe edge. Subtex Nubby is 0.9 NRC texture ceiling whose engineered surface aids diffused uplighting. Works best for open-plan and conference rooms in offices.

METALS

Subtex Nubby

TEXTURES

Stall # 16 & 17

products and yet improve the ambience, Anutone has developed Carnival Floats and Celebration Clouds for ceilings; modular panels for walls. Find Navin, Rajesh and others from Team Anutone, at the stall, imparting knowledge to the building community on the benefits of green interiors. Pick up our special leaflet for the event.

Click to download the leaflet

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Vol 1 # 23

15 September 2009

Anutone @ GBC Gold Supporter of the Green Building Congress held 10-12 September 2009 in Hyderabad

The 7th edition of the Green Building Congress 2009 gave a call for transforming India into a nation where 'Green' becomes a way of life. The IGBC Vision (India after 75 years of Independence) is to have 100,000 green buildings with a footprint of 5 billion ft2 by 2023. Dr Prem C. Jain, Chairman said, "13 years from now when independent India turns 75, we want it to become a trendsetter to the rest of the world in green buildings. And I am sure we can achieve this goal.” The larger vision of IGBC is to deliver green buildings at a cost lower than that of conventional buildings. Anutone is right there in the middle with its Gold Support to the show. Anutone is not only a member of IGBC but also ISO 14001 2004 certified. The tradeshow had over 100 stalls exhibiting green products and services. The Anutone stall showcased white ceiling solutions that are green - Subtex Nubby (texture), Serge Lay-in (metal) and Belgravia Pixel (plaster) in different grid and perimeter. As a contrast, Anutone also showcased Slats Haya (wood) for walls. The Anutone stall received an enthusiastic response from visitors.

The Anutone stall

Subtex Nubby on Skelet O15

Navin & Rajesh at the stall

Anutone’s Gold Support to GBC alongwith that of who’s who of the industry helped the show Anutone - Gold Supporter

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Seminars

Delegates Lunch

Tradeshow

Vol 1 # 24

22 September 2009

Slim is truly in! Slimmest wall panelling, now possible

Anutone presents Strut CC10 - the slimmest wall channel that plumb levels truant civil walls and creates a 10mm airgap between interior panels and the base wall. What is more the resultant 10mm airgap can have Synth 5x10 or 10x10 infill for enhanced performance. Faster, better, cheaper - achieve all this and more with Strut CC10. Specify it for your next wall panelling! •

Intelligent design - Strut CC10 is a new, slim framework for wall panellings, research engineered by Anutone! KEN features (see box) achieve true, straight lines and adequate strength for panel support. Product performance, including good acoustical and fire performance with easy installation. Strut CC10 means a channel depth of 10mm only - a 60% space saving. Previously, the channel depth was 25mm.

• • •

Unique features of KEN •

Knurling - fascia dash knurled for better strength, enhanced fastener gripping

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Edging - full seaming of sharp edges for more strength, straight line finish, safety

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Notching - V-notch sightline for more strength and precise panel joints edesign52

Vol 1 # 25

29 September 2009

Subtex R and Subtex S for

tough or value installs

Subtex, introduced by Anutone a year ago, has been a huge success. A smooth-surfaced, lightweight tile, with none of the usual pinhole or worm-like patterns, ensures soothing aesthetics and high light reflectance. Anutone is back with two variations in Subtex to suit different types of applications: Subtex R for rugged and tough installs and Subtex S, Slim tiles for budget projects. Subtex R AnutoneSubtex R is a rugged, robust ceiling tile which combines a smooth white surface with very good properties in the areas of acoustics, fire safety and humidity resistance. This is just what you want for a very durable ceiling construction. The different edge details in AnutoneSubtex R provide opportunities for semi-concealed ceilings as well as standard visible grid.

Comparison of Subtex R & S with Subtex Subtex S

NEW

AnutoneSubtex S is designed for areas requiring good NRC sound absorption with equally high light reflectance or light absorption. They are 0.8 NRC ceiling tiles that are economical for budget projects.

Variants

Plane

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Nubby

Pebble

Ebony

Parameters

Subtex ‘R’

NEW Subtex

Subtex ‘S’

Thickness (mm)

Same

Less

Moisture Resistance (%)

Same

Temperature (0C)

Same

Thermal Resistance (W/mK) More

0.5

0.4

Same

Light Reflectance (%)

Same

Fire

O/A

1/A

Same

NRC / STC

Less

0.8

0.94

0.8

Less

Green (recyclable)

Same

Cost (Rs/m 2)

Less

665

700

617.5 Less

Vol 1 # 26

6 October 2009

Anutone e-newsletters

Thanks for your response!

What we started in April 2009, continued every week from July to Septermber 2009. Anutone e-newsletters to a select audience of over 3,000 architects, designers, consultants, contractors and customers. The response continues to overwhelm! Anutone brings you the last quarter, July-September 2009, at-a-glance as indexed below. Please also find time to fill in the Survey on the right tab and be assured of a return gift!

Click here to fill in the Survey Form and

Win Free Business Card Holder!

Please make sure the postal address is correct and complete to ensure the gift reaches you. Allow 6-8 weeks for delivery. Otherwise please contact info@anutone.com # 14

# 15

Anutoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Serge metal ceilings

# 18

# 16

Solutions for office ceilings

# 19

Belgravia Ceilings the new paradigm

# 22

# 20

Seamless ceilings with Designpanel

# 23

Visit Anutone at GBC 2009

AnutoneSuite Grid ceiling for office

Mineral Fibre Ceiling Solutions

# 24

Anutone @ GBC 2009

Slim is truly in! Slimmer walls

# 17

Anutone Mobile Experience Centre

# 21

Real Metric Ceilings Now Here!

# 25

Subtex R and S for Tough or Value Installs

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Vol 1 # 27

13 October 2009

Acoustic Gypsum Ceilings Plaza for grid & Designpanel 900 for span

Acoustic gypsum has virtually invisible microperf and is introduced to the India market by Anutone with Danogips of Denmark. It can no longer be perceived as an expensive ceiling solution - grid or span - as Anutone has introduced two value products that ensure considerable cost savings with no reduction in functional performance!

Plaza Pixel is an economical alternative to Belgravia Pixel for 2x2 grid ceilings

DESIGNPANEL 900 PIXEL

A = 34.5 B = 525

A = 62.5 B = 775 C = 125

PLAZA COMPARISION WITH BELGRAVIA Description Thickness (mm) Edge Skelet Cost (Rs./m2)*

Belgravia 12.5 Steppe O15 / U15 / T15 1,315.00

Plaza 9.5 Square O15 / T15 787.50

Plaza Pixel ceiling is best highlighted by using a narrow grid system like Skelet O15 or T15. Plaza Pixel is fast and easy to mount as all edges remain concealed above the grid. Plaza Pixel is also used as a margin panel for Belgravia Pixel. Plaza Pixel being 40% less expensive than Belgravia Pixel is a boon for value projects.

900 COMPARISION WITH 1200

Designpanel 900 is an economical alternative to Designpanel 1200 for full-span ceilings

*Ex-warehouse, Bhiwandi. Duties included. Taxes extra.

Designpanel Pixel results in full-span, seamless ceilings. Since the 1200 model is bulky to handle and perceived as expensive, Anutone introduces the 900 model in a very easy 900x2700mm size that is popular across the world and is 20% less expensive.

Readily available! Both Plaza Pixel and Designpanel 900 Pixel are readily available with Anutone for offices, hotels, hospitals, malls.

PLAZA PIXEL

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Description Thickness (mm) Perf pattern size Board size Cost (Rs./m2)*

Durable

1200 12.5 475x475 1200x2400 1,244.00

900 12.5 775x775 900x2700 1,063.00

- being gypsum-based can last upto 25 years Green - meets best emission classification and indoor climate regulations Healthy - does not cause cancer nor hazardous to human health Compatibiliy - combines very well with plain gypsum board for finish, material and colour

Vol 1 # 28

20 October 2009

Gain knowledge

Be a digital nomad!

Get aware, know more about the latest on ceilings, partitions

Follow Anutone on

and panellings. Gain education on acoustics and noise management. And best of all, you can do all this in the digital domain while on the move! Anutone is now on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Please ensure you have the links that keep you updated. New solutions for

Connect with Anutone on

commercial interiors - products, systems and services - answers to frequently asked questions, complex challenges made simple - you can now benefit like never before. To know more about Anutone visit www.anutone.com or download

Watch Anutone videos on

the Corporate Brochure. Anutone Interiors loops e-newsletters every Tuesday. If you have missed previous issues please visit www.anutone.com/infobin/enewsletter.html

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Vol 1 # 29

27 October 2009

Stretch ceiling solutions for King Abdullah University, Jeddah

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), located on the Red Sea at Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (80 km from Jeddah), is an international, graduate-level research university. Created on a massive site of over 36 square kilometres, the US$ 8 billion institution was completed in autumn 2009. This mammoth project, of personal pride to the King, achieved LEED Platinum status. The architects are HOK USA and the main ceilings contractor Olayan Group. Anutone in association with Owens Corning USA worked closely with the project ecosystem in ensuring Stretch SLS system was a perfect fit for its training rooms. The project was completed in record time overcoming numerous challenges common to projects of such size and prestige. Stretch SLS is a complete ceiling system, clean and green, that can redefine practically any interior ambience by virtue of its visually aesthetic and functionally acoustic credentials.

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS

Anutone’s Azmat Ali Khan and co-workers at the site

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Stretched Interior Systems

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Large Format

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Complete Versatility

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Quick Install

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Fascinating Form n Function

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Eco-friendly

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Easy Maintenance

Vol 1 # 30

3 November 2009

Enhance comfort levels Wall and ceiling solutions for hotels

APPLICATIONS • Reception area

• Convention centres

• Main / central atrium • Lobby and Foyers

• Banquet halls • Entertainment centres

• Corridors

• Casinos and discotheques

• Guest rooms

• Multi-cuisine restaurants

• Reading rooms

• Gymnasia and health clubs

• Conference halls

• Swimming pools

AnutoneSwank is a suite of research-engineered wall and ceiling solutions specially developed for hotels by Anutone. AnutoneSwank - as the name implies - symbolises design solutions for truly swanky interiors. With a posse of products that are, incredibly wide in range, impeccably acoustic in function, fast-track as well as eco-logic and compliant with Euro norms.

Taj Residency (Ice Bar), Bengaluru

The Park, Bengaluru

Le Meridien, New Delhi

The Leela Palace, Mumbai

Novotel Hotel, Dubai

Hyatt Regency, Dubai

AnutoneSwank is a designer's delight, a PMC's pleasure, an entrepreneur's need, and, of course, a user's comfort. A new lifestyle for everyone! From the reception through the corridors to the fine dining and the lounge bar; from the guestrooms to the premium suites and back to the banquet halls; from the recreation areas to the mechanical rooms and up to the rooftop facilities, Anutone brings to you wall and ceiling solutions that result in smart interiors, harmonise the spaces, enrich the experience and enhance your occupancy levels. Come, let the style of AnutoneSwank take over!

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Vol 1 # 31

10 November 2009

UPDATES 1/3

This Tuesday please forgive us A slew of new solutions in metal and wood ceilings means we need to loop you 2more newsletters today! At the end of the day we are sure you are going to thank us !! The mantra at Anutone is architectural spaces must look good and sound great. We enjoy contradicting the popular notion, ‘Blind Acousticians, Deaf Architects’. We firmly believe that optimal acoustics can be delivered with stunning aesthetics and vice versa - striking visuals can sound great. The next 2 newsletters today has updates that are testimony! Here is an overview.

2/3 - New solutions in metal ceilings - the Serge makeover Serge Auriga - Anutone launches Auriga microperf in Serge metal ceilings. Auriga microperf is almost invisible and renders the panels close to unperf or plain thus enhancing the aesthetics manifold. Serge Perfs - All perf patterns are now optimised and branded to ensure high fidelity between design concept and project installation. Serge Salon - wood finishes in metal ceilings. Get the warmth of wood with the ruggedness of metal including curved ceilings!

Wood finishes in metal - Curvgrid

Watch for our next newsletter this afternoon that gives you more details.

3/3 - New solutions in wood ceilings - the Salon makeover Salon Spots - Spots in two new designer perforation pattern - Sfera and Cosmos - and microperforations for a more creative visual interest. Salon Slats - Slats in slim widths for curved ceilings, a new wider lineal perforation, diffuser panels without perforations & acoustical fleece, new colours - changes that continue to make Slats the numero uno Salon product.

Cosmos 1

Cosmos 2

Cosmos 3

Idealight - luminaires with melamine and veneer trims that match your Salon ceilings. Experience your design on the monitor with the new Salon simulator even before a mockup or actual install at site. Watch for our third newsletter this evening that gives you more details.

New slim Slats for curved ceilings

Anutone’s Serge metal ceilings is in association with CMC USA & Aspen Turkey. Anutone’s Salon wood ceilings is in association with Taor Ideatec of Spain. Blind Acousticians, Deaf Architects is the title of a book by Robert Apfael.

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Vol 1 # 31A

10 November 2009

UPDATES 2/3

Solutions for metal ceilings - what’s new? The mantra at Anutone is architectural spaces must look good and sound great. We enjoy contradicting the popular notion, ‘Blind Acousticians, Deaf Architects’. We firmly believe that optimal acoustics can be delivered with stunning aesthetics and vice versa - striking visuals can sound great. Here are Serge updates that are testimony!

Serge Auriga The new microperf pattern ... Anutone launches Auriga microperf in Serge metal ceilings. Auriga microperf is almost invisible and the smallest hole possible in sheet metal for acoustical purposes. Auriga microperf renders the panels close to unperf or plain and hence enhances the aesthetics manifold. To know more about Serge Auriga, visit www.anutone.com/metals.htm

New microperf pattern - Auriga for Serge

Serge Salon Wood finishes for metal ceilings ... Serge metal ceilings are now available in a range of wood finishes to open up new vistas in designing public spaces where metal ceilings are specified.

Maple

Teak

Burlwood

Cherry1

Cherry2

Oak

Wood finishes in metal - all matched panels, suspension, perimeter

Serge Perfs Anutone optimises custom perf patterns ... From unperf to microperf to megaperf, Anutone’s Serge has it all! Inspired by the constellations in the universe Anutone optimises and brands the perf patterns to ensure high fidelity from design intent to site reality and everything in between.

Aquila

Mensa

Auriga

Nebula

Capela

Norma

Cassia

Columba

Magela

Corona

Anutone’s Serge metal ceilings is in association with CMC USA & Aspen Turkey. Blind Acousticians, Deaf Architects is the title of a book by Robert Apfael. edesign52

Vol 1 # 31B

10 November 2009

UPDATES 3/3

Solutions for wood ceilings - what’s new? The mantra at Anutone is architectural spaces must look good and sound great. We enjoy contradicting the popular notion, ‘Blind Acousticians, Deaf Architects’. We firmly believe that optimal acoustics can be delivered with stunning aesthetics and vice versa - striking visuals can sound great. Here are Salon updates that are testimony!

Salon wood walls & ceilings - Slats & Slits

The Salon Spots makeover New perf patterns, microperf ... Sfera and Cosmos - Anutone launches two new designer perforation patterns. Sfera imparts an illusion of convexity. Cosmos with random perforations of differential diameters is a delight to the architect and acoustician. Microperf - 3mm at 16mm - Anutone pushes the envelope to the limits of wood engineering with 3mm perforations in HD FR fibreboard. To know more download Spots brochure or visit www.anutone.com/woods.htm

New perf pattern - Sfera

The Salon Slats makeover Slats for curves, new lineal perf, nonperf, new colours ... Slim Slats - Slats now comes in two new widths 160mm and 128mm to make it very flexible for curved ceilings apart from regulart flat ceilings. Wide Slats - Apart from 16mm and 32mm lineal grooves there is a new economical 64mm groove for wider bands of melamine or veneer. Slim Diffuse - Also new is Slats Diffuse with only lineal grooves on the surface and no perf or fleece on reverse when sound absorption is not the criteria. Slats Diffuse visually blends with Slats as the surface looks exactly the same.

Slim Slats for curves and colour Slats (below)

Colour Slats - Introducing Slats in colours, not just wood finishes. Colour slats is available in two styles - core pigmented fibreboard grooved and supplied, and normal fibreboard with surface coating after grooving. To know more download Slats brochure or visit www.anutone.com/woods.htm

Idealight in Salon wood ceilings Integrating matching luminaries with Salon wood ceilings has been a dilemma. Not anymore! Anutone introduces power-saving downlights with melamine or veneer trims that match your choice of Salon ceilings whether Spots, Slits or Slats. To know more download Salon Idealight or visit www.anutone.com/woods.htm

Salon Idealights - luminaires with wood trims

Experience your design with Salon simulator Choose an interior setting and experience the Salon possibilities with this new simulator software Anutone’s Salon wood ceilings is in association with Taor Ideatec of Spain. Blind Acousticians, Deaf Architects is the title of a book by Robert Apfael.

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Vol 1 # 32

17 November 2009

Architectural spaces are there to be designed. The ideas belong to the designer. Anutone can enable designers capture ideas and turn them from concept to reality. Think islands in the sky and Carnival Floats is the reality. Yes! Whether it is for initial design or an afterthought, Carnival Floats with Skelet Infinity is for all seasons. Now all the more with a special feature to assemble on floor and hoist up! Creating light coves, ceiling clouds, floating islands,

FEATURES

projected transitions and design accents with modular tiles suspended on grid or a seamless finish with

• Very high aesthetic value and visual appeal

gypsum is easy and simple thanks to the innovation of Carnival Floats. Functionally it can be superior too as

• Superior acoustical performance – both absorb sound surfaces

Carnival Floats provide greater sound absorption than a continuous ceiling of the same surface area

• Flexibility in layout and sizing of ceiling floats

because the soundwaves are absorbed from both surfaces of the float – the exposed bottom surface

• Multi level – imparts the illusion of overhead movement • Integration of multi products & large format panels

and the non-exposed top surface.

And now here comes the icing on the cake! Because of the Primary Carrier as a special feature, Carnival Floats can be assembled on the floor and then hoisted up thus making it very easy and very quick for the contractor to install ceiling islands at project sites!

Interlock - quick assembly

Ceiling on floor!

Hoisting up

Carnival Float - in position

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Vol 1 # 33

24 November 2009

Ceiling solutions that are timeless Natural finish with woodwool boards – now improved!

The unique random twirls of fibre construction and texturised surface finish sets woodwool boards apart in choice of ceilings for architectural spaces. A natural ‘breathing’ panel with the timeless appeal of fine fibres sharply contrasts the current fad of smooth surfaces of glazing, drywalls and stone floors. Know the history of woodwool boards on page 2 of Strand TDS. Yes, at Anutone, we still make woodwool boards! After all, it started our journey in 1966! In the last three years Anutone has unleashed a vast array of wall and ceiling products; so you could be excused in forgetting woodwool boards! We not only remember but have continuously improved the woodwool board to meet the challenges of changing building interiors and functional requirements! Know the Fabulous Features of Anutone’s Strand on page 3 of Strand TDS. The 2010 collection is reorganized into four distinct product lines based on new fibre dimensions and matrix technologies. Refer the table.

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Further, due to the wide array of other wall and ceiling products now available from Anutone, the previous brand, ‘Smooth’, for plain woodwool board is a misnomer to a newbie as Anutone expands into new markets around the world. ‘Smooth’ would be more appropriate to Serge Aquila or Belgravia Regula or even Sonator Pearl (all unperf panels from Anutone)! So ‘Smooth’ is now ‘Strand’. Anutone’s new range of Strand woodwool boards from 2010: Brand

Fibre

Matrix C e m e n t Install

Strand Plus Superfine Duolay Magnesite Premium Strand

Fine

Compliant Dimensions Euro

600x1200/2400

Duolay Magnesite Performance Euro

600x1200/2400

Strand SS Medium

Magnesite Budget

BIS

600x1200

Strandec

Grey

Euro

600x1200/2400

Wide

Structural

Know more about Strand in the Strand Brochure. Strand was formerly known as Natural SoundSmooth or NSS, SoundSmooth, Smooth. Due to legacy the Strand brand will transit through 2010/2011 and co-exist with the previous names.

Vol 1 # 34

1 December 2009

Fabric-wrapped wall panels in

SIZE ZER

Soak Series now just 10mm thick. Wow!

Size Zero is the current fad so can Anutone’s design+development team be far behind? Everybody wants it slim, superslim! After Size Zero laptops, smartphones, televisions and ramp models, comes the ultra-slim, ultrachic Soak series of fabric-wrapped wall panels. Soak Cordura, Cord & Plane earlier had a limitation of minimum thickness, 20mm. This was due to kerfed long edges to receive H-Spline. This also resulted in a site problem of panels being able to be dismantled from one corner only. Now to meet the demand from designers for space-saving slimmer panels, Anutone has innovated to result in 10mm thick panels that can be hung on walls and more importantly dismantled from any point. Also all edges are fully finished - so panels can be installed discretely as floating islands!

Soak series – Size Zero - Highlights Features

Benefits

Ultra-slim, ultra-chic – all edges finished

Architect

Discrete install - wall island floats

Architect

For additional airgap behind these Size Zero panels, Anutone’s recent innovation of a very slim Strut channel, the CC10, comes in useful (see e-news # 24 dated 22 September 2009). And if this still does not satisfy you for sound absorption, Anutone’s very slim Synth 5x10 and 10x10, fitted in the 10mm airgap, do the honours!

Space saving – 10mm thickness only

Builder

Economical – slim means less costs

Customer

Frequency response – additional bass

Acoustician

Matching accessories – slim channel & infill

Contractor

Snag-free - single source compatibility

Project Manager

Launching January 2010! Sneak a preview - Soak Cordura Brochure

Accessibility – any point dismountable

Facility Manager

Denoted thickness are of base panel only. Please add fabric thickness and Z-clip/bar thickness to panel thickness to arrive at installed depth of system from base wall. For example, Soak Cord 10mm would mean minimum 18mm installed depth of system. Soak Cord on CC10 with/without Synth would mean 28mm installed depth. For true 10mm system thickness only go for Slim PNS or Slim Compo from Anutone! edesign52

42 Stretch SLS Fabric Ceilings

Stretch SLS Fabric Ceilings

Subtex Ebony Texture Ceilings

Sisoli Safari Mineral Fibre Ceilings

Subtex Texture Ceilings

Shapes ST Celebration Clouds

Belgravia Pixel Plaster Ceilings

Belgravia Pixel Plaster Ceilings Slate Plaster Ceilings

Slate Plaster Ceilings

Designpanel Pixel Plaster Ceilings Stretch SLS Ebony Fabric Ceilings

Wave KLH Baffle Ceilings

Mat BSB Isolation Ceilings

Slats Wood Ceilings

Strand Ebony Natural Ceilings

Matvin Vinyl Ceilings

Designpanel Pixel Plaster Ceilings

Spots MP3 Wood Ceilings Belgravia Pixel

Belgravia Pixel

Subtex Texture Ceilings

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Slate Plaster Ceilings

Stretch SLS Fabric Ceilings

AnutoneStyle â&#x20AC;&#x201C; solutions for mall ceilings

Serge Aquila Metal Ceilings

Serge Nebula Metal Ceilings

Quiet visuals ensure more footfalls per day, everyday

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Serge Nebula Metal Ceilings

8 December 2009

Subtex Texture Ceilings

Spots MP3 Wood Ceilings Serge Aquila Serge Auriga Metal Ceilings

Plaster Ceilings

Stretch SLS Fabric Ceilings

Plaster Ceilings

Subtex Texture Ceilings

Plaster Ceilings

Subtex Texture Ceilings

Anutone presents 12 types of white ceiling options in 6 different finishes for grid, span or discrete types to meet the precise needs of each space, general or speciality, within a shopping mall for a winning combination of aesthetics, functionality and budget! Makes mall owners, operators, tenants and shoppers feel good!

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44 Slats Wood Ceilings

Belgravia Pixel Plaster Ceilings

Serge Hook-on Metal Ceilings

Serge Aquila Metal Ceilings

Combination of Plain Gypsum & Pixel Belgravia Pixel Plaster Ceilings

Slats Wood Ceilings

Serge Aquila Metal Ceilings

Stretch SLS Fabric Ceilings Slats Wood Ceilings

Serge Hook-on Metal Ceilings

Combination of Plain Gypsum & Pixel Belgravia Pixel Plaster Ceilings

Belgravia Pixel Plaster Ceilings Secondary Ceilings - Combination of Serge Metal Ceilings & Slit Wood Ceilings Primary Ceilings - MAT BSB

Stretch SLS Fabric Ceilings Slats Wood Ceilings

Belgravia Pixel Plaster Ceilings

Belgravia Pixel Plaster Ceilings Wave GLD Baffles

Secondary Ceilings - Stretch SLS Ebony Fabric Ceilings Primary Ceilings - MAT BSB

Spots MP3 Wood Ceilings Belgravia Pixel Plaster Ceilings

Belgravia Pixel Plaster Ceilings

MAT Vin Vinyl Ceilings Designpanel Pixel

Secondary Ceilings

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Slats Wood Ceilings

AnutoneSwank â&#x20AC;&#x201C; solutions for hotel ceilings

Stretch SLS Fabric Ceilings

Ensures a pleasant experience for guests

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Serge Nebula Metal Ceilings

15 December 2009

Anutone presents more than 12 ceiling options in 6 different finishes for grid, span or discrete formats to meet the precise needs of each space, general or speciality, within a hotel complex for a winning combination of aesthetics, functionality and budget! Makes building owners, hotel operators, other tenants and guests feel good!

Slate Plain Gypsum Ceilings

AnutoneSwank - solutions for hotel ceilings provides benefits to all the stakeholders of the ecosystem. Here is how:

Primary Ceilings Subtex Ebony Secondary Ceilings Shapes - ST

Slate Plain Gypsum Ceilings

Features

Benefits

Striking visuals

Architect

Quiet interiors

Acoustical Consultant

Lightweight add-on

Structural Consultant

Environment friendly

Green Consultant

Daylight views

Lighting Consultant

Corporate branding

Signage Consultant

Thermal comfort

HVAC Consultant

Fire rating

Insurance

Snag-free install

Contractor

Easy integration

Other Vendors

Quick project turnaround Project Manager Easy maintenance

Facility Manager

Economical, asset appreciation

Property Developer

Occupancy levels

Hotel Operator

Pleasant experience

Guest

Strand - Natural Ceilings

Stretch SLS Fabric Ceilings Subtex Pebble Carnival Floats

Plaster Ceilings

Pixel Smery Texture Ceilings

ANUTONESWANK - THE VALUE PROPOSITION

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Excuse some trivia, this Tuesday But it could benefit you, so do scroll down! Thank you for accepting Resources 2010 Resources 2010 is a kit that consists of an annual planner, wall calendar, desk calendar, business organiser, note pads and pockets pads from Anutone – in short, all that you would need for 2010. Anutone teams across India distributed kits to select offices. To those who received, thank you for accepting. Stocks are over and we regret not being able to meet further requests. But you can book your kit of Resources 2011* here that will be distributed in Week 49, 6-11 December 2010.

Anutone conducts Soundz PW – a Product Workshop Anutone successfully concluded a product workshop for beginners. Based on the new QuickGuide, the 3-day workshop took participants through the vast array of products and systems apart from walls and ceiling design tips. In attendance were dealer reps and the new recruitees to Team Anutone. The workshop concluded with a tour of the new Experience Centre where demo installs of full-size panels give the idea of the real install. Interested in attending the next Soundz PW*? To be conducted sometime in Week 15, 12-17 April 2010, register here today.

Anutone releases beta version of QuickGuide1 Anutone’s popular QuickGuide series is back. Old-timers will recall the earlier QuickGuides on Ekcel and Absol products that were a hit in the community. The all-new QuickGuide1 features our entire line-up for the 2010 season. The beta version is valid until Wednesday 31 March 2010 when the final version will be released. Though for controlled circulation, you can grab a hardcopy via this mail request* or why not view it virtually at www.issuu.com/ anutone/docs/quickguide2010.pdf. We welcome comments till Saturday 27 February 2010.

Did you get your copy of the latest Design Revue DVD - DR3.5? DR3.5 follows the just-launched QuickGuide1 with ceilings and walls classified as Grid and Non-Grid and further as Pearl (white) and Melange (colours). New products incorporated, improved features added, design tips enhanced, brands rationalised etc. Plus it contains the brochures in pdf and Anutone website in html! Make sure you update yourself. Order your free copy here now*! Next version DR4.0 releases on Thursday 1 April 2010. *Conditions apply. Must meet eligibility criteria.

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Vol 1 # 38

29 December 2009

For this holiday season we are gifting you an

e-reader! All Anutone brochures now available as virtual books!

They say the e-reader and the e-book are revolutionising the way we access and read hardcopy documents. Much in a similar fashion as the invention of the printing press ushered in the advent of books and reading for the first time to humanity- revolutionising the way we stored and accessed knowledge. We firmly believe in keeping pace with technology! So, all current Anutone brochures are now available online to be accessed by anybody and everybody, anywhere and everywhere, subject to the Internet being available. What is more, the e-brochures are very reader friendly. Turn the pages as you would of a real book, glance at a doublespread, zoom in on info of interest, go to the back of the brochure or the front in a jiffy. Yes, it can’t get any better! Following are the Anutone e-brochures and their weblinks

Company Guide

Design Guide

QuickGuide

Reference Guide

An overview of the many dimensions to Anutone as a company – a pioneer in the design, supply, install of walls and ceilings.

A practical walkthrough on ceiling solutions for different architectural spaces – offices, malls, hotels, schools, hospitals, airports etc.

A rapid scan of Anutone’s vast array of products and systems in an easy to read graphical format.

A comprehensive listing of Anutone’s projects where products and systems are performing 24/7/365 – the true testimony to our track record.

http://issuu.com/anutone/ docs/cg.pdf

http://issuu.com/anutone/ docs/dg.pdf

http://issuu.com/anutone/ docs/qg.pdf

http://issuu.com/anutone/ docs/rg.pdf

You also prefer the old-fashioned way of reading hardcopy brochures at leisure on the plane where net may not be available? Well, ping us here for a hardcopy set of all 4 Guides and the Design Revue DVD available from March 2010 in an attractive sleeve box. Everything that you will ever need for Walls & Ceilings. We will be pleased to hand deliver or courier*. *Conditions apply. Must meet eligibility criteria.

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Vol 1 # 39

5 January 2010

Anutone’s

New Avatar!

2010-2019 The Decade of Hope

It is the year of avatars! It’s Anutone Walls & Ceilings now

It’s e-design now

The new year 2010 and the new decade 2010-2019 has started with many promises, building on the fulfilling experiences of 2009 and the last decade. It’s been an enduring journey at Anutone which has been iconising ‘interior’ experiences for discerning space users with a new genre of walls and ceilings - products, systems and services.

The weekly ‘edutaining’ e-news from Anutone has generated overwhelming response across the business value chain. It is time for us to brand the Anutone enewsletters and what better name than ‘e-design’! Our Tuesday e-news has become an online encyclopaedia of space design nuances for the built environment especially walls and ceilings for commercial interiors. Valuing the experience and the excitement it has generated, Anutone’s e-newsletters will, henceforth, be called e-design.

The widespread excitement brought in with this new genre of feel-good experiences has reckoned Anutone’s Interiors division as primarily a walls and ceilings enterprise. Keeping in line with this excitement, Anutone Interiors is, henceforth, called Anutone Walls & Ceilings (a division of Anutone Acoustics Limited). A trusted commitment to serve its patrons with its new forte: walls and ceilings! Get ready for the new year and the new decade for a whole set of new experiences from Anutone!

Anutone thus lives up to the expectations of its patron community for designing world-class architectural experiences. Hence e-design. Every Tuesday, as before, but with greater focus on design and build of walls and ceilings for commercial interiors.

Last Quarter e-news at-a-glance Anutone brings you the last quarter, October-December 2009, e-newsletters at-a-glance as indexed below. # 27

Plaza & Designpanel Gypsum Ceilings # 31

New solutions in metal & wood ceilings # 35

AnutoneStyle – solutions for malls

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# 28

Gain knowledge Be a digital nomad! # 32

Ceiling on Floor! Carnival Floats

# 29

Stretch Ceiling for King Abdullah University # 33

Natural finish with woodwool boards

# 30

Wall and ceiling solutions for hotels # 34

Fabric-wrapped wall panels in Size Zero

# 36

# 37

# 38

AnutoneSwank – solutions for hotels

Excuse some trivia this Tuesday

Free e-reader for this holiday season!

Vol 1 # 40

12 January 2010

Ceilings from Anutone - global solutions for you

Brought to you by experts from around the world. American fabrics, Swedish stretches, Danish plasters, German foams, Spanish woods, Turkish metals, Australian polyfibres. Ceiling solutions in all possible surface finishes and core materialsâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; that meet needs, fulfil requirements.

Customised for every different space and environment, complying with international building codes, available in multiple choices, at low life cycle costs, all for a greener tomorrow.

Exemplary range with exciting designs and pioneering features, installation efficiency - a delight to the ecosystem. Developed using global expertise, greener technologies and resources that reduce impact on the environment, and give exceptional functionalities that optimise performance.

Ceiling solutions that live up to our brand promise of bringing you the best from across the world that meet your needs. Anutone Ceilings - the way the world currently looks at ceilings! edesign52

Vol 1 # 41

19 January 2010

High on emotion, low on emission This is not an ad for automobiles!

Salon wood ceilings from Anutone evoke positive

an array of delicious wood grain patterns, standard

emotions with drop-dead gorgeous looks and

to megapanel format, flat or curved. Wood ceilings

efficient acoustics. Incredible beauty is matched

are taking the world’s interiors by storm, so why

with durability and state-of-the-art panel

not Asia with Salon from Anutone?

engineering. Salon wood ceilings are developed with the

made from renewable forestry resources in

ecosystem in mind. This means multiple options,

Spain. Anutone and their international

simplified design approach, easy installation and

associates, Ideatec, have been awarded the

maintenance, low lifecycle costs. Anutone supplies

wood conservation certificate by ‘Adopt a Tree

the complete system including all accessories for

Foundation’, Spain. Salon wood ceilings are

trained applicators to install. Hassle-free!

hygienic as they are low on VOC emissions. For

Circular, slotted, square or lineal perforations, microperf or unperf, melamine or veneer choices,

Salon wood ceilings are eco-friendly as they are

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Anutone, green comes first! Green wood could be the next ph(r)ase!

Vol 1 # 42

26 January 2010

Sastau, Tikau, Bikau â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Marwari maxim Low-cost, long-life, saleable â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Anutone maxim

The popular Marwari maxim and that of successful business communities across the world has been the same. It is time tested and proven. Anutone believes in this, and endows its products with similar attributes.

Consider Subtex Ceilings. For the best performance in white grid ceilings these soft-fibre products are low-cost with a long life cycle, and can be easily re-used.

Or consider Serge Ceilings. Being metal based, they offer considerable resale value, and are durable for rugged environments with costs linked to the London Metal Exchange!

Or even Belgravia Ceilings. Made from very high-quality gypsum, this European product brings enduring values of low lifecycle cost and long installed life. More, it is relocatable or recyclable.

And what about Strand Ceilings? 25 years and counting at many installs! This natural, low-cost product lasts generations, and can be easily relocated. Anutone has a robust recycling plan.

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Vol 1 # 43

2 February 2010

Microperfs & megapanels – yeh kya hai? When MP3 is not music and 1 is more than 12!

Microperfs

Megapanels

Microperfs is the new art of minutely perforating solids like metals, woods and plasters. And at 3mm, it is as closest as you get to perforating 12mm thick fibreboards and plasterboards.

Megapanels from Anutone are giant-size panels, and at 1.2x3.6m (4’x12’) they are as large as it gets.

MP3 is the new acronym for Micro Perforated 3mm on Salon Spots wood ceilings. With a rich wood grain finish and microperfs that render them almost invisible from a distance, such ceilings arouse visual excitement with no ugly holes marring the show. Welcome to the new aesthetic! Check out our other microperfs. Pixel 3x3mm square perfs in Designpanel, Belgravia and Plaza for gypsumbased ceilings and Auriga 0.7mm perfs for Serge metal ceilngs rendering them almost solid. Add to the new aesthetic!

Salon Spots MP3

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Belgravia Pixel

Serge Auriga

So, instead of 12 tiles of standard size 600x600mm (2’x2’) you install 1 megapanel – 4.32m2 in one go! Less seamlines, less work, faster install, lower overall costs. Available in ACT GLD, ACT KLH and Subtle Texture series with Skelet Z-bar mounting. Size does matter – 1 is more than 12 - the new arithmetic!!

Vol 1 # 44

9 February 2010

AnutoneSyllabi â&#x20AC;&#x201C; solutions for school ceilings The teacher and the taught... in total harmony Anutone presents more than 12 ceiling options in 6 different finishes for grid, span or discrete formats to meet the precise needs of each space within a school campus for a winning combination of aesthetics, functionality and budget! Makes the students, the faculty, and the trustees feel very good!

Serge Astral Metal Ceilings

Scat Pyramidal 3D Ceilings

Subtex Pebble Shapes ST Texture Texture Ceilings Carnival Floats

Strand Natural Ceilings

Combination of Slate Plain Gypsum & Micro Perf Designpanel Pixel

Subtex Nubby Texture Ceilings

Serge Astral Serge Nebula Metal Ceilings Metal Ceilings

Stretch SLS Fabric Ceilings

Mat Solo Natural Ceilings

Serge Astral Metal Ceilings

Strand Ebony with Cubix Open cell Serge Ceilings Serge Planx Hook-on Metal Ceilings

Combination of Slate Plain Gypsum Designpanel Pixel

Mat Solo Natural Ceilings

Mat Vin Vinyl Ceilings

Slats Diffuse & Slats Serate Wood Ceilings

Mat Solo Natural Ceilings

Stretch SLS Ebony Fabric Ceilings Wave GLD Fabric Baffles

Wave KLH Vinyl Baffles

Serge Planx Hook-on Metal Ceilings Salon Spots MP3 Belgravia Pixel Wood Ceilings Plaster Ceilings

Serge Planx Hook-on Metal Ceilings Serge Platz AHP Metal Ceilings

Belgravia Pixel Plaster Ceilings

Strand Natural Ceilings

Serge Platz ACP Metal Ceilings

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Vol 1 # 45

16 February 2010

Solutions for corridor ceilings How do you want them today? Serene, dynamic, warm, cool? Lively

Cool

Salon Linear Strip Corridor Ceilings in Wood Plastic Serge Cassia Planx Corridor Ceilings in Perf Metal

Serene Dynamic

Warm

Subtex Nubby Planx Corridor Ceilings in Softfibre Texture

Comfort Salon Spots Sfera Corridor Ceilings in Perf Wood

Strand Plus Planx Corridor Ceilings in Naturals

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A wide range of widespan planks for corridor ceilings that set different moods - the new aesthetic in commercial interiors. Only from Anutone.

Tectopanel Pixel Corridor Ceilings in Perf Gypsum

Vol 1 # 46

23 February 2010

Pixel solutions for gypsum ceilings Microperf gypsum for grid tiles or seamless finishes

Only from Anutone can you expect micro perforated gypsum, the perfect solution for walls and ceilings that look avant-garde, sound silent and yet are economical – truly value for money, forever! Pixel is 3x3mm squares - micro perforation in glassfibre reinforced gypsum (GRG). At 8mm pitch, Pixel renders a radically artistic look to gypsum walls and ceilings that larger perfs can never provide. Pixel is available as Designpanel which is a 900x2700mm board with long edges tapered rendering a smooth, seamless finish to fullspan walls and ceilings. What is more, Designpanel can be gently curved for barrel-vaults or dome ceilings.

An important value add is that Pixel renders Designpanel as a perfect base for Smery coverings. Pixel Smery is an unperf ceiling with invisible acoustics and can be painted to choice colour – a boon for banquet halls in hotels, lobby and atrium in luxury towers and speciality spaces in offices like telepresence rooms (TP) and network operating centres (NOC).

For grid ceilings that provide access to the plenum, Pixel is available as Belgravia tiles with Steppe edge for all suspension styles – Omni O15, Uno U15, Trelis T15. For more economy Plaza is now an option. At 9.5mm thickness and Square edge for Omni O15 or Trelis T15, Plaza is the lowest-cost option in Pixel. There are many more design options in Pixel available on request. For example, widespan corridor ceilings with Tectopanel etc.

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Vol 1 # 47

2 March 2010

The many colours of Anutone products Bright, cheerful ceilings with custom colours

If Holi has just happened Anutone is not far behind! As a tribute to the festival of colours, Anutone highlights some of its products and systems for ceilings that are available in custom colours. Added bonus is that most of these products can be used for wall panelling as well! GRID CEILINGS

NON-GRID CEILINGS

Anutone wishes a happy & colourful holi!

DISCRETE CEILINGS

Anutone ensures exposed grids and trims are matched to the colour of the tiles. Factory painted to any colour in acrylic emulsion • Subtex Plane – Softfibre texture tiles • Mat Solo – cement particleboard

Ceilings with seamless joints for the continuous look Oil-bound distemper or acrylic emulsion, best painted to custom colours at site • Designpanel Pixel – microperf gypsum • Pixel Smery – microperf gypsum with woven glassfibre covering

• Strand Series – woodwool boards Factory polycoated to any colour with epoxy powder or bake enamelled • Serge Series – all types of metal ceilings

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Factory-polycoated or dyed to custom colours for quick install at site • Stretch SLS – stretched fabric, factory dyed but can be handpainted too! • Slats Colours – panels with lineal grooves

Discrete panels, individually suspended, horizontally or vertically, from the roof Factory-painted to custom colours • Shapes ST – ceiling tiles in different shapes • Clouds ST – flat or curved panels suspended horizontally • Wave ST – panels suspended vertically

Vol 1 # 48

9 March 2010

Save life, prevent fire, use Anutone All products are fire-rated to perform in an emergency

People killed while trying to escape from fire in a multilevel building. People hospitalised due to smoke ingestion while escaping from a multiplex on fire. These have been recent headlines, unfortunate and unnecessary. Unnecessary because if walls and ceilings systems carried the proper fire-rating it would have retarded flame

REACTION TO FIRE Flaming - ISO 1182 Ignitability - BS 476 Part 5 Fire propagation - BS 476 Part 6 Surface spread - BS 476 Part 7 Smoke density - ASTM E662

spread and provided enough time for people to escape or arrive to help. Of course, there are other factors too like furnishings and flooring. But walls and ceilings play a major roll as electrical wiring is concealed behind these, and short circuiting is almost always the cause for fire in buildings. Most project teams look at fire rating of the product only while what is needed

is a holistic approach and a check on the fire rating of the system. Often the product is fire-rated but to cut costs, the supporting suspension is local or not fire-rated ,and as a result the ceiling installed does not perform in case of fire. It is another matter that the product though specified as FR is substituted in the last moment in favour of non-FR due to various considerations.

A case in point is one of our most popular products, Slats. The FR grade can be more expensive by 25% and so it may be specified but in the last minute at the project execution stage non-FR is favoured. The risk is not to the project team but the space users! Hence it is necessary to sensitise the ecosystem to adopt safe fire and life safety practices in the selection and installation of wall and ceiling systems. Not just the product but the system!

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Vol 1 # 49

16 March 2010

Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; what else? A plenum so cluttered, it requires a genius of a ceiling!

Advances in user technologies means building plenums are getting increasingly cluttered and hence a ceiling is becoming a very important technical interface in user spaces. What clutters the plenum? AC ducting, mechanical ventilation, pneumatic piping, power supplies, fire safety plumbing, IT cabling etc. What does a ceiling interface? AC grilles and diffusers, luminaries, fire sprinklers, smoke detectors, microphones and loudspeakers, wireless antennae, CCTV cameras etc. Plus columns, walls and partitions.

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And what may be suspended from the ceiling? Signages, uplighters, display screens, relocatable partition systems etc. Any one of the above services can be demanding on a ceiling but the presence of so many makes it all the more complex and challenging. Hence ceiling design requires extensive and close co-ordination from the design stage. And Anutone can be your knowledge partner in this regard.

Hospital Ceilings Hospital ceilings are perfect examples of plenum clutter. Consider the above services vying for space in the plenum and you know why Anutone ceilings are necessary. Anutone presents Sleuth â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ceiling solutions for hospitals. Catch the special issue on hospital ceiling solutions in next edition of e-design.

Vol 1 # 50

23 March 2010

The new aesthetic in ceiling solutions A walkthrough of Anutoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newlook website

e-design

50 th

edition

On the 50th edition of e-design, Anutone launches new look website! When less is more! Less features, less menus, less keys to click, less time to reach destination! A simpler interface that is more user-friendly and needs minimal navigation. The home page primarily features walls and ceilings with current news and other divisions on the left and corporate links on the top. Now enter walls or ceilings. Both walls and ceilings feature a sub-home page with many options to view the vast product portfolio by product type or surface finish or core material or legacy names or simply the alpha index! The newlook website is based on your views received over time.At Anutone, we continuously improve to make things better and make you feel good.

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Astral Aquila Metal Ceilings

Matvin Vinyl Ceilings

MAT Vin Vinyl Ceilings

Astral Aquila Metal Ceilings

MAT Vin Vinyl Ceilings

Planx Hook-on Metal Ceilings

Matvin Vinyl Ceilings

Astral Aquila SS Metal Ceilings

SergePebble Texture Ceilings

Subtex Nubby Texture Ceilings with Infinity

Matvin Matvin Vinyl Ceilings Vinyl Ceilings

Belgravia Pixel Carnival Floats

Combination of Slats Plain Gypsum Designpanel Pixel

Belgravia Pixel Carnival Floats

Astral Aquila Metal Ceilings

Astral Nebula Metal Ceilings

Belgravia Pixel Carnival Floats

Combination of Slats Plain Gypsum Designpanel Pixel

Stretch Nebula Metal Ceilings

Slats Wood Ceilings

Wave KLH Baffles

Subtex Nubby Texture Ceilings with Infinity

Planx Hook-on Metal Ceilings

Sisoli Safari Mineral Fibre Ceilings

Serge Aquila Metal Ceilings

Astral Aquila Metal Ceilings

Planx Hook-on Metal Ceilings

Strand Ebony Natural Ceilings

Matvin Vinyl Ceilings Vol 1 # 51

AnutoneSleuth â&#x20AC;&#x201C; solutions for hospital ceilings

Wellness interiors for patients ... calm ceilings, quick recovery

30 March 2010

Platz ACP Metal Ceilings

Slats Wood Ceilings Astral Aquila Metal Ceilings

Slats Wood Ceilings

Stretch SLS Fabric Ceilings

Subtex Nubby Texture Ceilings

Matvin Vinyl Ceilings

Wave GLD Baffles

Matvin Vinyl Ceilings

Anutone presents 12 ceiling options in 6 finishes for grid, span or discrete formats to meet the precise needs of each space within a hospital to ensure a winning combination of aesthetics, functionality and budget! Makes the patients, the doctors, and the trustees feel very good!

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Vol 1 # 52

6 April 2010

Stretch your imagination with fabric walls! World’s first first quad quad track, track, dual dual tape, tape, dual dual core core system system World’s

Anutone Stretch Cara is a sophisticated wall panel system of stretched Cara fabrics on acoustical cores. Incredible scalable design options with efficacy of functional perfomance, in compliance with guaranteed quality norms, at an economic value proposition is what Anutone Stretch Cara is all about.

DESIGNER’S DELIGHT

With each panel stretching upto 1.2x20m, virtually any surface of any size and shape is scalable giving a hitherto impossible ability to the designer to weave geometric forms. Myriad variety, aesthetic appearance, smooth and almost seamless finish, ease of install - all this and more makes it an obvious choice for the discerning designer.

• World’s first quad track, dual tape, dual core • Unique design engineering • Many options - wide range • No fabric sag - fits any shape, pattern • Less joints - almost seamless • Any size, any space scalability • Hassle free - easy to install • Tried, Tested, Proven - credibility • Reliability - conforms to international standards • Performance - visibly aesthetic, invisibly acoustic

DOWNLOAD Stretch Cara Brochure

To know more about Stretch Cara, visit www.anutone.com/stretchcara.htm.

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ANUTONE INTERIORS (a division of Anutone Acoustics Limited) 231, 7th Cross, Indiranagar 1st Stage, Bengaluru 560 038, India Phone +9180 2520 3114 Fax +9180 2520 3115 info@anutone.com

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