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Partner Spotlight: Specified. Brings Cardinal Acoustics to Mid-South Builders and Architects

Cardinal Acoustics partners with Specified. to provide wood fiber acoustical panels for state-of-the-art building projects in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Here's some of the great projects we've worked together on.
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Giving Back as a Company and an Industry and Association Leader

Cardinal Acoustics president Bill Khourie has been selected to serve on the Ceilings & Interior Systems Construction Association board of directors, an organization with a rich history and long association with Cardinal Acoustics' leadership.
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Form and Function: An Elementary School Moves into Former Big-Box Stores

Cardinal Acoustics worked with E&K Companies to create beautiful and functional spaces and acoustical panels for a Kansas City, Missouri, elementary school.
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Making A Difference

Since it's founding, Cardinal Acoustics has endeavored to produce attractive, high-quality products; provide excellent customer service; and change the wood fiber industry. We strive to make a difference.
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Precision and Efficiency: Cardinal Acoustics’ New Superfici Paint Line

Cardinal Acoustics added a Superfici compact flat line painting system to our wood fiber acoustical panel manufacturing process.
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Cardinal Acoustics Relocates to Springfield, OH to Accommodate Growth and Future Plans

Cardinal Acoustics has purchased and relocated to a new warehouse in Springfield, Ohio to accommodate its rapid growth in the wood fiber acoustical panel industry.
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L&W Supply, Just Rite Acoustics, and Cardinal Acoustics Partner for a Preschool’s Creative Cloud Installation

Cardinal Acoustics’ wood fiber acoustical panels and clouds fulfill a preschool’s need for unique sound control and aesthetics.
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Discovering Cardinal Acoustics Products with MasterSpec®

Inclusion in the MasterSpec Platform is the next step for Cardinal Acoustics when it comes to providing quality acoustical products to its partners and customers.
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Strengthening Our Green Status with an Environmental Product Declaration

Our mission provides quality sound absorption with eco-friendly construction materials, now backed by our Environmental Product Declaration. Learn more about our wood-fiber acoustical panels’ process—from forest to product.
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M3 Contracting, LLC and Cardinal Acoustics: A Partnership with Proven Success

Partnerships, such as ours with M3 Contracting, LLC, expertly install our acoustical panels for the best possible sound absorption.
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Partnering with Millard Drywall to Provide Sound Absorption for San Marcos, TX ISD

We partnered with Millard Drywall to provide wood fiber acoustical panels for a Texas high school’s new trades-skills classrooms. Here's more about the project and our working relationship.
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FSC Certification Shows Our Commitment to Responsibly Sourced Wood Fiber Acoustical Panels

Cardinal Acoustics is committed to eco-friendly processes and has recently sought and received Forest Stewardship Council wood-sourcing certification.
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Riverbanks Acoustical Laboratories Ensures Quality Acoustical Panel Testing

Cardinal Acoustics ensures its products are the best with quality testing and Riverbank Acoustical Laboratories has over 100 years of experience performing best-in-class testing on acoustical panels. Here are details about their process.
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A Look Inside Our Warehouse: A Family-Owned Business with A Family of Employees

Cardinal Acoustics is proud of our dedicated warehouse employees who produce wood fiber acoustical panels to high quality standards. Here’s more about the culture and operations inside our warehouse.
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Providing Acoustical Panel Industry Solutions with Family-Run Operations

Cardinal Acoustics is a family-run business dedicated to fast, friendly customer service and the best wood fiber acoustical panels. Here's the back-story of how we came to be.
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One of the Acoustical-Panel Industry’s Fastest Growing Companies

Cardinal Acoustics has become one of the fastest growing wood fiber acoustical panel providers in the US thanks to proven results, unique offerings, expert customer service, and quick delivery.
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Don’t Press Pause: Cardinal Acoustics’ Continued Supply Chain Will Meet Your Demand

Contrary to conventional wisdom, now is a perfect time for builders to get a head start on acoustical-panel projects.
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COVID-19 Communication

An open letter to our clients and partners on COVID-19
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Use Our Promo Code for a Complimentary Two-Day VIP Pass for 2020 Intex Expo

The 2020 Intex Expo is right around the corner. Use our promo code to receive a complimentary two-day VIP exhibit hall pass and be a part of the largest trade show in the wall and ceiling construction industry.
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Aaron Campbell Celebrates One Year with Cardinal Acoustics

Aaron Campbell is celebrating his one-year anniversary with our team and is already excelling in his new role as Senior Account Manager
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Panels Subjected to World-Class Testing at Riverbank Acoustical Laboratories

Cardinal Acoustics’ established relationship with a world-renowned acoustical laboratory ensures that you get the best wood fiber acoustical panels to suit your needs.
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Wood Fiber Acoustical Panels with a Flame-Spread of Zero

All Cardinal Acoustics wood fiber products have received a Class A fire rating from the NFPA, with a perfect 0.0 flame-spread result. But what does that rating mean, how it’s given and why it’s important to consider in any construction project?
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Thinner Is Better: Advantages of 5/8” Wood Fiber Panels

Not every manufacturer of acoustic panels offers a 5/8-inch thick size. Cardinal Acoustics does, and there are some compelling reasons for why this thinner profile wood fiber panel might be right for your project.
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How We Achieve Two-Week Lead Times for Wood Fiber Acoustical Panel Orders

Cardinal Acoustics has three reasons we can deliver acoustical panels in half the time of our competitors: inventory, modifications, and warehouse location.
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Cardinal Acoustics is Moving!

We are excited to announce that we’ve officially outgrown our former space and moved our offices to a new location.
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Earn an HSW Credit with Wood Fiber Acoustical Panel Lunch & Learn Program

Earning the required HSW certified learning units each year can be challenging. It can be an even bigger challenge to find an interesting and informative presentation that you haven’t already heard. We are a certified AIA program provider (and, naturally, we have the additional expertise to educate on the topic of acoustical panels).
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FAQs about Customizing Our Wood Fiber Acoustical Panels

We provide some in-depth answers to frequently asked questions about the customization, sizing and correct installation process for their wood fiber acoustical panels.
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Acoustical Solution for Bullitt Lick Middle School

The Facilities Manager of Bullitt Lick Middle School in Shepherdsville, KY contacted us with hopes of improving the acoustics in the school’s gymnasium. When there is too much reverberation, hearing becomes difficult for everyone.
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Why Wood Fiber Is the Best Choice for Acoustical Panels

It may seem counter-intuitive that wood is a good material for noise absorption. After all, a room with wood paneling tends to reflect sound rather than absorb it. But when wood is processed into wood fiber, it is one of the best materials available to control acoustics.
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Case Study: St. John Vianney Catholic Church

What happens when a beautiful space like St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Bettendorf, Iowa is constructed using non-absorptive surfaces that reflect sound? Here's a case study in how Cardinal Acoustics helped resolve the problem.
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Getting to Know Our Acoustical Panel Partners: IDI Distributors

Cardinal Acoustics spotlights another partnership, this time with IDI Distributors, outlining IDI’s history and collaborative projects using acoustical panels.
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2019 CISCA Fall Conference

We’re busy preparing for the 2019 CISCA Fall Conference in Nashville, 9/18-20. Stop by booth #17 and say hello to our new Senior Vice President, Mark Straub and Cardinal Acoustics team members Daniel Khourie and Aaron Campbell.
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FAQs: Getting Your Project Started Using Wood Fiber Acoustical Panels

There are a lot of steps involved with planning even the simplest of building projects. Getting started can be the hardest part. We work extra hard to make the process of selecting the right acoustical panels for your project as simple as possible. We want to share some answers to questions we’re frequently asked by architects, contractors and business owners when they begin the process of selecting materials to meet their sound reduction needs.
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Mark Straub Named Senior Vice President

Mark Straub has been named Senior Vice President of Cardinal Acoustics.
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Cardinal Acoustics Team Members Join CISCA’s Emerging Leaders Program

Daniel Khourie and Aaron Campbell are expanding their knowledge of the ceilings and interior systems industry through CISCA's Emerging Leader's Program.
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Best Supply Now Distributes Cardinal Acoustics

Best Supply now distributes our products in cities within Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
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A'19-Another Successful Convention!

Cardinal Acoustics is back from A’19 in Las Vegas and it was a tremendous success. Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth!
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See You in Vegas at A’19

Meet Cardinal Acoustics at A’19 in Las Vegas this week. We’ll be in booth 4647 during the AIA Conference on Architecture.
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Meet Cardinal Acoustics at A’19 in Las Vegas

Cardinal Acoustics will be at A'19 in Las Vegas, June 6-8. We hope to see you there!
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Thanks for a Successful CISCA Convention!

We had a great time meeting everyone at this year's CISCA convention. Here are some photos from the event.
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Meet Us at CISCA, April 22-26, 2019

Cardinal Acoustics is proud to announce we are a sponsor of 2019 CISCA Convention, April 22-26, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland. 
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Cardinal Acoustics and Foster Architectural Products Team Up

Cardinal Acoustics is excited to announce that Foster Architectural Products, in Glendora, CA, is now representing our products to builders and architects in the western United States.
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