EzoBord, an Ayrsonics North America brand, will open a high technology raw material production plant to support the brands global expansion as well as fill supply chain needs in North America

EzoBord, an Ayrsonics North America brand, produces design-driven architectural acoustical solutions. The company’s material is high-performance and fully customizable offering solutions ranging from ceiling, walls, dividers, and furniture applications. The company will unveil its new acoustical line at the New York ICFF show, at a critical time in the acoustics industry as supply chains are being strained to the breaking point and transportation costs have skyrocketed as much as quadrupling on imported materials.

“With our investments in vertical integration we made the conscious decision to focus on North America supply chains utilizing US and Canadian input materials while also producing the widest range of colors and specifiable acoustical options to architects and designers in North America,” said Doug Barlett, EzoBord founder and CEO of the Ayrsonics Group of Companies. “We are also increasing our manufacturing footprint by establishing regional models for best in industry design/engineering support for all end products.”

EzoBord production and distribution occurring at these three US regional locations employs local skilled labor and resources. This syncs well with the company’s sustainable approach to reducing transportation distances and reducing their carbon footprint. This dramatically reduces lead times and improves overall availability. Having this level of autonomy also means local teams can respond quickly, remain agile, flexible, and easily contactable as the demands of a project change. The company has five North American regional fabrication centers located in Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Kitchener Ontario and Calgary Alberta with the international manufacturing locations in Margate UK, Dublin Ireland and San Jose Costa Rica.

The EzoBord brand, founded in 2010, will showcase its endless color and material options through a virtual showroom, developed by Tektus Digital, at ICFF, offering visitors the power to view products up close and with multiple configurations. The company will also unveil its new acoustical raw material production line along with launching a highly versatile/specifiable materials program called EZOLAYERS.

The company’s new EzoLayers program features 47 new surface colors along with 6 standard acoustic panel core thicknesses offering a virtually unlimited pallet of options for A/D specifiers to select from with made-to-order options for both single-sided and double-sided. Custom colors, COM and variable panel thicknesses are also available on a custom order basis and within reasonable lead times.

“This major step forward is supported by all new branding on the EzoBord website along with cutting edge augmented reality sampling for architects and designers to specify and order exactly what they want for their project 24/7,” said Barlett. “All this connects within the brand's new immersive digital showroom allowing the specifier and their clients to enter and view on request bespoke high design end products in a virtual reality setting assisting in the design process.”

The technology, developed by Tektus Digital, was extremely important to demonstrate EZOBORD’s new material capabilities.

In March of 2021 the company was also awarded a US Utility patent for its Baffle Systems that are suspended from any standard T bar ceiling grid made by major manufacturers in the industry such as Armstrong and USG.

“This is a David and Goliath situation,” said Barlett. “What I mean is we remained under the radar of these major companies and secured a patent for directly mounting all of our acoustical materials to any of their ceiling grids.”

Ayrsonics and the EzoBord brand debuted the all new EzoLayers program at the ICFF show, booth 3209, on November 14th and 15th at the Javits Centre in New York City at a critical time in the acoustics industry when supply chains have been strained to the breaking point and transportation costs have skyrocketed as much as quadrupling on imported materials.