BAF teams with Ecophon to print Woodland Trust's acoustic panels

Woodland Trust has tasked London-based BAF to print onto its highly engineered acoustic panels at its head office in Grantham.

The panels, manufactured by Ecophon, are built to absorb sound and improve the acoustic working environment, and BAF worked closely with the manufacturer to ensure they retained these properties.

Woodland scenes were printed directly onto panels using BAF's Durst Rho machine and then tested. BAF Graphics new business development manager Chris Holland said: "It was the first time we had tried to print directly to an acoustic panel. We were positive that using our in-house expertise it would work, but before the final printing stage we collaborated with Ecophon to ensure they were completely satisified that the acoustic quality was not impaired."

The panels were part of a larger project for the Woodland UK facility which BAF was working on with architects Feilden Clegg Bradly Studios and also involved the company in producing digitally printed wall coverings.

Woodland Trust facilities manager Amanda Loose said: "The fact that the design could be carried through to the special panels we had chosen to minimise noise in the office was a major bonus. The combined expertise of our architects with Ecophon and BAF Graphics has really helped to make our headquarters an office to be proud of."