100% grown and manufactured in New Zealand.
Floc is a responsible and contemporary choice for commercial and workplace environments, using the clever properties of wool.
Our Story
To provide world leading wool acoustic products, Floc harnesses the strength, resilience and innovative nature of this natural fibre. Committed to supplying a responsible wall lining product, a rigorous research and development program ensures we are bringing the goodness of Aotearoa New Zealand to the interior market.
Strong-wool makes up 90% of New Zealand’s sheep fleeces, while not as favorable as their merino cousins for clothing, strong-wool holds the perfect characteristics and fibre quality for an interior application.
Shearing
For the welfare of sheep, shearing is the process of removing the fleece, which occurs at least once a year. For this reason, wool is truly renewable.
Scouring
Floc fibres are scoured by Woolworks who produce the cleanest processed wool in the world.
Carding
Carding is the mechanical process that opens then woollen fibres, untangling them before they can be used for spinning and felting.
Needling
Needling creates the strong, durable and resilient sheets that will form world leading, innovative and responsible woollen acoustic panels.
Fire treatment
We are committed to safer, responsible interior products and have dedicated specific research and development to meet New Zealand fire standards.
Pressing
Pressing the wool is the final process of bringing Floc 3D to fruition. Providing a range of patterns which allow you to be creative with it’s application in your space.
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The Goodness of Wool
SOURCING & MANUFACTURE
Floc is born, grown and manufactured in New Zealand from 100% New Zealand strong-wool.
Wool is grown on sheep that roam freely in their natural environment, needing only sunshine and grass to prosper.
Strong-wool is readily available throughout New Zealand. Strong-wool is a by-product of the shearing process which happens annually for animal welfare.
Wool is a natural, sustainable product.
The full carbon LCA is being investigated in New Zealand. More information will be released around this shortly.
Embodied energy is quoted as 106 MJ/kg for wool.
PERFORMANCE
15-20 years depending on level of use and maintenance.
Medium- will require regular cleaning.
Floc assists with sound absorption and can increase interior comfort in commercial spaces.
Group 1-S fire performance for Floc Panels.
Group 3-S fire performance for Floc 3D.
Floc Panels will degrade and are fully compostable at the end of life.
BENEFITS OF WOOL
VOC’s are harmful chemicals that vaporise in the air causing indoor air pollution.
Wool has the natural ability to absorb harmful chemicals such as strong smelling colourless gases from the indoor atmosphere. The VOC emissions are incredibly low. Testing available upon request.
Wool is a durable, resilient fibre that is resistant to moisture, stains and compression.
Wool is naturally odour resistant.
Sheep grow a new fleece every year creating a totally renewable fibre. Shearing is considered a welfare practice for stock.
Unlike synthetic man-made fibres made from unsustainable and non-renewable resources such as oil, gas and coal, wool is 100% naturally grown.
INTEGRITY
Floc wool is sourced from farms associated with the New Zealand Farm Assurance Programme (NZFAP).
NZFAP is the recognised foundation upon which the collective red meat and wool industry delivers an authentic and independently verified production assurance standard to customers and consumers. It includes assurances in regards to integrity, traceability, bio-security, food safety, environmental sustainability and animal health and welfare.
New Zealand sheep farmers comply with some of the highest land and environmental standards in the world.
NZFAP is the recognised foundation upon which the collective red meat and wool industry delivers an authentic and independently verified production assurance standard to customers and consumers. It includes assurances in regards to integrity, traceability, bio-security, food safety, environmental sustainability and animal health and welfare.
Carbon is the cornerstone of life on earth. When you invest in wool, you are investing in life, and the recycling of life.
Sheep consume biogenic carbon when they eat the grass they live on. 40% of the weight of wool is made of carbon which readily biodegrades at the end of its life, and returns to the earths soil where it will be recycled into the next life.
