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At Memtech Acoustical, we are passionate about delivering effective noise control solutions for commercial and industrial applications.

Michigan’s integrated noise and vibration control firm providing engineered products, systems, and services across commercial, industrial, and environmental sectors. As a full-service provider, we custom-fabricate noise control structures tailored to your specific needs. Our experienced consultants thoroughly analyze your noise challenges and design customized, budget-friendly solutions. From start to finish, we prioritize your satisfaction by providing expert guidance, precise installation, and reliable support. For more information about our products and services, please visit www.memtechacoustical.com

16/10/2026

Rooms don’t sound bad by accident. Five characteristics decide it, before any treatment goes up: shape, surfaces, reverberation, background noise, and leaks.

Each one has a different cause, so the first step is finding out which one is driving the problem.

How does your room measure up? Book a room acoustic assessment: https://www.memtechacoustics.com/contact-us

14/10/2026

October is National Protect Your Hearing Month, so here is the number that gets misread most on the plant floor.

85 dBA is OSHA’s action level. It is an 8 hour time weighted average, not a reading on a meter.

A spot reading of 88 dBA at one machine does not mean a worker is over. A reading of 82 dBA in the aisle does not mean they are under. Level and time decide it together, measured on the worker across the whole shift.

Want to know your team’s actual shift exposure? Book a noise exposure survey through the link in the first comment.

Source: OSHA 29 CFR 1910.95

12/10/2026

A good noise ordinance starts with measurement, not a copy of the town next door.

Swipe for the seven things an ordinance needs before a data center comes to town: a real baseline, limits you can measure, a minimum measurement time, low-frequency criteria, calibrated meters, and trained staff to use them.

The goal is not zero noise. It is fair limits, set early.

Part 3 of our data center series. Full article at the link in the first comment.

09/10/2026

Noise is measured in decibels. It's experienced by people.

Ely Franklin, Acoustic Engineering Project Manager at Memtech Acoustics, joined the Michigan Safety Conference's Safety Spectrum Podcast (S6 E2) to talk about noise-conscious engineering in architecture. Swipe for his take on why the listener belongs in the design.

🎧 Hear the full episode: https://michsafetyconference.org/podcast/noise-conscious-engineering-in-architecture/

Dealing with a noise or vibration problem? Our engineers measure it first, then fix it. DM us or visit memtechacoustics.com to get started.

25/09/2026

We celebrate languages without sound.

Sign languages are full languages. Own grammar, own regional variation, own history. ASL is not English on the hands.

Sound is our business. We spend our days on how buildings carry it, block it and shape it. That is exactly why this week matters here. Not everyone experiences a room the way our instruments do, and a space can work or fail for reasons we would never measure.

DeafSpace, developed at Gallaudet University, designs for that directly. Sightlines that let a signed conversation continue across a room. Lighting that does not tire the eyes. Circulation wide enough for two people to walk and sign at once.

A room should work for everyone in it. Sound is our part of that. It is not the whole of it.

18/09/2026

"Everyone in the office noticed a massive difference immediately."

That's a real line from a client's Google review after we treated their office for reverberation caused by hard-surface flooring and 9-ft drywall ceilings.

Swipe through to see how we approached it, from the acoustic study to install.

Dealing with the same problem in your space? Send us a DM.

11/09/2026

You treated the room and the hum is still there.
That usually means the problem was never in the air.
Absorption controls how airborne sound behaves inside a room. Sealing controls how much of it carries next door. Structure-borne vibration does neither. It travels through the slab, the framing, and rigid structural connections, and arrives without ever crossing the room, so there is nothing in the air for a panel to absorb.
The two feel similar in a space. They need opposite solutions.
Comment or DM us with what you are hearing and where you feel it. We will tell you which one you are dealing with.

28/06/2026

Clap once in your glass corridor. If it rings, you have a problem.

That ringing is called flutter echo. It's one of the most common acoustic issues in modern office design.

When two parallel reflective surfaces face each other, sound reflects back and forth in a rapid loop. Glass reflects mid-to-high frequencies with almost no natural absorption. The result is that sharp, lingering ring that makes conversation difficult and spaces feel chaotic.

Fixing it isn't about adding panels until the ring stops.
Which surface is driving the loop?
What frequencies it's reflecting?
How much absorption is actually needed, and where it needs to go?

Those questions and their answers come from measuring the space, not from guessing. Get any one of them wrong and you've spent money without solving the problem, or solved it while changing how the room sounds in ways you didn't intend.

If your space rings when you clap, let's figure out the right solution.

13/06/2026

This is why we do what we do.

When Grace Emmanuel Baptist Church renovated their Brady Center for banquets, galas, and community events, they invested significantly in bringing the space up to date. Once the project was complete, the echo made the room practically unusable for the events it was designed for.

That's when they called Memtech Acoustics.

Here's what Dr. Raybenel Turner Sr., Senior Pastor at Grace Emmanuel Baptist Church, had to say:

"From day one to the final completion of the project, it has just been a wonderful experience. The communication was consistent and timely. They were always on time. I would recommend this to anybody having a need to get their sound fixed."

From the first conversation to final installation, our goal is always the same. Understand the problem, walk the client through their options, keep them informed at every stage, and deliver a result that works. No surprises. No loose ends.

A space that sounds right changes how people experience it. That's true whether it's a boardroom, a manufacturing floor, or a banquet hall that needs to serve its community well.

Thank you Dr. Turner and the entire Grace Emmanuel Baptist Church team for trusting us with your space. It was a privilege to be part of the project.

If your facility has an echo or acoustic problem that is getting in the way of how the space is used, let's talk about what the right solution looks like.

12/06/2026

A 0.3-star drop in Google rating costs the average restaurant 10 to 15 percent of new customer acquisition.

The most common single-word trigger for that rating drop is "loud."

Restaurant owners who think about acoustic treatment as an expense are looking at the wrong number. The right number is what a noisy dining room costs in tip percentage on a Friday night, in the table turns lost because guests leave early, and in Google reviews that say "great food, couldn't hear my date."

Reverberation time in a typical hard-surface restaurant without treatment runs between 1.8 and 2.4 seconds. A well-treated room sits between 0.8 and 1.2 seconds. That gap is often the difference between conversation and shouting. Between a guest who orders dessert and one who asks for the check.

Memtech has treated dining rooms in Michigan where the owner saw measurable review improvement within 90 days of installation. We measure the space, engineer the solution, and verify the result after install.

What has a noisy dining room cost you in reviews this year?

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2175 Avon Industrial Drive

48309

Opening Hours

Monday	08:00 - 17:00
Tuesday	08:00 - 17:00
Wednesday	08:00 - 17:00
Thursday	08:00 - 17:00
Friday	08:00 - 17:00

Telephone

+12482891123

Website

http://www.memtechacoustics.com/

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