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Curtains Wrap up Sound Problem

From Goffs Enterprises, Inc.

Unfortunately production operations can be the source of all kinds of pollution.
One of the hardest to manage is noise. Studies show it can cause damage to hearing and is a real distraction that eats at productivity.
Friction Stir Link, Inc had to deal with that problem for a year and a half before finding Goff's Acoustical Curtain Walls to make their facility quieter. But lower productivity wasn't the only threat to their bottom line. The owner next door was bathed in the same disturbance and his employees were very unhappy.

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