Our product is a low cost, easy to use, and suitable for all hospital wards acoustic curtain with antimicrobial properties that runs from the ceiling to the floor for effective soundproofing and privacy. Made using 6-rigid polyurethane foam sandwiched in between polypropylene fabric, and has an absorption coefficient of 0.8. It is effective in soundproofing against both low and high-frequency sounds. It is light and has good thermal insulating properties. The curtain is fire redundant and offers a cool, private environment for the patient. The materials used are environmentally friendly. It is aesthetically pleasing.

The low cost used to come up with our product will ensure the cost friendliness of our product. The polypropylene fibers that are part of the materials used in making the curtain has a low cost of as low as Ksh. 370 per kilogram. Additionally, since most public hospitals use curtains to partition their wards, our product will be easily marketable. Besides, the technology incorporated in coming up with the soundproof curtain is efficient in noise dampening hence preferred to the normal curtains.
Our product shall mainly be supported by our target clients, who will benefit from it. Their support would be mainly via the purchases they make as well as their interest in our product.

Our major clients shall be hospitals, as the sound proof curtain shall be used in room partitions or ward partitions. Reaching these users would be through physically creating awareness about our product, in form of marketing it. We shall also send direct mails to various hospitals with the aim to capture their attention and release information about our product to them. We shall also ensure our product is available in search engines to make it searchable. Above all, when physically informing clients about our product, using testimonials would bolster our reputation. 

The curtain will be assembled by external companies. Material for making the curtain will be outsourced. The polypropylene fabric will be obtained from textile companies while the polyurethane foam and the rails will also be procured.
Once the curtain is put up on the curtain rod, the user does not need any technical knowledge on the operation of the curtain.

• Polypropylene fibres at Kshs. 370 per kilogram. Polyurethane foam at Kshs. 1,400 per 10kg. Textile waste at Kshs. 300 per kilogram.
• The following costs will be determined in situ:
  • Cost of production of the product by external companies.
  • Research and development team
  • Marketing activities
  • Transport costs
  • Operation costs - paying workers and distributors

Ideally, once the project has passed all the relevant documentation and certifications, we intend to target India as an epicenter with which we will center our growth from due to its high population density. Closer to home, it has been our realization that most wards weren’t designed with the idea of seriously limiting noise. That will be also a point of growth of this project if we are going to be able to see it to fruition.

The design is expected to be improved over time as this is the way of technology. We would be glad to have collaborations amongst worldwide companies to be able to achieve this. Curtain weight is still an issue and we hope that it can be improved in years to come. This could be possible if a different material composition is defined and whether packaging techniques are going to be improved over the years and that is the path we see it take over a period of time.