Team Feature: US Sales Team
This week we've been lucky enough several visitors come to our headquarters in Austin, Texas. The Act Global US sales team has been in office and has had a busy past few days filled with learning opportunities, group challenges, and exploring the Austin nightlife. The...
Installation Play-by-Play: St. John Vianney
Work is almost complete at the Holmdel, New Jersey high school, Saint John Vianney. Later this month the school will be opening its doors back up after the long summer months and will host practices and gamedays to its 30 different varsity teams and more secondary...
Preseason: The Return of Professional Football
Professional football has officially returned to us with the first preseason game scheduled for tomorrow. We're excited to get back to cheering on our favorite teams after the long hiatus following the draft back in April and can't wait for all 32 teams to hit the...
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Xtreme Turf DX60 Successfully Installed at Kamuzu Stadium, Malawi
Famous football stadium replaces its existing,ten-year-old Act Global artificial turf field with the world-renowned Xtreme Turf DX60 football turf system. The original turf was installed by Act Global in 2008 as part of the FIFA GOAL Programme and has been used for...
Field Feature Friday: Transforming Tennis Courts With Xtreme Turf
SEARA Sports brings Xtreme Turf to Chiang Mai's luxury resort, Fours Seasons. The large northern Thailand city of Chiang Mai offers a rich cultural history dating back to 1294 and is a popular destination for Thailand's exploding tourism. The city faces an intense...
Installation TBT: Rancho Park Golf Course
Located on the eastern side of sunny Los Angelos is a public golf course in the Rancho Park community that has roots dating back to 1947. The historic course draws in large attendances each week to try out the challenging and technical course that has been host to 25...
Austintown Fitch High School Sets the Standard for Sports Facilities with New Synthetic Turf Fields
Renovations of Falcon Stadium, Richard L. Coppola Field, and a new practice field maximize playability for the school and community. Ground broke on November 8th, 2017 on Austintown Fitch’s new sports complex to feature professional-quality artificial grass on the...
Event: Texas High School Coaches Association 2018 Convention
Yesterday, Sunday, July 22 kicked off the 2018 convention of the Texas High School Coaches Association in San Antonio, Texas. The comprehensive conference brings together coaches and administrators from across the state alongside leading individuals at the...
KYA Active Expands to the Texas Market
High-performance, turn-key solutions for athletic infrastructure from the prominent KYA brand are now available to Texas public sector. Austin, TX- KYA Active, a division of The KYA Group, specializes in delivering consistent and unparalleled design and construction...
AvTurf Topic: Pilot Safety
Often traditional grass within airports is subject to harsh climatic factors that lead to brown spots or full-on browning of the entire patch. To combat this takes detailed maintenance and upkeep and a significant amount of planning for runway and taxiway closures. In...
International Installation: Yishun Secondary School
Located on the northern edge of the island city-state of Singapore is a progressive secondary school with a new, state-of-the-art multi-use athletic field. Committed to the ideals of a holistic education, Yishun Secondary School (YSS) has built an environment for...
Field Feature Friday: Strength and Durability of The Woodlands
The Act Global team has been working away just outside Houston, Texas, checking up on the bear branch community soccer fields in The Woodlands. The installation of our Xtreme Turf at this large, multifield complex was completed throughout 2012 and 2013 to satisfy the...
Employee Feature: Conquering a Triathlon
This past weekend Act Global's sales manager for Eastern Europe participated in one of the most strenuous and testing physical competitions, all while sporting the Act Global name. Triathalon Radlow is an annual 2-day event that pushes athletes to their limits and...
AvTurf Event: Florida Airports Council 2018
This Sunday kicks off the 49th annual conference and exhibition of the Florida Airports Council in sunny Orange County. The conference is a learning and networking opportunity for airports across the state to stay on the cutting edge of technology available to them....
Installation Play-By-Play: St. John Vianney High School
Saint John Vianney High School is a community staple within Holmdel, New Jersey and has gained national recognition for its commitment to excellence in all aspects of a student's education, including athletics. This is built from a foundation in nurturing student's...
Field Feature Friday: Celebrating Soccer Worldwide
Today kicked off the quarterfinals of the biggest competition in soccer with 8 teams still in the running to be the 2018 champions. This competition draws in the audience of about half the world's population and is consistently ranked in the top watched sporting...
Installation Play-By-Play: AZC Zutphen
Earlier this summer the Zutphen, Netherlands based soccer club AZC updated the surface of one of its main practice fields to the technological efficiency and playability of Xtreme Grass. The hybrid system was chosen due to the stabilization properties that allow the...
New Field Ground Breaking Ceremony
Recently ground broke on a revolutionary artificial grass field hockey facility in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. The ceremony attracted many community members and teams related to the design and implementation of the new pitch, and even brought out the Sports Minister of...
Double Field Feature: University of Houston Football
Summer is in full swing in Texas, but here at Act Global's corporate office, we're dreaming of the fall. Along with cooler weather, the start of September is synonymous with the start of football season. For Texans, high school, college, and pro football game days are...
AvTurf Feature: Orlando Sanford International Airport
Orlando-Sanford International Airport (SFB) is one of the top 30 airports in the world and dominates south-eastern regional travel to and from the Orlando area. Annual traffic through SFB is increasing each year with almost 3 million passengers in 2017. For some time,...
Why Schools Are Switching to Artificial Grass
More and more schools across the globe are making the transition to synthetic turf fields because they recognize the long-term value and the benefits artificial grass poses. In an article posted recently by Channel News Asia, Journalist Lianne Chia details the push...
Field Feature Friday: Granja Comary Football Complex
Just over a week into the 2018 World Cup, and competition is fierce between each of the countries' national teams. This morning was kicked off with a match between Brazil and Costa Rica where Brazil secured the win in the 90th minute of the game. Brazil's next match...
AvTurf Feature: Detroit Metro Wayne Airport
As a major airline hub serving the Great Lakes region of the United States, Detroit Metro Wayne Airport (DTW) is one of the busiest airports in the nation. With a total of almost 35 million passengers in 2017, DTW's operational efficiency is vital to helping almost...
Installation Feature: Sir Sandford Fleming College
The urban campus of Sir Sandford Fleming College serves as an applied arts and technology institution that allows individuals to continue their education in a unique learning environment that puts students first. The distinguished school has a mission to create an...
Field Feature Friday: The Master’s Academy
Located in sunny Oviedo, Florida is the Pre-K-12th-grade private school, The Master's Academy. The school has grown over the past 30 years to be highly successful by mentoring young students to strive for excellence. In addition to a robust academics department, the...
International Installation: Swiss Agorespace Field
For over 20 years, Agorespace has produced multisport games areas in Europe. In this time, Agorespace has perfected the design of a functional games space that is unrivaled in quality and environmental responsibility. With a belief that sports fields should be safe...
AvTurf Feature: Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
As the main international airport servicing Spain and the largest airport in Europe, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas (MAD) handled over 53 million passengers and had over 387,000 aircraft movements throughout 2017. With the high volume of people and aircrafts traveling...
Installation Play-By-Pay: India
Mizoram, India is currently in the process of building a new world-class artificial grass field for the community. The Xtreme Turf-dressed pitch will be a focal point for the state and give residents a new opportunity to stay active and develop their skills. This is...
Field Feature Friday: AZC Zutphen
Since its founding in 1918, Zvv AZC has been a soccer club with the purpose of creating a community of teams that are united by their love for the sport. AZC believes that this love starts with children which is why there is a specific emphasis on encouraging children...
International Installations: Poland
Act Global is honored to have the privilege of serving athletes worldwide by providing reliable and safe synthetic turf systems. This summer three football facilities in Poland are building or upgrading their fields to Act Global's trusted Xtreme Turf systems. KS...
International Installation: Voetbalvereniging AD69
As the home base and training center for several teams, Voetbalvereniging AD69 was founded in 1969 with roots even earlier. The Netherlands soccer club came from the merging of VV Alten and DVO and was officially recognized by the KNVB as a soccer club on July 1st....
Field Feature Friday: Sportpark Oranje
Sportpark Oranje is a local Netherlands football facility that hosts gameplay for several teams in the area. Of these, VV Oranje Nassau Roden (ONR) comprises 5 senior teams, 14 youth teams, and 3 G-teams that utilize the fields of Sportpark Oranje. From these teams, a...
Installation Play-By-Play: Kamuzu Stadium
Kamuzu Stadium is a multipurpose facility that serves the people of Blantyre, Malawi. The 65,000-person capacity stadium is most notably used for football, the most popular sport in the country. As the host of many football teams and leagues, Kamuzu Stadium is...
International Installation: V.V. Holten
In the 95 years since its founding, V.V. Holten has grown from humble beginnings of establishment within the bakery of the Wansink brothers to a 730-member association of dedicated amateur football players. The Netherlands-based club offers teams for boys and girls...
Installation Spotlight: Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Jacobi Medical Center
As part of the North Bronx Healthcare Network of New York City's Health and Hospitals Corporation, Jacobi Medical Center serves to teach residents in an environment established in excellence with top-rated centers and resources. The center serves an extremely diverse...
Xtreme Grass: The Hybrid Method
Xtreme Grass is a reinforced natural grass system that can be utilized for full field installations or high wear zones. The system features an open weave mat-backing and synthetic turf fibers that allow natural grass to grow upwards between the polyethylene fibers and...
Field Feature Friday: Pauline Johnson Collegiate
Pauline Johnson Collegiate is a composite high school in Brantford, Ontario with departments specializing in both vocational and collegiate educational strategies. The school's athletic department offers a variety of teams for competitive play under the Thunderbird...
AvTurf Feature: Daniel K. Inouye International Airport
Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) is one of the most trafficked airports in the United States with a yearly passenger count exceeding 21 million. The highly-utilized facility features multiple infield islands, so in 2015 HNL updated 63,000 square feet of...
AvTurf Feature: Chicago O’Hare International Airport
Chicago O'Hare International Airport is the second busiest airport in North America with almost 77 million annual passengers, a number expected to grow at a rate of 10% in the coming years. Service roads are used by airport emergency and service vehicles to minimize...
Field Feature Friday: San Cristóbal Stadium
San Cristóbal Stadium is a sports facility located in the Chiriquí Province of Panama. The stadium opened in 1999 and is now home to Atlético Chiriquí, a local football club. Atlético Chiriquí has risen from second-tier competition play from its start in 2002 to...
Installation Feature: Mt. San Jacinto College
Mt. San Jacinto College (MSJC) is a community of five locations within Riverside County, California. Each member of the student body, totaling over 16,200, has the opportunity to enrich their studies with an array of extracurricular activities, including 10 sports...
Installation Feature: Foothill High School
Foothill is one of four public high schools in Tustin Unified School District. Since its opening in 1963, Foothill High School has gained recognition in many aspects of student life by providing superior resources to learners. Fostering the growth of many notable...
Installation Play-by-Play: Fort Osage High School
Fort Osage High School is a public high school located in Jackson County, Missouri. The district elected to transform the city's football stadium with a professional quality artificial grass system from Act Global. The new surface will feature a vibrant green field...
Field Feature Friday: Emirates Club RAK & Al Karmel SC
Emirates Club is going on 50 years of presence in professional football within UAE. Since 1969, Emirates Club RAK has attracted top athletes that have gained recognition for the club after winning the UAE President's Cup and UAE Super Cup. The club has also been a...
Installation Video: SSV Rhade
Do you know what it takes to build a world-class field? Check out this awesome time-lapse of our international partner, Sallandse United, installing SSV Rhade's new Act Global synthetic turf pitch! https://youtu.be/1gskDzeoklk Learn how our synthetic turf is...
Act Global’s Elite Artificial Grass Technology Successfully Installed at Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Commodore Hendy Field now features a synthetic turf system from the world-class manufacturer Buzzards Bay, MA- Despite challenging weather conditions, Act Global of Austin, TX, working together with Argus Construction of Bedford, MA and Activitas Inc. of Dedham, MA,...
Baseball Natural Grass Benchmark Testing
With Spring and Summer baseball seasons upon us and athletes practicing long hours each week, it is important for coaches of all levels to be aware of what field surface their players are on. Many of the most common sports injuries are related to fatigue, which can be...
Field Feature Friday: Jumeirah Park School
Dubai British School at Jumeirah Park is a multicultural school for students years 1-13 and is located on the southeastern edge of Dubai. The school has built a community of encouragement that allows students to thrive in all aspects of their education and growth....
How to Save Water This Summer
As summer months draw nearer, so too do the threat of annual water shortages and droughts and water restrictions. With temperatures rising it is important to be even more cognizant of your individual water usage. The use of artificial grass helps save an estimated 3-6...
International Installation: Reach British School
Reach believes that students are the best learners when they are happy, challenged, and stimulated. This breeds an environment at the school that is well rounded and offers kids a variety of academic and extracurricular activities to participate in. The ability to...