by Shelby Becker
The Synthetic Turf Council is a non-profit trade association that utilizes the pillars of advocacy, education, marketing efforts, and networking to communicate the benefits of synthetic turf to the world. The STC pools the latest technology, research, and expertise within the artificial grass industry to foster growth within the market. By collectively demanding higher standards, the STC works with industry leaders to accomplish their mission. The agency also serves to debunk popular misconceptions about synthetic turf and reinforce the benefits that these surfaces provide to athletes, teams, and communities.
Several members of our team are currently in Cleveland, Ohio for the 2018 STC Membership Meeting. The STC Meeting is a great opportunity to be surrounded by sports field builders, consultants, synthetic lawn providers, and other market participants to discuss the development of synthetic turf going into the following year. We’re excited to discuss changes going on in the industry and opportunities for growth as synthetic turf continues to expand across the world.
Learn how our synthetic turf is beneficial to athletes.
Be sure to keep up to date on all of our turf projects and more by following us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Shelby Becker is a creative content creator and marketing specialist at Act Global. She’s an animal rights activist, avid concert-goer, and scary movie enthusiast. Follow her on LinkedIn .
For more information, contact marketing at sbecker@actglobal.com
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by Shelby Becker
Happy get to know your customers day! As a global synthetic turf manufacturer, we recognize that the needs and values of those that utilize our products differ widely by region. It is because of this that we take the time to craft each of our artificial grass systems to maximize the use of land. Each of our divisions is consumer-centric and designed to enhance lives through sports, landscapes, aviation, and ground enclosures.
Our Xtreme Turf brand is currently on location in 6 different continents, in over 90 countries, and totaling over 1,700 fields. With this global community of sports fields, someone is playing on one of our fields every second, every day. Across the globe, the variation of sports played demands special attention for the design of synthetic turf in order to amplify safety, comfort, and playability. Because no sport is played the same, no field should be built the same. By manipulating the density, fiber shape and height, and infill type, Act Global is able to cater our fields to the teams using them. We support athletes, teams, and communities and their pursuit to Play More.
Where are you in the world, and what is your favorite sport to play?
Learn how our synthetic turf is beneficial to athletes.
Be sure to keep up to date on all of our turf projects and more by following us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Shelby Becker is a creative content creator and marketing specialist at Act Global. She’s an animal rights activist, avid concert-goer, and scary movie enthusiast. Follow her on LinkedIn .
For more information, contact marketing at sbecker@actglobal.com
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by Shelby Becker
Synthetic turf is a cost-effective alternative to natural grass that usually pays for itself within 3-4 years in part due to reduced maintenance and care requirements. By eliminating the need for consistent mowing, irrigation, chemical treatments, artificial grass gives players the opportunity to spend more time on the field. While much less time and money are necessary for the upkeep of synthetic turf fields, there are techniques we recommend to maximize playability and the life of the field.
Sweeping is a maintenance term that involves cleaning and grooming synthetic turf fields. This recommended procedure should be completed on a regular basis by trained personnel to keep players as safe as possible. Over time, natural debris can collect on a field and pose a risk to athletes. Part of
Act Global understands the need for player safety and uses extensive research-backed engineering and natural grass benchmark testing to develop artificial grass surfaces that address this. The growth in synthetic turf gives schools, facilities, and communities a unique opportunity to select a field that is superior to traditional surfaces by using scientific advancements. It is up to the individuals in charge of their athlete’s safety to demand safer surfaces and Act Global already strives to exceed this charge.
Learn how our synthetic turf is beneficial to athletes.
Be sure to keep up to date on all of our turf projects and more by following us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Shelby Becker is a creative content creator and marketing specialist at Act Global. She’s an animal rights activist, avid concert-goer, and scary movie enthusiast. Follow her on LinkedIn .
For more information, contact marketing at sbecker@actglobal.com
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by Shelby Becker
Located on the outskirts of Toronto on the edge of Lake Ontario is a large and up-and-coming city. Mississauga is an extremely active community in a variety of sports and activities, so its necessary for the city to provide amenities that support this lifestyle.
Last year Mississauga elected to install two multi-use artificial grass fields within a local park. The high-performance synthetic turf fields are located at Iceland Park, a state of the art facility that offers many sports and recreational amenities for the area. Both fields sit within the 160-acre park with vibrant markings for any sports team to train. The fields are made entirely of professional-grade synthetic turf, the same turf seen in stadiums across the world.
Almost a year after installation, our partners captured aerial imagery of the fields that are still looking vibrant and plush. The Xtreme Turf fields completed with EcoFill from Mondo and ProPlay underlay from Schmitz Foam was installed by Carpell Surfaces. Carpell Surfaces is a leading supplier and installer of synthetic sports surfaces across Canada. The company has an excellent reputation for top-quality installations in sports facilities at major universities, colleges and schools, as well as high-profile sporting events.
Learn how our synthetic turf is beneficial to athletes.
Be sure to keep up to date on all of our turf projects and more by following us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Shelby Becker is a creative content creator and marketing specialist at Act Global. She’s an animal rights activist, avid concert-goer, and scary movie enthusiast. Follow her on LinkedIn .
For more information, contact marketing at sbecker@actglobal.com
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by Shelby Becker
Athletes are constantly jumping, stopping, and switching direction. This repetitive impact with the ground has the potential to have multifaceted effects on an individual’s body- especially over years of training. These effects are exacerbated further by playing surfaces that are too hard, soft, or uneven. The most common injuries of athletes including fractures (18%), sprains (33%), bruises and abrasions (16%), and internal organ injuries and concussions (12%) each can be related back to fatigue- a natural result of training on irregular surfaces.
Shock absorbency can be related to the hardness of a surface and how well it is able to convert kinetic energy from an athlete to another form within the ground. If a training field does not provide proper shock absorbancy, the energy will stay within the athlete’s body and can destabilize joint and ligaments upon each impact with the ground. However, there must be a balance between a groundcover’s ability to absorb stress and shock and its resistance to vertical deformation. When a field “gives in” upon impact, a person’s natural foot stability can be thrown off. The harmony between both these critical factors is significant to the safety and performance of athletes.
Act Global understands the need for player safety and uses extensive research-backed engineering and natural grass benchmark testing to develop artificial grass surfaces that address this. The growth in synthetic turf gives schools, facilities, and communities a unique opportunity to select a field that is superior to traditional surfaces by using scientific advancements. It is up to the individuals in charge of their athlete’s safety to demand safer surfaces and Act Global already strives to exceed this charge.
Learn how our synthetic turf is beneficial to athletes.
Be sure to keep up to date on all of our turf projects and more by following us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Shelby Becker is a creative content creator and marketing specialist at Act Global. She’s an animal rights activist, avid concert-goer, and scary movie enthusiast. Follow her on LinkedIn .
For more information, contact marketing at sbecker@actglobal.com
