International Installation: Motorul Stadium
FC UTA Arad, also known as The Old Lady, has roots dating back over 70 years of almost instant success including two championship titles. The team stayed competitive throughout the country for several years before entering a sharp decline that led to its disbanding in 2014. Several key individuals, including a former player, did not accept that this was the end for UTA Arad and started a new team under the name UTA Bătrâna Doamnă. The team has fought its way to regain support from the community and fans after restarting from the 2014 ashes of the original team. In just a few years the new club had risen in rankings from Liga IV (the fourth level within the Romanian football system) to Liga II. Last year the team recovered the name FC UTA Arad as the official and legal successor of the original team.
UTA Arad’s current home ground is the recently renovated Motorul Stadium. This year the local stadium was expanded to double the seating capacity and the natural grass field was replaced with a world-class synthetic turf system. The artificial grass surface features a monofilament, diamond-shaped fiber that is specialized to support soccer players. The carefully crafted Xtreme Turf field is fast but firm so that athletes can move quickly and safely without fear excess fatigue that can lead to injuries of the lower extremities.
UTA Arad currently ranks 3rd within Liga II and has a stacked fall season of matches.
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The FIFA Quality Programme is a code of standards meant to grow the game of football across the world. The programme sets requirements for product specifications and ethical business practices so that players, clubs, and associations can be confident that the companies they work with are as dedicated to football as they are. FIFA has spent years working with top research teams across the world to protect players by identifying areas of improvement for safety and performance. In working with universities and sports organizations, the programme is able to use scientific insights to improve its regulations. By demanding compliance with the World Federation of Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI), FIFA can monitor each company’s adherence to corporate social responsibility on a yearly basis. WFSGI’s pledge to the FIFA Quality Programme establishes a continuous renewal of commitment to bettering the world through sound business practices.
Act Global takes deep pride to be recognized by FIFA as a Quality Licensee. Engineering safer, more comfortable sports surfaces for athletes across the world is our top priority, and we applaud the effort by FIFA to raise the standard for synthetic turf surfaces. Act Global utilizes FIFA’s benchmarks in every step of our product manufacturing process- from development to production- to ensure that our artificial grass systems meet the highest internationally-set standards. We promise to continue to abide by these standards so that we can help improve our world through labor rights while developing the game of football.
Mizoram is a densely forested state within the northeastern region of India. The state is highly undisturbed in nature with most of the land encompassing hills, rivers, valleys, and lakes. The state’s lush landscape is heavily influenced by monsoons causing chronic rainfall throughout summer months and little to no rainfall in winter months. While the natural vegetation is able to cope with this variance, grass used for outdoor sports fields cannot. Maintaining a natural grass, high-level football field can be next to impossible for many cities in Mizoram.
Situated in a remote location, eight hours drive from the Mizoram state capital of Aizawl, a mountainous, football-crazy part of the country with a desire to deliver top quality football turf surfaces. Xtreme Turf D60-360 SBR was selected for its proven durability and player comfort. The high face weight was selected to cope with the high traffic and all-day, all-weather utilization of the field by the local and regional communities. We could not achieve this result without our partners, Décor India, who have had a team stationed at the site for many months in order to assure the location is remote but the result is of international standards. The Xtreme Turf pitch is a truly level playing field.
Located in the booming region of Badung within central Bali is a sports club that is revolutionizing the way soccer is played in the area with the introduction of world-class synthetic turf from Act Global. Progresif Football Centre’s outstanding facility has been developing footballers in Bandung since 2011 and services local staff teams from companies such as McDonalds Staff and KFC. The club also has a reputation for developing several players that have gone on to play professionally in Indonesia, in particular, one ex-Progresif player now plays on the Liga 1 team Bali Utd. With a longstanding reputation for all weather, high-quality football surfaces, Xtreme Turf was an excellent match for the football centre. Xtreme Turf has a proven record of performance across the ASEAN region, withstanding heavy climactic rains.
Football is extremely popular in Indonesia and having world-class facilities will help to unlock the huge potential of young Indonesian players. The all-weather capability of the field is important for Progresif to maximise field usage. Premium Interindo offers comprehensive after sales service which is a vital part of the success of high traffic football centres such as Progresif Bandung.