Industry - Athletic Turf

Profile Products partners with American Excelsior

June 6, 2014By AT Staff

Profile Products, Buffalo Grove, Ill., and American Excelsior, Arlington, Texas, created a partnership within their international sales and marketing units. The partnership provides Profile with a line of erosion control and turf establishment blankets and turf reinforcement mats, while American Excelsior will now have access to Profile’s international distribution network. The companies will collaborate on projects and new product development. The... read more

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Arysta promotes Maravich to T&O business manager

June 3, 2014By AT Staff

Arysta LifeScience North America, based in Cary, N.C., named Michael Maravich business manager, turf & ornamental (T&O). Maravich has been with the Arysta T&O team since January 2008, when he joined as a product manager. He previously worked with LESCO and is based in LaQuinta, Calif. “Michael’s career has been focused on the T&O business, and he is well-positioned within... read more

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Groundskeeper Tech debuts SprinklerMaps software

April 16, 2014By AT Staff

San Diego-based Groundskeeper Tech (GT) released a new mapping software, SprinklerMaps. Working as head groundskeeper at the University of California, GT Founder Mike D’Ascanio grew frustrated with printed-paper landscape maps, which were routinely outdated, inaccurate or flat-out inaccessible, and began developing SprinklerMaps. As an alternative to paper landscape maps, SprinklerMaps gives users the ability to plot their irrigation and utility systems with... read more

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STC 2014 Spring Membership Meeting focuses on science

April 9, 2014By Terrie Ward

The Synthetic Turf Council’s (STC) 2014 Spring Membership Meeting, held from March 17-19 in Las Vegas, attracted 217 company leaders in the synthetic turf industry from around the world. Attendees included manufacturers, suppliers, installers, architects, landscape engineers and testing labs as well as maintenance equipment and service companies. The educational program included presentations on the latest research and science on synthetic turf... read more

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AstroTurf to resurface Oklahoma State’s Boone Pickens Stadium

April 7, 2014By AT Staff

AstroTurf is resurfacing Oklahoma State University’s football stadium, Boone Pickens Stadium, a year after installing two AstroTurf 3D Xtreme practice fields at the Sherman E. Smith Training Center. Installation of the new 76,000 square foot AstroTurf field is scheduled to begin on May 12. The new field at Boone Pickens will be AstroTurf’s 3D Decade product, named “decade” due to its 10-year warranty.... read more

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