Athletic Turf News

Polytex USA launches new artificial turf yarn

April 19, 2013 By Kelly Limpert

Polytex USA has introduced its new star-shaped artificial turf monofilament yarn that is optimized for abrasion resistance and offers an extra wide blade design. The new star shape maintains its durability with a thickness of 315 Microns while enhancing the ...

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Who do you call when you need quality turfgrass sod?

April 18, 2013 By Jim Novak, Turfgrass Producers International – TPI

Whether you’re a landscape contractor, golf course superintendent, park district field supervisor, sports field manager, or a professional lawn care operator, it’s likely you have something in common with your fellow professionals who are responsible for anything to do with ...

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Synthetic Turf Council hosts pre-conference seminar

April 18, 2013 By Terrie Ward

The Synthetic Turf Council’s (STC) spring membership meeting attracted 177 members and guests from 102 companies in the synthetic turf industry, including builders, landscape architects, testing labs, maintenance providers, manufacturers, suppliers, installation contractors, infill material suppliers and other specialty service ...

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Turface Athletics launches ‘Watch and Win’

March 29, 2013 By Golfdom staff

Turface Athletics launched a new expanded online video library at Turface.com. The free online video library boasts more than a dozen video segments intended to educate sports field managers at any level of play on the latest maintenance and renovation ...

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UCCS breaks ground on parking structure/athletic field

March 6, 2013 By Golfdom staff

DENVER—Mortenson Construction began construction two weeks ago on the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs (UCCS) parking structure located on Stanton Street on campus. The project, valued at $21 million, is a 1,230-stall, cast-in-place structure that includes an athletic field on the ...

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STMA seeks 2014 presentation entries