Labosport
Labosport Group is the most established and comprehensive sports field testing and certification company in the world. Since 1993, its labs and consultancy services set the standard for validating sports surfaces, focusing heavily on both synthetic and natural turf. Clients benefit from its unrivalled experience in sports surface safety, performance, durability, and sustainability, including its pledge to environmental responsibility. Labosport Group is recognized for its extensive contribution in research and development, and its partnerships with industry leaders to advance industry knowledge, inspire innovation and improve assessment practices. Labosport Group is engaged in cultivating the next generation of industry leaders and experts through its training programs that examine an extensive range of sports surface management needs, incorporating both theory and practical discipline.
FIFA introduces new category
FIFA has announced the establishment of a category that is relevant for football surfaces. In addition to FIFA approved football surfaces, FIFA Preferred Producers and FIFA approved testing institutes, FIFA has now also established the FIFA Research Institutes for Football Technology Innovation category.
Establishing grass health and condition with one device
The Labosport Redbox simultaneously maps the density and colour of grass surfaces objectively and consistently. The lightweight and easy to operate device improves the ergonomics of testing surfaces and works on any cool or warm season grass type. All numerical and visual data collected is stored in one folder and can be accessed by the client through an app from a client-specific dashboard.
Thomas Turf Services simplifies soil testing
Thomas Turf Services (TTS) has taken its mission to aid the building and maintaining of the best possible quality turf facilities to another level by simplifying the testing of soils. The new Golf Green Health Indexing service delivers results without disturbing the surface and represents a new tool for turf managers to use.