New chair for CEN-TC 217
CEN-TC 217, the technical committee for sports surfaces of the European Committee for Standardization, has appointed Roberto Armeni as the new…
US recycling facility plans disclosed
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, will become the site for the first synthetic turf recycling facility in the US, Danish company Re-Match…
New CEO for the Synthetic Turf Council (STC)
Melanie Taylor has replaced Dan Bond as CEO of the Synthetic Turf Council (STC), the industry body for the synthetic…
GBN-AGR and Sport Group to explore cooperation
Synthetic turf recycling company GBN-AGR and Sport Group have signed a Letter of Intent to join forces in the development…
Re-Match next to introduce sleeving
Re-Match is the next company to introduce sleeving. This concept ensures that all material is contained in the rolls from…
French study: 60% of sponsors will not continue sponsoring clubs
Union Sport & Cycle, a French federation for the sports infrastructure industry, has calculated a EUR 3.1 billion loss of…
“Wimbledon in late summer impossible”
Wimbledon head groundsman Neil Stubley has explained that the low sun in late summer makes it impossible to play Wimbledon…
Killaloe tennis club investments €740,000 in facility
Killaloe tennis club will add two more courts and cover one court permanently. The club has secured planning permission as…
Tuf Recycling covers synthetic turf
Tuf Recycling in Dongen, the Netherlands, has covered the discarded synthetic turf mats on the site again. The municipality of…
Ten million euros extra for sports facilities in financially weak communities
The Bavaria province in Germany has allocated an additional 10 million euros for the construction of sports infrastructure in financially…