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What is FieldTurf?

ByGuy Oldenkotte

Sep 26, 2022
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FieldTurf is a North-American producer and installer of synthetic turf surfaces. The company is part of the French company Tarkett.

FieldTurf was widely regarded as the inventor of third-generation synthetic turf surfaces when the company introduced long-pile synthetic turf with crumb rubber infill in the mid 90s. The concept enabled new markets like the American Football, soccer and rugby markets to consider synthetic turf as a surface. The use of crumb rubber was hailed in those days as a solution to solve the ever-growing pile of end-of-life tyres. At the time, no real technology or concept had been developed to recycle those tyres.

Guy Oldenkotte

Guy Oldenkotte is senior editor of sportsfields.info and has been covering the outdoor sportssurfaces market and industry since 2003

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