FEATURE 1:
FIELDTURF SAVES OVER 23 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER: As the industry pioneer of new generation artificial turf, FieldTurf has made environmental best practices part of its corporate culture since the very beginning. And with over 23 billion gallons of water saved since its inception in the mid-1990s that would have otherwise been used in natural grass lawns, playgrounds, and sports fields, the safest and most durable turf on earth has become the most environmentally beneficial landscaping solution in the world. To view a real time ticker of the water being saved with FieldTurf, please visit www.fieldturf.com or www.fieldturfgreenscapes.com
FieldTurf is also safe for pets because of its environmentally sound silica sand, recycled rubber, and polyethylene components along with its ability to provide an aesthetically perfect lawn. The complete elimination of pesticides and lawnmower use also contributes to a healthier lifestyle for both humans and pets. Over the last decade, in addition to saving a substantial amount of water, FieldTurf has eliminated over 120 million pounds of pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and fertilizers that would have been used on natural grass surfaces.
“FieldTurf has long been at the forefront of positive environmental turf technology,” said FieldTurf CEO Joe Fields. “With the increasing amount of FieldTurf lawns and sports fields being installed every year, homeowners, cities, counties, and state departments can rest assured that we are doing our part towards the conservation of precious resources and the elimination of harmful products and chemicals involved with regular sod landscaping.”
In many states there are water shortages and emphasis on eliminating the use of products that harm the environment such as pesticides and lawnmower gas. The FieldTurf product is designed to outperform strict standards that exist for landscape applications. The same qualities that make FieldTurf an outstanding surface for sports fields makes it ideal for landscaping. In addition to saving large amounts of potable water each year, FieldTurf lawns and sports fields drain many times faster than regular sod, allowing our most valued resource to quickly get back into the water cycle.
FieldTurf helps organizations earn the necessary points needed for U.S. Green Building Council LEED certification. FieldTurf's reused rubber content and water use reduction, among other factors, can contribute numerous points towards LEED certification. FieldTurf is also a proud member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenscapes program that aims towards providing cost-efficient and environmentally friendly solutions for landscaping. read more
FEATURE 2:
FIELDTURF IN SPOTLIGHT FOR 2008 FIFA U20 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP CHILE: The world’s top players will play once again on FieldTurf for a FIFA World Cup – this time for the women’s U20 World Cup. The 2008 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Final, third place match, and quarter-finals, among 6 other preliminary games, will be played on the FieldTurf surface at Estadio Municipal de la Florida, permanent home to CD Audax Italiano, in Santiago de Chile, Nov. 19-Dec. 7, 2008.
“We are delighted that yet another FIFA World Cup will be played on FieldTurf,” stated FieldTurf Tarkett CEO Joe Fields. “During the men’s FIFA U20 World Cup held in 2007, the players overwhelmingly rated FieldTurf as the best synthetic surface in the tournament. We have put a lot of research into developing the world’s best soccer-specific surface and I have no doubt that some of the world’s brightest female football stars will enjoy the turf. FieldTurf surfaces consistently provide a pitch that allows the focus to remain on speed, skill, and superior ball-roll characteristics.”
“FieldTurf’s ideal biomechanical properties have made it the standard for high quality surfacing and the players have taken note,” said Hank Steinbrecher, former Secretary General of the U.S. Soccer Federation. “The key with a FieldTurf pitch is that the technology was developed by athletes who understood what today’s players need to perform at the highest of levels. Since the very beginning, FieldTurf always emphasized proper ball roll, safety, and overall grass-like playability when developing its products.”
From June 30th – July 22nd, 2007 the world’s elite young soccer talents competed in the FIFA U-20 Men’s World Cup Canada 2007. 24 teams from around the world made history as they participated in the first FIFA World Cup ever to be played on artificial turf. Almost half of the 52 matches including the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals were featured on the FieldTurf at BMO Field in Toronto and Montreal’s Olympic Stadium.
In addition to the U20 World Cups, other recent matches of note on FieldTurf include the Euro 2008 qualifier between Russia and England at Luzhniki Stadium in Russia, the 2008 Major League Soccer (MLS) All-Star game, the 2010 World Cup qualifier between Costa Rica and El Salvador, UEFA Cup Qualifiers, along with pivotal MLS and United Soccer Leagues (USL) championship games, among many others.
FieldTurf has been setting performance standards in the artificial turf industry since the very beginning. It was the first synthetic turf brand to receive the coveted ‘FIFA Recommended’ certification. read more
FEATURE 3:
MASSILLON HIGH SCHOOL GETS PRO FACILITY WITH FIELDTURF : The 80,000-square-foot building, which is 20,000 square feet larger than the Cleveland Browns' indoor facility, doesn't simply benefit the football team. Most other prep sports at Massillon – whether it's the golf team or baseball team hitting into the intricate net system, the softball squad staying warm in the middle of winter, the band fine-tuning its performance or the participants in the youth flag football league playing – take advantage of the enormous building.
All of this is made possible by a remarkable FieldTurf surface that will allow for consistent high performance by all Massillon teams that use it.
In fact, the entire football-crazy community seemingly is receiving its benefits. One reason is because the entire $6 million DREAM project (the next phase includes an 18,000-square-foot sports medicine building) is privately funded through the Paul & Carol David Foundation, which last year awarded 80 scholarships valued at $5,500 each to Massillon students in need.
Paul David grew up in Massillon, Ohio, admiring Paul Brown - then the coach of the Massillon Tigers' high school football program.
Paul Brown – then the founder and owner of the Cincinnati Bengals – died in 1991, and Paul David passed away 11 years later. But Jeff David, in the town in which Paul Brown is still revered, is determined to keep the relationship between his father and Brown in the community's conscience.
That's one of the reasons why his foundation established the "DREAM project" and embarked on building the first indoor practice facility for a high school team in the state. It's right next door to Paul Brown Tiger Stadium, where Massillon plays its home games before thousands of fans. As the first step in the DREAM project, the $3 million Paul L. David Athletic Training Center was erected.
"Massillon High School is ahead of us," Bengals owner Mike Brown, the oldest son of Paul Brown, told the Cleveland Plain Dealer when asked about the indoor facility. "We don't have one."
Massillon HS athletes are blessed with one of the best high school indoor sports facilities in the country read more
