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by Shelby Becker
One of our dedicated sales reps recently traveled to Siloam Springs, Arkansas to check up on a past installation at the city’s local high school. The school is situated at the foothill of the Ozark Mountains and located in a growing town on the Arkansas border that maintains its small-town charm.
In 2016 the Siloam Springs Panthers advanced to 6A status within the state’s 6A West Conference. As part of the state’s second-largest conference, Siloam Springs requires a highly durable sports surface that could stand up to the high use of the multiple teams that utilize the field for practice and play. The Panthers chose Act Global synthetic turf for its proven durability and safety to enhance the performance of these growing athletes. This is proven with over 100 laboratory tests and natural grass benchmarks to ensure each field of Act Global offers protection to athletes so that they can play at their peak.
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Shelby Becker is a creative content creator and marketing specialist at Act Global. She’s an animal rights activist, avid concert-goer, and scary movie enthusiast. Follow her on LinkedIn .
For more information, contact marketing at sbecker@actglobal.com
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by Shelby Becker
This week Itanagar, India celebrated the opening of the opening of the city’s first synthetic turf pitch at Sangay Lhaden Sports Academy. The inaugural event gathered together Arunachal Pradesh Chief minister Pema Khandu, Sports Parliamentary Secretary Nyamar Karbak, legislator colleagues and officials from the sports department, and the Arunachal Junior (U-19) football team to the state’s capital to commemorate this stride to further advance football within the community. After congratulating the football team for representing the state in the Junior National Football Championship earlier this year, the artificial grass field was utilized for the first time in an inaugural friendly between CM XI and the Arunachal Football Association.
The new artificial grass field stands beautifully, nestled in between the surrounding landscape’s trees and mountains. Itanagar’s humid, subtropic climate can often cause over 20 rainy days per month from April to September, making it difficult for football teams to practice outdoors. Act Global’s Xtreme Turf is durable through all weather conditions and allows athletes to get back on the field quicker after a storm- dramatically increasing the ability to play. The artificial grass field now stands as a prominent facet of the community after the plan for the field was approved back in 2011.
This installation would not have been possible without our exclusive partner, Decor India. The team from Decor India expertly installed the Act Global Xtreme Turf for Sangay Lhaden Sports Academy so that athletes will have access to a field that will allow them to lay longer and harder.
Learn how our synthetic turf is beneficial to athletes.
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Shelby Becker is a creative content creator and marketing specialist at Act Global. She’s an animal rights activist, avid concert-goer, and scary movie enthusiast. Follow her on LinkedIn .
For more information, contact marketing at sbecker@actglobal.com
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by Shelby Becker
Image: KYA
The Compton campus of El Camino College operates as a center of the school system for residents of Compton, Carson, Lynwood, Paramount, and parts of North Long Beach, California. Compton College serves as a community asset, invested in helping local students achieve successful futures in a magnitude of disciplines. In a welcoming and diverse environment, Compton Colleges values are grounded in student-centered opportunities, educational excellence, supportive and nurturing guidance, commitment to local partnerships, and continuous innovation of ideas.
Compton College encourages a diverse and well-rounded education through their athletics program. With a mission to recruit, retain and progress, the Tartar Athletics program fosters the growth of athletes through tradition and success. This is achieved by providing student-athletes with the best resources available inside the classroom and on the field.
Recently the Compton Tartars added a professional-quality synthetic turf field to their arsenal of resources. The elite multi-sport field allows the Tartar teams to practice and compete on an unmatched-quality field while at their tenure for the school.
This installation was completed by our by our California partner, KYA. The KYA Active line is committed to providing the highest-caliber of quality, superior service, and incomparable support with every Xtreme Turf field.
Interested in contacting KYA for a professional synthetic turf field?
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Image: KYA
Shelby Becker is a creative content creator and marketing specialist at Act Global. She’s an animal rights activist, avid concert-goer, and scary movie enthusiast. Follow her on LinkedIn .
For more information, contact marketing at sbecker@actglobal.com
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by Shelby Becker
In recent years consumers are becoming more conscious of the artificial grass infill in their sports fields and turf landscapes. In an effort to offer the best alternatives to adverse publicity raised by environmental concerns, Act Global offers a diverse array of alternative performance infills. Each infill is thoroughly tested to ensure the product is safe, durable, and performs according to top players’ expectations for the long term.
Did you know the following about Alternative Performance Infills?
There are many different types of alternative infill
From cork/walnut based products to coated sand, to TPE, to EPDM, Act Global offers a matrix of infills to suit a variety of climates, uses, and aesthetics. Each system is high performance and is engineered to prevent compaction, but each system offers varying advantages related to surface temperatures, watering requirements, and appearances.
Alternative Infill is suitable for both sports and landscape
Safety is a critical factor in any area that artificial grass is selected. This is why Act Global offers infill options that contain no PAHs, heavy metals, or carcinogens. These infills also pass EN 71-3 toy safety standards and are CAM 17 and Prop 65 compliant, meaning that consumers can be confident in their infill choice from Act Global.
Alternative infill offers a lower surface temperature
There’s a growing library of research that suggests that organic alternative infills help keep artificial grass fields significantly cooler than their crumb rubber counterparts. This is beneficial both to athletes practicing on synthetic turf fields, as well as homeowners wishing to enjoy their artificial grass yard during the summer months.
Alternative Infills have been growing in popularity over the past recent years for their comparable performance to traditional infill and environmental friendliness.
Learn how our synthetic turf is beneficial to athletes.
Be sure to keep up to date on all of our turf projects and more by following us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Shelby Becker is a creative content creator and marketing specialist at Act Global. She’s an animal rights activist, avid concert-goer, and scary movie enthusiast. Follow her on LinkedIn .
For more information, contact marketing at sbecker@actglobal.com
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by Shelby Becker
JW Nixon is known for its engaging teachers that genuinely care about their students and access to teams and organizations to get students engaged in multiple facets of their education. The public high school is located in Laredo, Texas, and home to the green and gold Mustangs.
This season the Mustangs went 7-1 in their district, and 8-3 overall. This includes wins against rival teams with much larger student bodies. Their strong competitive abilities will be helpful as the team moves to 6A status within District 29 for the Fall 2018 season. In an article published by LMT Online, Nixon Head Coach Antonio Villalo commented on the move to 6A competition: “We’re going to be facing really well-coached teams that have lots of strong and explosive kids that are way faster than us. That’s the world we live in. We just have to do our best to be ready for it. That’s our life for the next two years and we will make the best of it. The kids are fired up for the challenge. They are not scared at all. They are excited about the opportunity.”
Recently JW Nixon underwent vast improvements that were followed by resurfacing of the school’s football field. In 2016 Act Global worked with regional partner Vibra Whirl to bring a professional quality synthetic turf system to the facility. Vibra Whirl expertly installed the Act Global manufactured turf so that the Mustangs can perform at their peak, safely. The artificial grass is composed of balancing system components to improve foot stability and foot interaction with the surface, prevent ligament stress and allow safe starts and stops, and reduce player fatigue and injury. This is backed by over 100 laboratory tests.
Good luck to the Mustangs in the 2018 season!
Learn how our synthetic turf is beneficial to athletes.
Be sure to keep up to date on all of our turf projects and more by following us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Shelby Becker is a creative content creator and marketing specialist at Act Global. She’s an animal rights activist, avid concert-goer, and scary movie enthusiast. Follow her on LinkedIn .
For more information, contact marketing at sbecker@actglobal.com
