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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1964 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | |
| Owner | Equistone Partners Europe |
| Parent | SportGroup |
| Website | AstroTurf.com |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
AstroTurf is an American subsidiary of SportGroup that produces artificial turf for playing surfaces in sports. The original AstroTurf product was a short-pile synthetic turf invented in 1965 by Monsanto.[2] Since the early 2000s, AstroTurf has marketed taller pile systems that use infill materials to better replicate natural turf.[3] In 2016, AstroTurf became a subsidiary of German-based SportGroup, a family of sports surfacing companies, which itself is owned by the investment firm Equistone Partners Europe.[1][4]
- ^ a b "Ownership". AstroTurf. 19 April 2016. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ Faria, James M. and Wright, Robert T. (1965) "Monofilament ribbon pile product" U.S. patent 3,332,828 assigned to Monsanto
- ^ "History". AstroTurf. 2016-05-16. Archived from the original on 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
- ^ "AstroTurf Sale to SportGroup Finalized". AstroTurf. 2016-08-20. Archived from the original on 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2017-05-30.