AstroTurf

AstroTurf
Company type	Subsidiary
Founded	1964
Headquarters	Dalton, Georgia, United States
Key people	Heard Smith (CEO); Philip Snider (COO);
Owner	Equistone Partners Europe
Parent	SportGroup
Website	AstroTurf.com
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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.

[AstroTurf_Ownership-1] "Ownership". AstroTurf. 19 April 2016. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2019.

[2] Faria, James M. and Wright, Robert T. (1965) "Monofilament ribbon pile product" U.S. patent 3,332,828 assigned to Monsanto

[3] "History". AstroTurf. 2016-05-16. Archived from the original on 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2017-05-30.

[4] "AstroTurf Sale to SportGroup Finalized". AstroTurf. 2016-08-20. Archived from the original on 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2017-05-30.

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