MONTREAL —FieldTurf Tarkett, headquartered here, in April set a world record for the amount of synthetic turf produced in one week. The equivalent of three full sized fields per day over seven days, 1.6 million sq. ft.of FieldTurf was produced by FieldTurf’s manufacturing plant in Dalton, GA, during a one-week span. FieldTurf’s plant is expected to hit the 2- million-sq.-ft. per week milestone this summer.

The 110,000-sq.-ft. facility is an impressive site by anyone’s standards. With over 35 employees totaling over 300 years of experience in the artificial turf industry, the plant features almost a dozen tufting machines with a capacity to produce hundreds of thousands of square feet of turf each day. FieldTurf, at full capacity, has the capability to supply approximately 2500 fields per year, which is the equivalent to triple the entire yearly North American demand for artificial turf fields.

To ensure FieldTurf Tarkett’s standards are unmatched, a rigorous quality control process based on extensive testing and inspections is undertaken with every field that is put into production.