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The European Synthetic Turf Organisation (ESTO) is an industry association formed to ensure quality turf and to provide information that can help clients and end-users find the most appropriate solutions in synthetic turf systems.

ESTO is a non-profit organisation and offers neutral and unbiased information for the promotion of synthetic turf, enhancing its numerous advantages and benefits. ESTO is a forum for all parties to meet and to facilitate communication along the business chain, from manufacturers to architects, installers, contractors, test institutes and particularly to the end-users

ESTO is actively contributing to standardisation in order to improve test methodology and continuously strive for transparent and consistent harmonisation of the requirements for the large variety of sports performances.

LATEST NEWS

Football Turf Today and Tomorrow : Successful 1st ESTO conference

2008-03-13

On March 7, the recently formed new branch organisation for Synthetic Turf held its very first conference. The concept of assembling the entire value chain in a common organisation with clear objectives of quality and reliability has been extremely well accepted by all the participants. We must work together with the value chain to finally ensure that Synthetic Turf gains credibility and receives in the market the recognition it deserves.

Alastair Scott (Bonar) elected to the STC Board of Directors

2007-12-10

Alastair Scott, Sales & Marketing Director of Bonar Yarns, was elected to the Board of Directors of the Synthetic Turf Council STC during their Annual Membership Meeting in Orlando, Florida on November 27-28.

ESTO publishes Position Paper on “Plastic” Synthetic Turf football fields

2007-10-19

Recently, an important football match for the UEFA Championships 2008 was played in Moscow on Synthetic Turf . For the Synthetic Turf industry this was an exceptional event and an important precedent
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European Synthetic Turf producers set up new organisation to promote industry growth

2007-09-25

Fifteen of the leading European producers of synthetic turf have today launched a new industry organisation, to promote the benefits of the industry’s products, and encourage further market growth in this dynamic and rapidly developing sector. The companies involved represent more than 85% of total European activity in production of synthetic turf, and the yarns from which it is made.
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The establishment of ESTO: purpose and background

2007-09-25

The Synthetic Turf business is booming! Over recent years several new applications have been developed leading this industry to show growth rates of 15% and more. The most important development in the past five years, providing the highest breakthrough, has been the introduction of new skin protective sliding and playing-friendly systems for football.
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ESTO - the technical challenge!

2007-09-25

Synthetic Turf is a magic phrase and it carries a number of expectations from the consumer point of view, it also carries some challenges. The Technical Committee has the task to look into these aspects from a scientific and practical point of view.