Dadeville, Alabama · Chatsworth, Georgia
We extrude in Dadeville, Alabama. We tuft and coat in Chatsworth, Georgia. The warranty starts and ends with the same company.
From the floor
Sprinturf is the only American synthetic turf manufacturer running both fiber extrusion and tufting under our own roofs. Both supply steps. Both plants. One company.
Step 01. The Resin.
Step 02. The Extruder.
Step 03. The Spool.
Step 04. The Truck.
From resin to whistle
FieldTurf cannot show you their fiber line because Tarkett operates it in Europe. AstroTurf cannot show you theirs because Sport Group does. Shaw Sports Turf and Hellas both depend on third-party fiber. Sprinturf can show you all four steps in two American plants you can drive to this afternoon.
Polyethylene resin enters the line. C8 and metallocene resins are loaded into high-precision dosing systems with the UV-protection package. Fiber leaves the line as the same monofilament or slit-tape that ends up under your players. Sprinturf is the only North American synthetic turf company that owns this step. Everyone else buys the fiber overseas and rebrands the spool.
Twisted yarn is fed into the high-speed tufting machines. Pile height, gauge, face weight, and stitch rate are dialed in for the system being run. Predator runs different than GrandSlam. The same operators run both lines. The resulting greige goods come off the loom ready for the coater. Every roll is logged and tested for face uniformity before it moves to the coating line.
A dedicated automated polyurethane coating line bonds the tufted fiber to the backing. Sprinturf's patent-pending ProFlow coating prevents perforations in the backing on non-athletic applications. This step decides whether a field shrugs off freeze-thaw or sheds tufts in year three. Every roll is tested before it ships. No exceptions.
Sprinturf-employed project managers run the seam, set the inlays, and dial the infill. The same company that extruded the fiber and coated the roll has a representative on every install. That continuity is why the warranty math works: 3,000 fields, zero fiber failures since 2010. When the truck shows up, the people unloading it know the line that built the rolls.
Where the competition lives
Every named competitor below builds and installs synthetic turf. Each one outsources a step in the chain. Scroll to see who owns what.
American manufacturer
Sprinturf
Plants in Dadeville and Chatsworth. Extrusion, tufting, coating, install. One company.
Both plants. Both supply steps. One throat to choke when something goes sideways.
Competitor 01
FieldTurf
Owned by Tarkett. Paris, France. Industrial flooring.
Fiber extruded on Tarkett's European industrial lines. The plant that makes their turf yarn also makes vinyl floor tile.
Competitor 02
AstroTurf
Owned by Sport Group. Germany. UK private equity behind it.
Sport Group runs the polymer side in Europe. Equistone Partners (UK private equity) sits over the cap table.
Competitor 03
Shaw Sports Turf
Owned by Shaw Industries. A Berkshire Hathaway company. Carpet first.
Shaw is a residential carpet conglomerate that runs a turf division. The yarn supplier sits outside the company.
Competitor 04
Hellas
Surfaced by Matrix Turf. Licensee. Builder, not weaver.
Hellas is a construction firm running a Matrix Turf license. They do not extrude. They do not tuft. They do not coat.
Source: each manufacturer's published parent-company structure and product-data sheets. Verified March 2026. We will update this page if any competitor brings a step in-house.
Where the rolls are made
Architects and athletic directors are welcome by appointment. Bring spec questions. Bring your procurement officer.
Dadeville · AL · Operating since 2002
Houses STC-Spinnzwirn monofilament extruders, including two-color and two-shape fibers, plus the latest Starlinger slit-tape extruders. The on-site lab tests nearly a dozen physical properties on every batch. Every polyethylene fiber that ends up in a Sprinturf roll starts here.
Chatsworth · GA · ISO 9001:2015 certified
High-speed tufting machines run every Sprinturf SKU. The dedicated automated coating line applies the polyurethane backing under continuous QC monitoring. The patent-pending ProFlow coating system is applied here. Predator turf is fabricated on this floor.
Plant Tour
Architects and athletic directors are welcome at the Dadeville extrusion plant and the Chatsworth tufting and coating plant by appointment. Bring spec questions. Bring your procurement officer. We will bring the answers and the people who run the lines.
Frequently asked
Because the fiber decides whether the field lasts. When extrusion, tufting, coating, and installation are owned by separate companies, every warranty conversation involves three or four parties pointing at each other.
Sprinturf owns all four. One company, one warranty, one phone number when something goes sideways. That is why we can publish a 16-year cohort with zero fiber failures: the same engineer who chose the resin can stand on the field at install.
Every Sprinturf polyethylene fiber is extruded at the Dadeville, Alabama plant, which has been in continuous operation since 2002. We use C8 and metallocene resins, applied with high-precision dosing systems for the UV-protection package.
Sprinturf is the only North American synthetic turf company that owns this step. Our nearest competitors source fiber from European industrial extrusion lines or third-party suppliers and rebrand the spool.
Tufting and polyurethane coating happen at the Chatsworth, Georgia plant. The facility is ISO 9001:2015 certified and runs a dedicated automated coating line under continuous QC monitoring.
Sprinturf's patent-pending ProFlow coating system is applied at Chatsworth for non-athletic applications. Every roll is tested before it ships.
Project supervision is run by Sprinturf-employed installation managers. Sprinturf's VP of Operations holds the ASBA Certified Builder credential of record.
The same company that extruded the fiber and coated the roll has a representative on every install, from sub-base verification through field acceptance and warranty handoff. That continuity is why the warranty math works.
Yes. Architects, athletic directors, parks directors, and procurement officers are welcome at both Dadeville and Chatsworth by appointment. Most groups budget a half day at each plant.
Email or call to coordinate. Sprinturf engineering staff will host. We will introduce you to the operators on the floor.
FieldTurf is owned by Tarkett, a French flooring conglomerate. AstroTurf is owned by Sport Group, a German subsidiary backed by UK private equity. Shaw Sports Turf sources fiber from third parties. Hellas builds and installs but uses Matrix Turf as the surface.
Each of those companies can name a step in the chain they do not own. Sprinturf owns all four. The comparison table above lays it out side by side.
Drive to it
The Dadeville extrusion line and the Chatsworth tufting and coating floors are open to architects, athletic directors, and procurement officers by appointment. Bring spec questions. Bring your team.
