Reinventing the performance of synthetic fields and enhanced athlete safety

Meet the new Expanded cork Insitu Shockpad from Amorim Sports

This project involve the installation of a new artificial turf system on an existing in situ shockpad, for a football pitch. The new system has to comply with the prevailing technical requirements for high performance in a sustainable manner, without using microplastic components.

Providing the necessary and well designed elastic characteristics for the sport application.

Ensuring the stability of the artificial turf under intense use and temperature ranges to ensure the sytem‘s lifetime.

Polytan Denmark The project took place during spring 2020. 8858 m2 of POLYTAN´s grass “Legend Pro” was installed on top of the prefabricated PRO PLAY shockpad with a height of 23 mm. As weight layer on the artificial grass, 19 kg/m2 of sand was filled in, before the installation of 1.9 kg/m2 of Amorim Nature 130, as a…

Amorim Sports is strongly committed to developing new products in which cork mixed with other natural and recyclable materials will create a new generation of cork-based infills and shockpads, delivering high performance and sustainability.