| Wayne,
PA –
December 11, 2006 -- Sprinturf announced today
that it broke ground on two new synthetic turf
fields for the Hoover City School District in
Hoover, AL. The $1.4 million project will include
fields for Hoover High School and Spain Park High
School.
Hoover High recently achieved national prominence
as the subject of the hit reality TV show “Two-A-Days”
on MTV. The show follows the nationally eighth
ranked 2005 Hoover High Buccaneers as they chase
their fifth state championship in six years. The
Bucs play in the state finals after defeating
another Alabama football powerhouse, Vestavia
Hills, who also plays on a Sprinturf surface,
42 to 37.
Sprinturf will construct both fields for the Hoover
City School District using Sprinturf’s exclusive
Ultrablade™ M fiber, Sprinturf’s newest
and most durable fiber yet.
Ultrablade™
M provides 30% more tensile strength than conventional
fibers at similar costs to the consumer. Ultrablade™
revolutionized the industry in 2004 surpassing
virtually all tests for strength, softness and
durability.
“The activity at both stadiums warrants
the switch from natural turf”, said interim
Superintendent Andy Craig. “The usability
of the Sprinturf surface is exponentially greater
than grass”, Craig told the Board of Education.
“Sprinturf synthetic turf will allow for
more events, since schools won’t have to
worry about preserving grass, which requires far
more upkeep.”
“We were honored to have earned the business
of the Hoover School District”, said Hank
Julicher, CEO of Sprinturf. “We have been
very successful in the high school and college
market, which are the largest market segments
for synthetic turf. We design our fields around
safety, which dramatically influences buying decisions
especially in these markets”, Julicher concluded.
Other major national high schools using Sprinturf
include St. Pius and Roswell High who are playing
in Georgia semi-finals this year as well as Valdosta
High who claims 24 Georgia’s state championships
and six national high school titles.
ABOUT
SPRINTURF
Sprinturf
is a leading U.S. developer, marketer and installer
of synthetic turf systems for athletic fields
and other related products for residential and
commercial landscaping applications. Sprinturf
was founded in 1999 and is based in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
Sprinturf believes that its patented essentially
all-rubber infill synthetic turf system is comparable
to a natural grass playing field in pristine condition.
Sprinturf sells and installs its UltrabladeTM
synthetic turf systems on high school, college
and professional sports athletic fields, privately
owned athletic fields and other municipal and
government properties including playgrounds and
military bases. Sprinturf's customers include
the Philadelphia Eagles; Major League Soccer teams
like FC Dallas and D.C. United; NCAA Division
I universities including The Ohio State University,
UCLA, Utah State University, Auburn University
and the University of Pennsylvania; and hundreds
of other school fields across the country.
Sprinturf
also develops and sells synthetic turf and related
synthetic products to the residential and commercial
landscaping markets. Examples of applications
for these products include residential lawns,
playgrounds, office parks, median strips and airport
groundcover.
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constitute forward-looking statements within the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
and the federal securities laws. Although the
Company believes that the expectations reflected
in such forward-looking statements are based upon
reasonable assumptions at the time made, it can
give no assurance that its expectations will be
achieved. Readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are inherently subject
to unpredictable and unanticipated risks, trends
and uncertainties such as the Company's inability
to accurately forecast its operating results;
the Company's potential inability to achieve profitability
or generate positive cash flow; the availability
of financing; and other risks associated with
the Company's business. The Company assumes no
obligation to update or supplement forward-looking
statements that become untrue because of subsequent
events.
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