SIS Grass Hybrid celebrates global success

Elite sports clubs want to be able to play for longer. Our brand of hybrid pitches are 95% natural grass with synthetic fibres stitched into them to enable more playing hours and a faster surface recovery time.

We launched SIS Grass technology in 2015. Our patented system reinforces the natural grass, by inserting polyethylene fibres into the ground at a variety of spacings and depths, depending on the sport.

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SIS Grass Hybrid is used extensively in major football and rugby tournaments around the world. Including the English Premier League, where around 19 of the 20 clubs have a hybrid pitch. SIS Grass clients include:

• Southampton FC
• Newcastle United FC
• Brighton & Hove Albion
• Fulham FC

Top games have also been played on the surface in the UEFA Champions League, 2018 World Cup, Europa League and the Rugby World Cup.

European clubs to install the system include FC Barcelona, while in the UK the pitches are growing in popularity outside of the top flight. Swansea City, for example, decided to install a hybrid playing surface at its main stadium after seeing the benefits at its training ground.

We have partnered with sports clubs across the world to design, construct and install the latest pitch technology in new stadiums. Including but not limited to:

• 6 new hybrid pitches for the Russian Football Union
• Aviva Stadium
• Tianjin Olympic Centre

Sustainable & Efficient Technology

SIS Grass Hybrid is installed using 100% electric machines. Once most of the pitch infrastructure is complete, including the drainage and optional undersoil heating and aeration systems, we use our sustainable technology to inject the synthetic fibres into the surface.

There are approximately 20 million individual polyethylene fibres installed into a standard football pitch.

Our technology has also reduced the time it takes to install a hybrid pitch from more than two weeks to around seven days. The system has a life span of 10 years or more and the fibres can be recovered and recycled at the end of life.

Our Fleet

We are committed to innovation and have developed a fleet of machines to expand our operations.

The range includes the SIS Grass Universal machine, used for smaller sports surface areas such as:

• Cricket wickets
• Tennis courts
• Golf tees

The SIS Grass Universal machine can install SIS Grass Lite and SIS Grass Discovery, which are shorter-term and mid-term hybrid grass solutions. These expansions of our SIS Grass range provide possibilities for lower leagues Clubs and grounds that would otherwise not be able to experience hybrid grass pitches.

We attribute our growth to our passion for innovation and ability to offer sports clients a complete one-stop shop service. From the design to construction, installation and maintenance.

The UK is leading the way when it comes to pioneering hybrid grass pitches, but the surfaces are also becoming increasingly popular across Asia, Russia, Australia and South America.

We have recently formed a partnership this summer with Australian sports-field systems provider HG Turf Group to grow the market across the region. Meanwhile in South America, leading Argentinian football club River Plate (based in Buenos Aires), is currently undergoing a full pitch reconstruction, with SIS Grass Hybrid and SIS Air systems.

Though elite sports clubs in the USA traditionally play on completely artificial surfaces, we are currently trialling our SIS Grass technology with the Major League Soccer and the National Football League.