Pioneer Athletics

Pioneer Athletics unveiled three new products today at the Sports Turf Managers Association Annual Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida. Making their debut to the crowd of athletic field management professionals were StarLine Ultra-Friendly paint, the Brite Striper 3000 SP, a self-propelled airless striping machine, and the Field Crewzer, Pioneer’s new synthetic turf litter and [...]

Less Than 24 Hour Turnaround is No Problem for Crew In 2009, the field crew at the Louisiana Superdome will have to convert the markings on their synthetic turf field on eighteen different occasions in order to host the New Orleans Saints, Tulane Wave, Allstate Sugar Bowl, R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, State Farm Bayou [...]

Fortunately, the 2009 busy-season was as busy as ever. But as football season gets underway, and the days get shorter, we sometimes get a moment to catch our breath; products aren’t flying out the door quite as fast; our custom-color department is keeping up. Now, we are able to evaluate the results of our tests [...]

My favorite part of this job is hearing from our customers – what they like, what they don’t like and what could be better. Recently, I had the opportunity to visit with a bunch of coaches in North Carolina at the North Carolina Coaches Clinic. I was pleasantly surprised by the number of coaches that [...]

We are in the busiest part of our year right now! Orders are coming in fast and furious and products are shipping out the door as quickly as ever. Our custom color group is doing an amazing job keeping up with the wide variety of colors in many different products. Our paint production crew has [...]

Recently I had the pleasure of visiting North Carolina State University to meet with Dr. Grady Miller, Professor of Turfgrass Science. He gave me a tour of the facilities there. WOW! I got to see the inside of a Phytotron (an indoor greenhouse where they can precisely measure any changes in C02 input and output, among other things). I watched how photosynthesis activity was measured under different conditions.

Pioneer Debuts Quik Stripe Chalk

Aerosol marking chalk meets quality and versatility with the unveiling of Pioneer Quik Stripe Chalk and the Quik System. Quik Stripe Chalk’s formula comes in convenient 18-ounce cans that can be sprayed by hand or applied using the Quik System’s Quik Stick and Quik Striper tools.

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VOC-Free Brite Stripe Ultra-Friendly Earns Breakthrough EPA Recognition

Pioneer Athletics announced today that its high-performing Brite Stripe Ultra-Friendly (www.ultrafriendly.com) has been recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency with the first-ever “Design for the Environment” designation for field-marking paint.

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