After 15 months’ construction time, young athletes in ­Villingen-Schwenningen are delighted by a new artificial turf pitch surrounded by a four-lane running track, three long jump and two high jump runways, a throwing circle for shot put, a small playing field, two beach volleyball courts, three bouldering walls and a calisthenics street workout park. The sports facility features various products from sports surface specialist Polytan.

As Conica's first female Chief Commercial Officer, Lara Guillod bundles all activities in the areas of Sales, Marketing, Customer Service and Product ­Development as of March 01, 2022. The globally active manufacturer of high-performance sports flooring systems is looking back at a record year in 2021.

The company sees itself as the leading specialist in Switzerland in the field of municipal equipment, grounds maintenance and mowing machines as well as in the maintenance of natural and artificial turf pitches. Its range of services includes new and used machines, spare parts from its extensive warehouse and high-speed after-sales service and repairs.

The sports ground resurfacer manufacturer once again presented some innovations that allow users in the Track & Turf areas to benefit. The ClearMatic CM1800, a mobile plant for the treatment, filtration and sludge dewatering of dirty water when cleaning synthetic sports surfaces.

In spite of the current situation, and after undertaking a considerable effort to increase its market share, the company presented its wide range of retractable tunnels, dividing curtains for sports halls, crash mats and sports protections and signage for sport facilities at FSB, the biggest sports and leisure fair in the world.