MAPEI Adhesive used for South Africa’s First full-sized Certified Rhino-Turf Rugby Field

Mapei South Africa is known for its impressive range of world class adhesives, one of which being Ultrabond Turf 2 Stars, which was recently used for the installation of South Africa’s first full-sized certified Rhino-Turf rugby field.

Turftech (Pty) Ltd is a specialist in the  construction, development and maintenance of sport facilities including fields that have natural and artificial turf such as football and hockey fields, courts for tennis and netball and athletic tracks. Turftech chose to use MAPEI’s Ultrabond Turf 2 Stars adhesive to install a new world-standard rugby field at Curro Durbanville. 

Ultrabond Turf 2 Stars is a two-component, solvent and water-free polyurethane adhesive for bonding jointing strips between panels of synthetic grass sheets.

“We have installed this system numerous times in the past and we have found it to be a relatively easy adhesive to apply on a variety of sports surfaces that we have installed, and so far, we have never had any problems. Ultrabond Turf 2Stars has low VOC’s when applying and its high adhesion properties ensures a long-lasting bond which has been proven to withstand the high impact of sports play and varied weather conditions. We made use of MAPEI’s local technical support to ensure every aspect was correct and that our trained staff followed the company’s best practices. We have tried several other products in the past however we have found the Ultrabond product to be by far the most reliable to date. We believe that with a quality product applied by a professional installer, our customers get the best possible solution for their investment, and that’s why we choose MAPEI products,” says Wayne Reed – Operations Manager at Turftech.

Curro Durbanville’s sports department boasts an array of state-of-the art facilities, including an Aquatic Centre (indoor heated pool) and a High-performance Centre. The rugby field upgrade forms part of major renovations that the school is embarking on.

The MAPEI range of adhesives is backed up by the highest level of local technical expertise and knowledge providing specifications, on and off-site training and technical support which means that using MAPEI solutions can be done so with absolute confidence and trust.  As an ISO 9001 accredited manufacturer we not only adhere to the strictest local quality standards within the products themselves, but also the best practice in service delivery and customer support.

As an established BBBEE level 4 contributor and a strong commitment to play a leading role in the local building and construction sector, we continue to invest in local manufacturing and in expanding our product solutions to ensure we remain the chemical and adhesives partner of choice.