The manufacture of equipment for sports and leisure is an increasingly important market for manufacturers and processors of artificial materials. It is no coincidence that the development of such equipment continues unabated and extends from improving the quality of sports fields to enhancing the quality and performance of individual sports equipment and protecting the health and lives of athletes. Synthetic sports surfaces The European Association of Polyolefin Textiles (EATP) has been working on synthetic sports surfaces for a long time and the fruits of their work are now beginning to bear fruit.