The New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) and Tarkett Sports announced that they have entered into an agreement beginning July 1, 2024 through which Tarkett Sports will become the Official Sports Surfacing Partner of NEPSAC. Under the agreement, Tarkett Sports will offer outstanding service and membership benefits to NEPSAC schools that are interested in facility upgrades for their institutional athletic programs. NEPSAC President Ryan Frost commented, “We are very excited to team up with Tarkett Sports as the Official Sports Surfacing Partner of NEPSAC. Tarkett Sports’ out ..read more

Kinetic GPO announced today that they have entered into a three-year contract with Tarkett Sports. Kinetic GPO is a cooperative purchasing organization established for broader public sector, nonprofit and municipalities, academic institutions, school boards, and health and social services (MASH) entities across Canada. The contract, RFSO 23-14, took effect March 1, 2024, and will remain active through February 28, 2027, with an option to extend the term for an additional period of up to two years. This agreement enables Kinetic GPO members to partner with one of the most trusted brands in the ..read more

AN INSPIRATIONAL STORY OF FAMILY, PERSEVERANCE, AND CONQUERING THE NEW YORK CITY MARATHON Mom, I want to run the New York Marathon. Kayleigh Williamson may not have been the first person ever to speak those words, but her path to making them a reality on November 5th, 2023, is what makes her exceptional story such an inspiration. For many, the mere thought of attempting the annual 26.2-mile New York City Marathon would be enough to make them wince in anguish. And while Kayleigh, a self-proclaimed “diva”, no doubt endured her fair share of pain while prevailing over last year’s event, it did ..read more

The gymnasium represents the heart of an indoor sports and recreation facility — the space that must accommodate multiple demands from diverse user groups, and often at the same time. That means its surface should be tough enough (and flexible enough) to handle everything from basketball and volleyball tournaments to large community celebrations.   All gym floors are not created equal, and it’s critical to consider several factors when planning a new gymnasium or replacing the surface in an existing one. Below are five important questions to ask before you select  and install a floo ..read more

Ask a random person on the street the question, “When you think about a gym floor, what is the first thing that comes to your mind?”  The most common answer is wood.  If you posed this question outside of North America you would not get the same answer.  There are many opinions as to why but the reality is North America is trained to think that the only viable playing surface in gymnasiums is a wood athletic floor system.  But much of the credit goes to The Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association (MFMA) for their tireless effort to push maple flooring standards in schoo ..read more

Its 3:30 pm on a sleepy Friday afternoon in the company call center/technical services division. I’m surfing the news section of the corporate website: an egghead discussion of the evolution of concrete, some guy cringing over his kid sliding around the gym on a lousy vinyl composition tile floor, and other various discussions. I have been assigned to answer phone calls on the Gym Floor Helpline® under the terms of the Performance Improvement Plan I agreed to recently. It’s either answer phone calls and write a summary of my time spent here or serve a 3 day suspension for a 2nd time violati ..read more

Launched in 2021, the “Better Tomorrow” program supports diversity and accessibility in sports When Tarkett Sports partnered with Good Sports in 2021, we sought to align ourselves with an organization that shared our underlying values, enabling youth athletes the opportunity to get in the game. That collaboration resulted in the launch of the Better Tomorrow program, which is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of kids across North America, especially those in high-need communities. As an organization that leads by example, many of our team members have made sports a significant pa ..read more

Tarkett Sports has installed more than 80,000 sports surfaces around the world, and now the company is giving facility operators the ability to design their own indoor court using the interactive Tarkett Visualizer tool. The Visualizer’s easy-to-use online interface allows users to experiment with layouts for basketball, volleyball, badminton, futsal, pickleball and handball courts while providing three viewpoints: top, arena and gymnasium.  “For decades, we’ve helped clients build their dream court, and now we’re improving our experience by enabling them to easily design and envision t ..read more

Independent organization Science Based Targets (SBTi) begins today evaluation of the company’s greenhouse gas reduction targets. PARIS, FRANCE, February 3rd 2022 – Tarkett, a worldwide leader in innovative and sustainable flooring and sports surface solutions, announced today its new Climate Roadmap for 2030, in full alignment with the Paris Climate Agreement objective to limit global warming to 1.5°C. The company will deliver a 30% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions across its entire value chain by  2030. Today, the independent organization Science Based Targets (SBTi) has started the ..read more

The program aims to help youth athletes in need with the opportunity to participate in team and individual sports. Within Tarkett Sports there is one resounding core principal: “Stop at nothing to make a difference”. It’s best demonstrated by the founders of our renowned brands. They were all aligned in their purpose to create a better and safer surface for athletes. The founders of our FieldTurf brand knew that there was a better solution to the synthetic turf carpets of the 1960s and thus long-pile infilled turf was invented and revolutionized an industry. John T. Beynon created a specialize ..read more