Beynon Sports Surfaces is a manufacturer and installer of synthetic

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s. They are part of Tarkett Sports and are based in

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. Beynon Sports Surfaces manufactures three types of outdoor synthetic athletic tracks; spray coat, sandwich (multi layer) and full pour

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. They also offer surfaces for fieldhouses (indoor track) and gymnasiums.

History

In 2001, after three decades with Martin Surfacing, John T. Beynon founded Beynon Sports Surfaces. In the spring of 2008, Beynon Sports Surfaces joined the Tarkett Sports family, which included FieldTurf. In 2009 Atlas Track and Tennis was purchased by Tarkett Sports and merged with Beynon. In 2012 the merge was completed with both companies now going by the name Beynon Sports.

Track and Field

Beynon Sports Surfaces has installed many

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venues in North America and across the world. One such installation is

Hayward Field Hayward Field is a track and field stadium in the northwest United States, located on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. It has been the home of the university's track and field teams since 1921, and was the on-campus ho ...

at the

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, site of the

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International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)

Beynon Sports Surfaces offers many different surfaces for various levels of competition. The BSS 100, 200, 300 embedded, 300 encapsulated, 1000ML 1000, 2000 and 3000 are all

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certified. Beynon Sports has installed 2 of the 4 IAAF Class 1 Facility certified surfaces in North America and has 8 IAAF certified surfaces on the market.

Fieldhouses

Beynon also has various surfaces that can be used for indoor needs.

References

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External links

Official website of Beynon Sports Surfaces

Official website of Beynon Atlas

InsideView overview of Beynon Sports Surfaces

Companies established in 2001