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GLG lighting at eastern Melbourne’s South Belgrave Oval.
SYNLawn Australia introduces new hybrid turf range
SYNLawn Australia has released a synthetic turf system that integrates with natural grass for perfect year-round coverage. The new and improved, synthetic turf system - SYNLawn Hybrid - cleverly integrates with natural grass to create a dynamic hybrid that looks and feels like natural grass, but with far superior durability. The new SYNLawn Hybrid synthetic turf system has been developed to combat eroded areas of natural grass caused by high foot traffic or environmental damage, to provide healthy and beautiful grass coverage all year round. Part of APT (Advanced Polymer Technology) Asia Pacific, SYNLawn Hybrid synthetic turfs are made from a strong polyethylene yarn and feature a polyester honeycomb cell base, which enables natural grass to grow through the cells to become fully integrated. This integration of the two grass types strengthens the worn area. The unique honeycomb base also allows for superior water drainage through to the natural grass roots. Contact 1800 652 548, E: info@aptasiapacific.com.au, www.aptasiapacific.com.au
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Gerard Lighting Group completes sale of infrastructure division to Schréder
Gerard Lighting Group (GLG) has completed the sale of its infrastructure lighting division in Australia, Sylvania and Austube, to the Schréder Group, one of the world’s leading intelligent outdoor lighting solutions providers. Schréder Group will operate in the Australian and New Zealand markets combining both existing names and brands, as Sylvania Schréder and Austube Schréder. Both teams will be integrated into a single entity, creating a strong market leader in Australia. Sylvania – now rebranded as Sylvania Schréder - is the leading outdoor lighting brand in Australia. It designs and manufactures outdoor lighting with applications in roads, tunnels, decorative lighting, recreational sports and smart lighting connected solutions. Austube – now rebranded as Austube Schréder - designs and manufactures indoor linear lighting solutions for applications in railway, airports and commercial infrastructures. Headquartered in Belgium, Schréder has been operating as a family-owned business since 1907. It has over 2,600 employees in more than 35 locations worldwide, including Perth where it opened its first Australian subsidiary in 2015. Since then, the company has provided lighting solutions for a host of major infrastructure and urban renewal projects around the country. Contact 02 9353 9417, www.glg.lighting
PerfectGym innovations back industry re-opening Following the recent release of a live streaming feature for classes, PerfectGym has continued to innovate and add additional features to their platform to assist clients with their reentry strategies - anticipating how club owners and centre managers will need to operate as facilities are allowed to re-open in various capacities. Taking into account Federal and state government guidelines, in the ever fluid Coronavirus environment, PerfectGym has built upon and refined aspects of its platform to assist with maintaining regulated occupancy limits in facilities, and enabled club owners to easily abide by guidelines and support proposed ‘Covid Safe Plans’ in the future. Introducing the new platform enhancements, PerfectGym Country Manager, Matt Inglis, explains "I am proud of and impressed with our company’s ability to react and produce enhancements and new features to assist clubs during COVID-19; which is testament to the agile nature of our offering and development ethos. "In some cases, features that count ‘who is in’ the club have existed since 2010, but we now can offer the ability to scan out of the club, through implementing a ‘people in club counter' that will deny entry when the threshold is reached." Building upon the need to limit entry and control thresholds, 60 Australasian Leisure Management Issue 138
PerfectGym's ‘max people in club’ feature is able to deny entry to members when the facility maximum occupancy is reached, to complement the ‘who is in’ functionality. Noting the importance to uphold customer satisfaction, PerfectGym has added a ‘club counter’ to their mobile app, and soon also to their member portal, which is able to inform members of current club capacities, so they can plan their work out accordingly, and to avoid being turned away. Through the PerfectGym portal, PerfectGym has utilised their flexible booking system to allow facilities to implement a booking system for attending the facility that is able to be tiered to be paid, non-paid, and is accompanied with a plethora of settings, empowering club owners and enabling them to set parameters specific to their facility and guidelines. Pairing the Member Portal, mobile app, Automation Centre and Access Control modules, Inglis notes "will allow clients to maintain guideline recommendations, allow members to easily return to gyms, and ensure all people are safe and happy when they return to the gym. "We at PerfectGym cannot wait for our clients and the industry to reopen; and are proud to be able to have our clients utilise our platform to help make their unique re-entry and reopening as easy and stress free as possible." Contact PerfectGym’s Australia and New Zealand office on 1300 088 922, E: sales@perfectgym.com.au, www.perfectgym.com.au
