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Granja Comary Football Complex, which features a world-class synthetic turfpitch, will be tournament headquarters for the Brazilian National FootballTeam.

FIFA World Cup contenders have access to top quality synthetic turf pitch, showcased at the GranjaComary Football Complex, headquarters for the Brazilian National Football Team.

Bordered by lofty mountains, and situated at an elevation of 871 meters outside Rio de Janeiro, the site is picturesque. For the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the Brazilian Football Confederation ( Confederação Brasileirade Futebol – CBF ) spent over US $6.7 million reforming Granja Comary, as it will be hosting the nationalteam during the tournament.

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The synthetic turf pitch was built as part ofa FIFA Goal Project , which enables memberassociations to fulfill developments whichadvance football in their countries. Act Globalwas selected because of their high-qualityartificial turf standards and status as a FIFAPreferred Producer for Football Turf. The pitchwas certified as a FIFA Recommended TwoStar , which meets the most stringentrequirements and specific needs of elitefootball. To be awarded this mark, pitches arerequired to undergo two phases of rigorouslaboratory and field testing, for propertiessuch as deformation, shock absorption,energy restitution, ball roll, ball rebound,traction, torsion and aesthetics.

“ Act Global is thrilled to offer an elite training

pitch to this top football nation, and to be apart of the Brazili an football team’s World Cupheadquarters,” said Chris Clapham, director ofAct Global. “We are pleased FIFA is continuingto invest in the FIFA Goal Project program tobring the highest quality artificial turf fields toall parts of the world.”

Over the last seven years, Act Global hasbeen awarded a total of 15 FIFA Goal Projects

in Africa, Asia and South America, and hasinstalled more than 100 FIFA Certified fields intotal around the world.

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National Football team’s trainingheadquarters.

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ABOUT ACT GLOBAL

Act Global is a world leader in synthetic turf and artificial grass manufacturing.The company’s artificial Xtreme Turf and Xtreme Lawn products replicatenatural grass for use in international stadiums, indoor sport centers, synthetic

lawns and other synthetic grass uses. Its LiteEarth and AvTurf affiliations addcapabilities for landfills and airport applications. Act Global has fourmanufacturing locations in USA, Europe and Asia and installations in over 70countries. Act Global is notable for currently being the first company in theworld that is a FIFA Preferred Producer for Football Turf, IRB Preferred TurfProducer, Synthetic Turf Council Certified Manufacturer and holds an ISO 9001certification. Its products have undergone hundreds of independent laboratorytests for quality, durability and performance.