Like many things in this day and age, the
manufacturing of a large amount of products available on the Synthetic lawn
market are made overseas. From a business perspective this makes a lot of
sense, as it helps keep production costs down. But at what cost?
Over the last 3 years Covid has come and
mostly gone, but has left a bitter taste in the mouth of many people. On top of
the fact that so many people’s lives have been impacted through either health
issues or the loss of a loved one, there has also been a significant effect on
many industries. This impact on industry has many a flow on effect as well.
What has transpired is factories which are
mostly located in China have been forced to close due to their government’s
stance of zero tolerance towards the outbreak. So essentially all industry came
to a grinding halt. On top of this, shipping lanes which would also pass
through these countries could also not proceed. With borders being tightened up
all over the world, many countries were forced to reflect on production of food
and commodities from within. Along with this came the realisation that far too
many products were manufactured offshore.
On top of this, many people learnt that
they needed to work from home on either a permanent or semi-regular basis. With
government incentives being thrown into the mix to help fund some extensions
and housing upgrades this sent the construction industry into a spin, causing
shortages of common items, and unprecedented crazy increases in the costs of
many of these materials.
Luckily, not all company moved the
production of all their materials overseas. One such product is the Synlawn
artificial grass which was innovated, designed and produced locally. There are
a number of key factors which was the main reasons behind why their products
continued to be made locally.
Innovative Design
If you’ve ever seen any of the synthetic
products available on the market installedin a yard or garden you will notice
there is a huge variation in the types of quality. Some look like they are
ripped straight from a butcher’s window display, and yet others are so natural
in their appearance that you can’t even tell they are synthetic without someone
pointing this out. Like the old saying goes, “you get what you pay for”.
The Synlawn product range has actually been
designed down to a molecular level to ensure different thread types are
combined to give the precise appearance that local naturally occurring grasses
would exhibit. This means they will look like Australian lawns in both colour
and the shape of the blades of grass. So
quite literally these are made with our market in mind.
Sustainably made
The materials used to create the synthetic grass products are sourced from discarded sugar cane husks, an item of which we
have a large locally occurring natural supply. This means we have a large
proportion of what is needed to make these products right on our doorstep. On
top of that, due to the nearly constant supply of sunlight in our fair country,
the manufacturing process can be run using sustainably sourced energy.
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