Interviews / 7/8/2025

A new generation of sports flooring

Innovation, safety and sustainability: how Mapei is revolutionising sports flooring for athletes and lovers of sport from all around the world

Interviewee

Marco Cattuzzo

Regional product manager, sports flooring line, Mapei

Mapei stands out as a leader in the field of products for sports flooring, driven by values such as innovation, sustainability, and high-quality. The company develops advanced solutions that ensure safety, high performance, and durability across all sports disciplines, suitable for both indoor and outdoor facilities.

Mapei is a point of reference in the sports flooring sector. What are the values that drive the company in this sector?

Mapei has always believed that sport is a driver for bringing people together, promoting growth and wellbeing. Our mission is to supply solutions that guarantee high performance, safety and durability, contributing to the construction of cutting-edge sport facilities. We work alongside our customers, athletes and sports clubs, bodies and federations to develop surfaces suitable for every discipline, from basketball to tennis and from cycling to emerging sports, with constant attention to quality and innovation.

What are the main characteristics of products for sports flooring?

Our products are designed to guarantee resistance to wear, playing comfort and safety. Sports flooring must have excellent grip, reduce the risk of injuries and maintain its performance over time, even in difficult climatic conditions. This is why we develop innovative systems and products (such as those belonging to the Mapecoat TNS range) to create elastic, non-slip surfaces in a wide range of colour shades, ideal for both indoor and outdoor use.

Sustainability is increasingly under the spotlight, including in the world of sport. How is Mapei taking on this challenge?

Sustainability is one of the pillars of our corporate philosophy, which translates, first and foremost, into a concrete commitment to reducing the impact of our products, optimising formulations and creating increasingly sustainable and long-lasting solutions. We are committed, in fact, to guaranteeing that sport surfaces have a long service life, reducing the need for frequent maintenance work and, as a result, their overall impact on the environment. Our objective is to combine excellent performance in sports while respecting the environment.

Mapei helped give this skating park new colour by supplying Mapecoat TNS Extreme SF, a rapid-drying, two-component epoxy-acrylic coloured coating product for sport surfaces.