Partnership brings Marathon Algae to UK

Collier Turf Care and Olmix Plant Care have announced a partnership to develop the sequential release organomineral fertiliser Marathon ALGAE, on sport pitches in United Kingdom.

Geert Bakker, Olmix Territory Manager for the Northern European Turf and Amenity markets, said: “Collier Turf Care is a fast-growing company and we are more than happy to introduce the Marathon ALGAE range together.”

The French company Olmix, a specialist in biosolutions and nutritional solutions for plant care, designs, produces and markets via a network of distributors a range of bio-sourced solutions for agriculture and the sports turf and green spaces market.

Constantly innovating its ranges, Olmix continues to improve the performance of the Marathon range. Among these innovations: the incorporation of dry seaweed extracts (called SEADRY), rich in specific sugars (marine sulphated polysaccharides) and rare trace elements like vanadium. SEADRY has the particularity of developing root mycorrhization (symbiotic association between plant roots and soil fungi) which enhances the nutrition of the turf, particularly in phosphorus and trace elements. This SEADRY innovation complements the XSER technology that has made Marathon such a success, and now renamed Marathon ALGAE! Another new feature: the improved particle size of the Marathon ALGAE formulas. Now produced entirely in the group’s Dutch factory in Rogat, the Marathon ALGAE range has benefited from industrial investments to ensure volumes in a growing market and the quality required by demanding professionals. Olmix pays particular attention to the quality of its products in order to guarantee users good spread conditions and rapid disaggregation of the granules for perfect efficiency.

“Sports pitch managers in the UK are top professionals, looking for the best solutions. With the Marathon ALGAE range and our partnership with Collier Turf Care, we can meet the growing demand from these professionals for effective and more environmentally friendly solutions. Marathon ALGAE has proven itself on many of Europe’s top sports pitches and there is a strong market demand for this range,” said Geert.

Managing Director Andrew Harding and his team at Collier Turf Care Ltd are excited about the new Olmix partnership and particularly the opportunity to advise, promote and sell the Marathon brand throughout the UK: “The new improved granulation of Marathon with added algae offers many benefits to UK sports facilities, and our UK trials have highlighted many positives with great results. We are confident once used our customers will keep using,” said Andrew. n sales@collier-turf-care.co.uk