Industry
Richard Campey is one of the most respected figures in our industry. From humble beginnings in his native Cheshire, his company, Campey Turf Care Systems, has grown to become the largest independent supplier of turf care machinery to the UK market and beyond.
He was responsible for pioneering the innovative Koro machines, which are now used extensively across all sports disciplines, and his company continues to source and supply unique products for the maintenance of natural turf.
He is a strong advocate of natural over artificial turf and remains concerned that the marketing of the latter is both unbalanced and unfounded, in many instances.
In this keynote interview, Richard discusses how his company grew from a regional dealership to become a major distributor, and his concerns over the natural versus artificial debate
KEYNOTE interview
Richard Campey, Campey Turf Care
Is Richard Campey in a good place at the moment?
As good as we can be.
How long have you worked in our industry and what drew you to it?
Thirty-nine years on January 2nd 2015. I never knew the industry existed until I saw a job advert in the local paper for a local company called SISIS.
Tell us a bit about how the company has progressed over the past decade or so?
Over the last decade, we have expanded by taking more innovative products on board; these products have led us to a wider turfcare marketplace and, in some instances - Koro and Imants - worldwide. This has led to an increase in company personnel and more travelling. As a company, we are very lucky in being able to find staff who have knowledge and passion for the turfcare industry. However, these last five years have
been tough, but we have persevered, and now have distributors and dealers set up worldwide for our products.
What drives you to keep finding such innovative products?
The knowledge that these products will go a very long way in helping to improve the quality of natural grass playing surfaces.
Is there anything new on the horizon you want to tell us about?
There are one or two products on the back burner that may come to fruition; you will all have to wait and see.
You seem to be always on the road conducting demo days. Do you see this as the best way to bring your products to market or do the industry exhibitions still have their place?
We feel that demo days still have a major place in making customers aware of what
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