It is also interesting that many products are viewed as American made yet include components manufactured overseas. We see this a lot in the synthetic turf industry as a lot of the grass blade yarn is made in Europe, China and Saudi Arabia. This is also the case with many consumer products as well as cars and even airplanes ... yes Boeing manufactures a lot of parts overseas.
Dream Turf has a fleet of Ford and Dodge trucks and some of these are assembled in Canada and Mexico. You see, we do our best to support American jobs but we live in a World Market with a true global economy. We employ American workers who speak English and we only hire legal citizens.
If you consider all the possessions we have, you have to ask yourself how could we not survive without a true global economy. If you own a cell phone, Ipod, computer, tv, clothes, appliances ,etc ... you are supporting a global economy. You are also supporting American jobs because many of these companies like Apple, Nike, HP, Cisco, etc., are headquartered in the USA. And here in Washington, companies including Amazon, Microsoft, Nordstrom and K2 (just to name a few) manufacture products overseas. I believe all of these companies are known for very high quality goods.
Dream Turf custom manufactures most of their turf overseas. We have sold over 2 MILLION square feet in the past five years with little to no problems. The reason we decided to manufacture our own turf is that we had constant quality control issues with the domestic manufacturers. I personally made several trips visiting all the domestic mills and really did my best to support these companies. Unfortunatley, I found that continuing down this path would be compromising the overall quality we could offer our customers. Our clientele typically is well educated, upper middle class to very affluent and expect high quality in their home improvements. We have had the luxury to develop our own in house designed turf to meet the criteria of our customers and to replicate grass grown in the northwest. Our synthetic grass is truly a cut above all the competition.
If you like our company and experience but insist on buying domestic turf, we certainly can provide American made turf for you at the same price. Unlike Dream Turf, the local competition does not keep any turf in stock and simply orders turf when they receive an order. We keep a large inventory of our own custom made turf but we are also happy to special order domestic turf if you like. Once you compare the two, I think it will be an easy choice ... kind of like comparing a Lexus or BMW to a Buick. In the end, you will get a great looking lawn installed by Americans that are licensed, bonded and insured. You can also rest assured Dream Turf is the leader in synthetic grass for landscaping in the northwest (over 2000 installations) and stand behind their products and workmanship.
