Following on from a record-breaking year in 2022, the recently rebranded CapillaryFlow, the world leader in sports field drainage and moisture control, has appointed Niklas Svantesson to establish its business in Canada.
Swede Svantesson was for some years Course Manager at Halmstad Golfklubb in the south-west of the country, where he was awarded Golf Course Manager of the Year in 2007, and took charge of preparing the course for the Solheim Cup in the same year.
For the past 11 years, he’s been Club Manager at Gothenburg Golfklubb in Sweden’s second city, the country’s oldest club. He moved with his family to the United States in 2022 to lead Capillary’s drive into Canada, and also to play a key role in the further development of the revolutionary Capillary Hydroponics technology.
Svantesson said: “The Capillary Bunkers solution has proven itself for many years and I’m looking forward to introducing it to the Canadian golf community.
“The development of the new revolutionary system Capillary Hydroponics for heavily loaded grass surfaces and sports arenas will arouse interest in many places in the world. To grow grass with water from below without any sprinklers in a closed plant bed where you control the gas exchange, moisture level, nutrient supply, disease control without leakage.
“The fact that there will be no negative environmental impact and it is 100 per cent natural feels right, and the saving of 80-90 per cent of water consumption per year and that the pumps are powered by a solar panel opens up great opportunities in places in the world where there are both energy and water shortages.”
