Luca Girelli received “Personality Award 2025” honouring his efforts for the artificial turf industry

14.04.2025

Another reason to be proud of: our ProGame Shock Pads BU manager, Luca Girelli had been awarded with a significant recognition recently. At their annual congress in Berlin, the EMEA Synthetic Turf Council (ESTC) chose him to win the Personality Award 2025, honouring all his efforts done for the artificial turf industry in the past quarter of decade.

Luca has been in the artificial turf industry since 2001 holding several positions, and he is part of the Trocellen family since 2010, building up and leading the ProGame (shock Pads) brand from scratch to a real success story, staying always one step ahead of the market, setting standards and keeping his forward-thinking mindset.

Through his efforts, ProGame Shock Pad is now a major global player and brand leader in Europe in the high-performance shock pad market. We are expanding our activities worldwide, directly from the two plants in Italy and Germany, but also thanks to the Malaysian plant serving Asian customers.

Luca has not only been active in building the ProGame business but also contributed in developing the whole artificial turf sector as part of the ESTC Board and chair of the Networking Pillar. ESTC is the trade association for the Synthetic Turf Industry in the EMEA region. Working in both the sports and landscaping sectors they serve, promote, develop, grow and advocate for the industry. Collaborating with members, end-users, sport’s governing bodies and legislators, they also have a global presence as a partner of the STC in North America.

Congrats Luca, we are proud of you!