One of the world's largest sports pitch companies is creating a base in Tyrone

by Gráinne Connolly

Irish owned SIS pitches is to create its first ever base in Ireland. 

They cater for clients around the globe such as Real Madrid and FC Barcelona.

SIS pitches, a world leader in synthetic and natural sports surfacing, has just completed laying the pitch for the 2018 World Cup Final in Moscow. 

The company already have offices in the UK, Holland, the Middle East, Russia, Turkey and Angola. 

However, they're now expanding and investing in Ireland and the Irish people. 

Although the company was set up by a Sligo man, George Mullan, in 2011; the company has never had a direct presence here. 

He says that moving into the Irish market is a personal sense of pride and excitement for him. 

Ardboe in Co.Tyrone will be one of the bases to open here, which will be ran by the companies sales director Darren McGeehan, who's originally from Ballinderry, in Co. Derry. 

SIS pictches will have other presences in Greystones, Co.Wicklow and Sligo. 

It should prove to be a good investment for the company by expanding in Ireland; as results for 2016 show they already have a record turnover exceeding €54 million, making it one of the largest sports pitch companies in the world. 

Its projections for 2017 is a turnover of almost €63.5 million.