Founded in 1997, Integrated Turf Solutions, formerly Nexcel Synthetics, manufactures specialty yarns, fibers, tufting and urethane coating equipment, and primary and secondary backing equipment. The company, located in Birmingham, Ala., offers backings for the carpet industry, fibers for specialty weaving yarns, and stable fibers for the automotive and construction industries. It manufactures flat and fibrillated slit tape yarns for weaving, knitting and other fabric-forming methods. The company produces yarns for various manufacturing applications, including geotextiles, ground covers, straps, twines and ropes. Integrated Turf Solutions produces polypropylene and polyethylene fibrillated yarns for artificial turfs. It manufactures a range of primary and secondary backing using resins from Exxon and Dow Chemical. The company serves a variety of customers, such as Shaw Industries, Mohawk, Millliken and Rinker Systems.