North American Sweeper Magazine

ELGIN, Ill. (April 10, 2012)—Elgin Sweeper, the leading manufacturer of street sweepers for general street maintenance, special industrial and airport applications, announced that the District of Columbia has added two new compressed natural gas (CNG)- fueled Pelican® broom sweepers—as well as two CNG-fueled refuse trucks and six ethanol-fueled heavy-duty trucks—to the city’s public works fleet. [...]

Cincinnati technical conference looks at best practices and lessons for building sustainable asphalt pavements and pavement preservation Lanham, Md.—The National Asphalt Pavement Association and the Federal Highway Administration, with the support of local state asphalt pavement organizations, are holding the 21st Century Asphalt Pavements conference June 19 – 20, 2012, at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland [...]

How do you walk the tight rope between federal laws, public health and the economic impact to small business? Balancing these things can be difficult. “While we are promoting and protecting public health, we take into account the economic impact it will have whenever we pass new regulations,” says Beth White, manager of the on-road [...]

Last month, we took a look at the smartphone apps that will help you save time and money with gas, GPS navigation and mapping, productivity and time tracking, contact management, note taking, travel planning, invoicing and credit card payments. This month, we will look additional categories such as marketing, finance, document management, product management, security [...]

In a recent survey, NAPSA members cited rising fuel cost as their number one issue in the industry. With fuel prices in the $4 range, this is no great shock to anyone. What may be surprising however is that as a member of the North American Power Sweeping Association your company can receive a rebate [...]

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World of Asphalt wrapped up another successful event on March 15th in Charlotte, North Carolina. More than 6,000 pavement maintenance contractors, asphalt and aggregate producers, fleet managers, highway contractors, traffic safety professionals, plant operators and public officials were all onsite to check out the latest equipment, products and services. The show had more than 350 [...]

If you haven’t heard of 1-800-Sweeper yet, you probably will soon. It is a co-op of independently-owned sweeper companies throughout the U.S. that gives local companies the buying power and commercial visibility of a nationwide company, and it’s growing fast. “With 1-800-Sweeper, we have the resources to take any size company to that next level [...]

This year’s National Pavement Expo “where pavement means business” in Memphis, Tennessee from February 15 to 18 was well attended. With more than 50 seminars and workshops, attendees could learn about parking lot striping for contractors and applying best practices, to how to market your company and measure your performance and productivity. The workshops covered [...]

Cedar Falls, Iowa—The South Coast Air Quality Management District announced on February 14th, 2012, that Wayne Sweepers LLC has achieved the performance standards established under AQMD Rule 1186 for its Gladiator and Warrior models of street sweepers. Rule 1186 outlines stringent test procedures for street sweepers to verify and achieve PM10 efficiency. PM10 refers to [...]