North American Sweeper Magazine

Schwarze Industries, one of the world’s largest street and parking area sweeper manufacturers, announced January 25, 2011 that they will be showing a new range of trailer and road brooms at the upcoming National Pavement Expo in Nashville, Tennessee, February 3-5, 2011. Schwarze Industries recently purchased the product line in Australia and are now marketing [...]

The entire management team for Stewart-Amos is pleased to announce that John Paraschak has been named Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Stewart-Amos Sweeper Company. John brings 30 years of sales, marketing and management experience obtained in the industrial and municipal sweeper markets. He started his career as a factory-direct sales representative for Tennant [...]

Schwarze Industries, one of the world’s largest street and parking area sweeper manufacturers, announced January 18, 2011, that they will be unveiling their all-new lineup of S-Series machines at the National Pavement Expo in Nashville, Tennessee on February 3, 2011. “Our goal with the new S-Series machines was to find out firsthand what operators were [...]

Pity the street sweeper. As if warm weather, cigarette butts, grit and road oils are not challenging enough, winter brings new trials and tribulations with its mixtures of detritus to complicate cleanup. As anyone who has ever navigated along a slick roadway knows, the sight of a salt truck or brine sprayer is a welcome [...]

Terrific mechanics and keen business smarts are at the heart of most successful sweeping enterprises. But a Discovery Channel contest winner? No doubt the only sweeping company that can claim an employee with that credential is CJ Parking Lot Sweeping of Warren, Michigan. As Greater Michigan’s largest sweeping contractor, CJ Parking Lot and its employees [...]

Warren, PA—Superior Tire & Rubber Corp., the leader in polyurethane and rubber industrial components, announced on December 1st, 2010 that it has achieved the ISO 9001:2008 certification, which underscores the company’s commitment to continuous improvement. Achieving this global standard complements the company’s vision of being the vendor of choice through technical excellence and innovation, by [...]

Johnston Sweepers has introduced the new ‘slim’ VT551 7.5 ton light-duty truck mounted sweeper to the range, supplying high quality, high payload urban sweeping at great value for money. The VT551 is designed to be mounted on narrow, lower cost Japanese-produced chassis, including the Mitsubishi Canter which, at just 2m wide, is slimmer and lighter [...]

Allianz Sweeper Company continues over a half century of industry-leading innovative engineering with the introduction of the World’s first purpose-built electric hybrid street sweeper—the Allianz 4000 Electric Hybrid. Power and high-performance combined with 40-45% in fuel savings, significantly reduced emissions, reduced noise levels, travel speeds up to 60 mph, reduced maintenance, and very environmentally friendly [...]

With an ongoing labor crunch, developing an effective employee orientation experience is crucial. Many employees make the decision to stay or quit within the first six months of starting out at a new job. By implementing and executing a well thought out orientation program, you will not only help in retaining employees, but you will [...]

As we welcome the new year, we at NAPSA headquarters are preparing for 2011. One of the things we evaluate regularly is the benefits we offer our members. NAPSA members have a variety of benefits to take advantage of from supplier discounts to a free employee law hotline. We have previously asked our membership what [...]