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Sweepers Play Crucial Role Keeping Airline Passengers Safe by Protecting Engines

Sweepers Play Crucial Role Keeping Airline Passengers Safe by Protecting Engines

Every nervous flyer has his or her own checklist before taking off, just as the pilots in the cockpit have theirs.

Flotation device under the seat: check.
Access to the mid-plane emergency exits: check.
Nothing suspicious or odd [...]

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ELGIN SWEEPER LAUNCHES WEB PORTAL

ELGIN SWEEPER LAUNCHES WEB PORTAL

As part of its efforts to help provide simple answers to questions about air and water pollution and clear up certain misconceptions in the marketplace about pollution control, Elgin Sweeper recently unveiled a dynamic Internet portal to serve as an information resource for the industry. Launched at the 2009 APWA [...]

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Business as Usual May Not Be the Best Way to do Business

Business as Usual May Not Be the Best Way to do Business

Change a light bulb. Install a sign. Patch a pothole. The days of simply sweeping parking lots are long gone for many contractors. Instead, most shopping center and apartment managers are looking for “one-stop” maintenance.
That means that sweeping contractors, long at the forefront of parking lot work, are [...]

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New Emission Standards Bring Changes to Sweeper Industry

New Emission Standards Bring Changes to Sweeper Industry

Consider this a lesson in alphabet soup for the sweeper industry.
SCR. DEF. EGR. LMNOP. Actually, the last one is just part of the alphabet – it has nothing to do with street sweepers. The first three, however, soon will become familiar acronyms, or at least they should be.

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