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Meet our Vendor Partner – Elgin Sweeper

Since 1914, Elgin Sweeper has been hard at work cleaning America’s roadways.

Elgin has evolved its line of sweepers through the years and continues designing new products. Today, Elgin equipment utilizes every variation of current sweeping technology — mechanical, pure vacuum sweepers, regenerative air, alternative fuel sweepers, waterless dust control and high efficiency filtration — providing customers a sweeper to best match their environment and meet the customer’s needs.

In January 2018, Elgin introduced a new and innovative configuration of its popular Crosswind® regenerative air sweeper. This newest model utilizes a single-engine with a variable-speed device installed between the chassis engine and transmission allowing the engine to simultaneously power both the truck and the sweeper.

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2018 Regional Meetings – Four Great Opportunities to Meet Current Partners

If you missed connecting with us at NPE 2018 in Cleveland, now is your opportunity to meet with current Partners and review the many benefits of joining 1-800-SWEEPER.

Current Partners in the 1-800-SWEEPER co-op consistently request additional opportunities to interact with other sweeping company owners and managers who are part of our organization. In addition to the annual Sweeper Summit — this year in Las Vegas — our regional, one-day meetings have proven to be a perfect way to do that.

The events typically run from ~8:30 am to 4:00 pm, with breakfast and lunch served. Complete agenda details and specific information for each meeting are sent two weeks prior to each meeting date.

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Meet a Vendor Partner – ApplicantPro

During the National Pavement Expo, and at every Sweeper Summit, the #1 topic of discussion is HIRING.

How do we hire enough people?  How do we get good people and how do we keep them?  These are constant issues discussed at any gathering of power sweeping companies.

ApplicantPro has teamed up with 1-800-SWEEPER Partner companies providing a comprehensive, affordable solution with their all-in-one hiring platform:

  • More applicants
  • Reduce time to fill positions
  • Decreased cost per hire
  • Increase quality of hire
  • Awesome applicant experience.
  • Insights into what’s not working
  • Less headaches for your whole team!

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Meet our New Vendor Partner – SKECHERS

Offering over 3,000 styles of work, high performance and lifestyle footwear for men, women and children, SKECHERS is a 4 billion-dollar global leader in the footwear industry.

SKECHERS is also the #1 WORK BRAND in the U.S, with high performance footwear designed for men and women who are working in warehouses, janitorial and construction. Now, as part of our exclusive 1-800-SWEEPER Buying Group, our Partner companies’ employees can purchase work shoes and boots at a significant discount through their Corporate Shoe Program called SKECHERS Direct.

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National Pavement Expo 2018 Recap

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Sweeper of the Year:
Debbie Jacketta

National Pavement Expo was a great opportunity to get recognition for our group, individual partners, connect with Vendor Partners in our Buying Group and introduce ourselves to new, potential Affiliates of the 1-800-SWEEPER group.

Debbie Jacketta, a founding and former Board of Directors member of 1-800-SWEEPER and NAPSA was presented with the Sweeper of the Year Award by Pavement Maintenance & Reconstruction Magazine.

Debbie is the first woman to win the award. In an interview published in the February 2018 issue of PAVEMENT, Debbie offers some of the keys to the success and longevity of the business which was started by her parents, Neil and Bonnie Jacketta in 1968.

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