Awards of Excellence in Power Sweeping

At the National Pavement Exposition held in January of 2010, the WorldSweeper.com Award of Excellence in Power Sweeping for 2010 was awarded to Allan Heydorn, Editor of PAVEMENT Maintenance and Reconstruction Magazine and Conference Coordinator for the National Pavement Exposition.

To learn more about Allan Heydorn's history and his efforts on behalf of the sweeping industry, you are invited to take a look at the feature story we did in conjunction with this award. In addition to background information on Heydorn, coverage includes a 16-minute audio interview with Allan recorded a few days prior to his receiving the award.

Winner for 2009, South Carolina-based Dale McCaskill and his company, Southco Sweeping.

Winner for 2008, Seattle-based Davidson-Macri Sweeping and SweeperMarket Magazine.

First Award Winner, Gabriel Vitale, owner of C and L Sweeping in New Jersey.

Winner for 2006, Gale Holsman, owner of American Sweeping, Inc. in Kansas City, Missouri.

Eugene Hansen, the founder of Minnesota-based Clean Sweep, Inc.

Mark Carter, co-owner of Los Angeles-based Bill's Sweeping.

Bob Schwarze, founder of Schwarze Industries, Inc., and his son, Mark, were the winners for 2002.

In 2007, the WorldSweeper.com Award of Excellence in Power Sweeping was awarded to the B.W. Young family and the company he founded, The Young Manufacturing Company -- better known in the sweeping industry as the TYMCO sweeper company.

Tom Ostuni is a man who in 1966 looked at an industry in its infancy and saw its potential. He took a single sweeper and a single account and turned it into a full-scale success, helping many others along the way.