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TYMCO Recognized for Innovative Regenerative Air Sweeper
The 2022 Pavement Alan Curtis Industry Service Award is presented to B.W. Young, founder of TYMCO, for the invention of the regenerative air sweeper technology. B.W. Young of Young Brothers Contractors, Inc. and founder of TYMCO, Inc. is the recipient of the 2022 Alan Curtis Industry Service Award for envisioning multiple applications for the Regenerative […]
Learn MoreFilter Out the Ultra Fine
TYMCO knows there’s more to cleaning pavement than what meets the eye There’s more to cleaning paved surfaces than removing litter and debris. A growing number of municipalities and industrial companies are looking to perform a deeper clean by reducing potentially harmful particulates not visible to the naked eye. Ultrafine particles, measuring smaller than a […]
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2019 Sweeper of the Year
Pavement Magazine names Contract Sweepers & Equipment 2019 Sweeper of the Year
Learn MoreCONTAMINANT COLLECTORS: TYMCO Regenerative Air Sweepers help improve air quality in Chandler, Arizona
Throughout the night, four TYMCO Model 600 street sweepers travel the arterial streets of Chandler, Arizona, cleaning the dust and debris left from the hustle and bustle of daytime traffic. Cleaning goes beyond picking up litter. The regenerative air sweepers remove the smallest of contaminants — fines originating from rubber tires, the wearing of brake […]
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Clean Sweep: Robins trucks keep streets, flight line debris-free
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — A lone pebble, inconspicuous to the casual observer, doesn’t realize on its own it has no business existing several hundred feet away from a major weapons system on the Robins flight line. Five days a week, one of 12 “street sweepers” from the 78th Civil Engineer Group take a […]
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Magnetic Road Sweepers are the Right Tool for Emergency Access
Castle Rock, CO June 25, 2013 – There are so many factors involved with providing an effective response to an emergency situation. Having the right tools and equipment is always part of a successful solution. TYMCO, Inc. is a manufacturer of Regenerative Air Street Sweepers located in Waco, Texas, about 19 miles south of West, […]
Learn MoreWhich Alternative Fuel Are You?
Meeting Federal, State and Municipal air quality requirements have helped bring alternative fuel sweepers to the forefront. The question is which alternative fuel is best? Which one should you get? If you are sweeping for a municipal, then some cities want alternative fuel sweepers in an effort to reduce their city’s carbon footprint. “With the […]
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Flying High in the Dallas Sky
Nearly 50 million people fly in and out of DFW Airport on American Airlines in a single year. Add to that, their luggage, carry-ons, and other cargo and it makes for a very busy place. Flagship Sweeping has the daunting task of keeping one of America’s busiest airports clean and free of debris that can […]
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City of Norfolk Sweeping Program Targets Chesapeake Bay Protection
The information from this article is taken from an interview with John White, stormwater engineer for the City of Norfolk; and, Steve White, superintendent for street sweeping operations for the City. The City of Norfolk sweeps every curbed street in the city at least monthly. The downtown business area, which is a several square mile […]
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One Family Proves That Necessity Results In Over Forty Years Of Innovation
To fully understand the impact TYMCO has had on the asphalt industry you have to go back nearly fifty years to three brothers who worked together building roads at Young Brothers Construction. B.W., Raymond (first president and founder of ISSA), and F.M. Young learned that if the base of asphalt roads were solidly built, then […]
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