We would like to wish everyone a happy holiday season! As hard as it may be to believe, another year is coming to an end. 2021 has been challenging in many ways with continued raw material and supply chain issues.
Thanks to all the hard work from our internal teams along with our valued suppliers, we have been able to consistently supply the sweeping industry with brooms all year and be the reliable supplier you’ve come to expect.
Wafers are used to make main brooms for mechanical sweepers, road construction sweepers, and sweeper attachments.
Wafers are individual broom discs that stack on top of each other on a wafer rack to make a full broom core. There are two style wafers – Convoluted and Flat. Convoluted wafers have a wavy shape and flat wafers are well, flat.
Most people tend to stick with whatever broom type or configuration is on the sweeper when the sweeper is purchased. If you’re using flat wafers you may want to see why switching to convoluted can save you time and money.
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We are excited to announce that access to our Customer Portal is now available to all active customers. The portal will allow access into your account where you can see:
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With so many broom types, sweeper models and manufacturers in the industry, Keystone saw a need to develop terminology to help identify the various gutter broom styles and the sweepers they’re used on. Read on to learn more below.
After more than 30 years of service and dedication, Jack Moran retires from Keystone Plastics. Continue reading “A Farewell Tribute to Jack Moran”
In early April, Ranger Kidwell-Ross of WorldSweeper.com sat down with Brian Naftal to discuss the unprecedented increases in raw materials. Plastic resin and steel commodities are at record highs and have impacted pricing throughout the sweeping industry. Below is the conversation that first appeared last week on the WorldSweeper website. Continue reading “Rising Commodity Prices Impact Sweeping”
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We are please to announce the opening of a new manufacturing facility in Pooler, Georgia. Pooler is located just outside of Savannah and allows Keystone to better service the southeast while expanding production capabilities.
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