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Posted on Monday, March 24, 2025

Melton Secondary College (VIC) ASC G5

The Client Melton Secondary College (Formerly known as Melton High School) is a secondary school based in Melbourne’s western suburb of Melton. The school has been in operation since 1975. They are a single campus, co-educational school for students from Years 7 to 12. The Challenge Melton Secondary College is a very large school, catering for 1400 students. The grounds are very large; they span a lot of concreted areas, as well as heavily astro turfed areas. The school had been using blowers before asking ASC how to reduce labour cleaning time and make the school cleaner. The school suffered

Posted on Thursday, March 20, 2025

WSC Western Suburbs Concrete Penrith

The Client WSC (Western Suburbs Concrete) is a North Penrith (Sydney) based fresh mix concrete company. They supply premixed concrete throughout Western Sydney. They operate out of a very large, purpose-built premises, which comprises both batching and allocating. The Challenge The company had been using a competitive brand warehouse sweeper for some years, which never fulfilled the company’s KPI’s, in terms of a clean plant. WSC contacted ASC looking to invest in a long term, fit for purpose sweeper. They wanted a sweeper that was designed for and used by the cement, concrete and construction industry. ASC recommended the market

Posted on Saturday, March 8, 2025

Opal Packaging Plus NSW ASC G5

Client Introduction Opal Packaging Plus is a leading Australian manufacturer of cardboard packaging, cartons, and paper products. With nearly 40 years of experience, Opal has been a trusted supplier to various industries across Australia, providing high-quality solutions for packaging needs. The Challenge Opal’s large distribution warehouse in Pemulwuy, located in Sydney’s inner west, is home to multiple forklifts that generate significant dust. The warehouse aisles often accumulate plastic strapping, dust, and debris blown in by the wind, or dragged in from the forklifts, creating a challenging environment to maintain cleanliness and safety. The Result To address these issues, Opal tested

Posted on Thursday, March 6, 2025

Deakin University Geelong

The Client Deakin University was established as Victoria’s fourth university. It has now operated for more than 50 years and is recognised globally as one of Australia’s leading universities. The Challenge Deakin University covers a very large footprint. The campus has many kilometres of roadways, underground carparks as well as workshops that need sweeping daily. The facility had an array of dust and leaf issues that need to be swept to keep the facility clean. Deakin sought the expertise of ASC to recommend a fit for purpose sweeper, that could maintain the complex on a daily basis. The University emphasised

Posted on Monday, November 25, 2024

Freedman Racing Australia

The Client Pinecliff is a company owned by the famous Freedman Racing Australia and is situated at Mt Eliza, in Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. Freedman Racings Pinecliff facility is a premium race horse training facility. The Pinecliff facility has outstanding training tracks; turf and all-weather, plus stables that house 40 to 45 horses. The facility houses many high-quality horses and Melbourne cup winners. The Challenge Jack Evans from the Pinecliff facility contacted ASC’s Ken Pepyat, regarding the need for a large sweeper to clean up his very large horse training facility. The sweeper would be required to sweep clean the training

Posted on Monday, November 4, 2024

GMK Logistics Melbourne

The Client GMK Logistics are based in Epping, Victoria. GMK Logistics is Australia’s leading flooring supplier to the flooring industry. The Challenge GMK Logistics like to keep their facilities clean and free of dust and debris. Michael Gale, GMK Site Manager, is very stringent on keeping dust and debris off their floors. GMK had rented an ASC M6 for some years prior to investing in their own sweeper. The GMK warehouse has a lot of dust that blows in from the sites next door and combines with dust fibres and debris that is created on site. Michael was happy with

Posted on Thursday, September 19, 2024

Remondis Australia Northgate QLD

The Client REMONDIS Northgate Resource Recovery Facility (RRF) is located at Northgate, 14 kms north of Brisbane’s CBD. They have a waste water treatment facility on site, plus a large depot that caters for their logistics and industrial services vehicles. Today, REMONDIS Australia has grown and diversified to become one of the largest waste and recycling companies in the country. The Challenge Remondis Northgate had been using an ASC model M6 diesel sweeper, successfully, for the past 10 years. They undertook a project to upgrade the smaller ASC M6 with a larger capacity sweeper (street sweeper) to maximise labour productivity.

Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Sims Metal Pinkenba Qld

The Client Sims Pinkenba QLD is Australia’s Market leader when it comes to scrap metal. Their processing capacity, which includes five fragmentizers, shears, balers and granulating plants, operates to the highest environmental and quality standards to produce products that are recognised and sought after throughout the world. The Challenge The Sims Pinkenba site is a very busy and large capacity site. They required a heavy duty sweeper that was designed to pick up scrap metal and dust off their roadways and truck loading areas. Their new Pinkenba site is based at the Port of QLD, so the company had to

Posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Sims Metal Northgate QLD

The Client Sims Metal Australia is a scrap metal processor. Sims Metal has grown to be the leading collector, processor and supplier of recycled metal in Australia. The Challenge Sims Metal Northgate Qld is a very large operation that collects and processes Brisbane’s scrap metal. The site is a multi-acre site that requires daily sweeping. The site required a sweeper that was designed to work in the steel environment. The machine was being purchased to replace a road sweeper as well as a warehouse sweeper, that Sims had purchased a few years ago. Sims sought the expertise of ASC’s Scott

Posted on Sunday, September 8, 2024

JJ Richards Waste and Recycling SA

The Client JJ’s Waste & Recycling Wingfield (SA) depot is situated approximately 15km north of the Adelaide CBD. Their depot services include processing of general waste, industrial bin disposal, liquid waste services, waste oil collection and recycling waste removal. The Challenge JJ Richards Wingfield depot is a large waste open centre that houses and services garbage vehicles and other general waste equipment. The centre required a reliable industrial sweeper with a large loading capacity, to sweep clean their depot free of dirt, metal offcuts, rubber dust and other waste pollutants. JJ’s priority was to invest in a solid and reliable

Posted on Saturday, August 17, 2024

JJ Richards ASC M6 Canberra

The Client JJ Richards has grown to be one of the largest privately owned waste management companies in Australia. They have a fleet of over 1,800 vehicles and employ over 2,200 people. JJ Richards performs a variety of solid, hazardous and liquid waste collection services for over 110,000 commercial customers. They also perform 2.5 million domestic garbage, recycling, sanitary and green waste collection services per week, under contract for 63 local authorities. The Challenge JJ Richards Canberra required a new sweeper for their Hume depot. They sought the assistance of ASC’s Nathaniel Prasad, who recommended the heavy duty ASC M6

Posted on Friday, August 16, 2024

TMHA – Hyne Timber Tumbarumba

The Client TMHA is the World’s number one forklift brand. They are a global leader in the forklift industry. The Challenge Toyota Material Handling went to market, looking to procure a large capacity sweeper for their client Hyne Timber, in Tumbarumba NSW. The Hyne Timber facility is a multi-hectare site which required the sweeping of an extensive array of roadways, warehouses and production sheds. The site had numerous challenges, including the sweeping of off cuts of timber, tyre dust, gravel, and sawdust. The machine was expected to clean the whole site 24/7. TMHA & Hyne Timber required a heavy duty,

Posted on Thursday, August 15, 2024

Coles ADC Kemps Creek

The Client Coles Supermarkets is a national, full-service supermarket retailer, operating more than 800 stores across Australia. Beginning as a variety store more than 100 years ago, Coles is part of Australia’s history. The Challenge Coles Automated Distribution Centre Kemps Creek, is a new DC, located 20.7 kilometres from Sydney CBD. They had a requirement to procure a large capacity sweeper, to sweep clean their external grounds and loading docks. The sweeper was required to sweep the multi hectare green fill site that Coles has developed, to ensure deliveries to the new subdivisions. The Result A new ASC M8 diesel

Posted on Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Coles DC Eastern Creek NSW

The Client Coles Supermarkets is a national, full-service supermarket retailer, operating more than 800 stores across Australia. Beginning as a variety store more than 100 years ago, Coles is part of Australia’s history. The Challenge Coles CDC Eastern Creek had a requirement to procure a large capacity sweeper, to sweep clean their external grounds. The sweeper was required to sweep the multi acre site, free from dust and debris. The Result A new ASC M8 diesel was purchased.

Posted on Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Coles Fulfillment Centre NSW Wetherill Park

The Client Coles Supermarkets is a national, full-service supermarket retailer, operating more than 800 stores across Australia. Beginning as a variety store more than 100 years ago, Coles is part of Australia’s history. The Challenge Coles Wetherill Park Fulfilment Centre had a requirement to procure a large capacity sweeper, to sweep clean their external grounds. The sweeper would be required to sweep the multi hectare site, ensuring it was clean of dust and debris. The Result A new ASC M8 diesel was purchased.

Posted on Monday, August 12, 2024

DSI Underground

The Client DSI Underground, formerly known as Fero Group, is a fully integrated national steel manufacturing and anti-corrosion service company, providing products and services to oil and gas, mining, civil, marine, commercial, industrial, and residential industries. They are located in Narangba, QLD. The Challenge DSI Underground Narangba’s multi hectare site had been using an ASC M6 rental sweeper for the past 7 years. Luka and Trent, DSI’s Site Managers, had been looking to upgrade the smaller ASC sweeper, to a larger capacity ASC sweeper. The site was too large and warranted a much larger sized sweeper. Luka was looking at

Posted on Monday, July 15, 2024

Calleja Group

The Client From humble beginnings as a one-truck waste transport business in 1950, the family-run Calleja Group has today evolved as a big group in Melbourne’s waste and transport sector. The company operates two transfer stations in Melbourne, one of them located at Newlands Road, Coburg North. The Challenge The Calleja Groups Coburg Transfer waste based in Coburg, is a large facility that separates industrial waste into timber, concrete, bricks, cardboard, metals and green waste using manual and magnetic separation. The company had a need to run an effective waster transfer compliant sweeper that did not blow dust and was

Posted on Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Gyprock Trade Melbourne

The Client CSR Gyprock stores and sells a full range of Gyprock plasterboard, cornice, compounds, as well as the Himmel Ceilings range, Rondo Stud & Track, Bradford Insulation & Ventilation, Cemintel Fibre Cement and external Cladding options. The Challenge Gyprock Trade in Melbourne recently received their new ASC M6 sweeper as their chosen tool to keep their distribution centre clean. ASC’s local Representative, Giovanni Angelone, helped guide the Melbourne DC to ensure they acquired a machine with the best dust control system on the market. The Result Gyprock invested in the heavy duty ASC Eureka M6 large capacity sweeper.

Posted on Thursday, May 2, 2024

Yulong Investments

The Client Yulong Investments is a thoroughbred racing and breeding organisation, driven by Founder, Mr Yuesheng Zhang. Yulong is a major player in the Australian racing and breeding landscape, investing in quality yearlings and broodmares. Yulong Investments has a large horse stud at both Mangalore and Bayles, Victoria with some 3000 acres. The Challenge Chinese Billionaire, Mr Yuesheng Zhang and PA Indi, spoke to ASC’s Ken Pepyat, seeking a sweeper to keep the horse facilities roads clean. The facility is run like a Swiss watch, with the Staff keeping the grounds immaculate at all times. Indi asked Ken Pepyat for

Posted on Friday, April 26, 2024

Southern Material Recovery Facility

The Client Southern Material Recovery Facility (SRWRA) is based in Seaford Heights, South Australia. The Southern Recycling Centre (SRC) plays a key role in the diversion of waste from landfill. Municipal solid waste from the kerbside rubbish bin is processed, to extract organic material from the waste stream which is then pasteurised, screened and used as part of landfill capping. This ensures maximum diversion of organic material from landfill. The Challenge Plant Manager, Michel Semaan, asked ASC’s Adelaide based Representative Like Skrinjaric for a solution to clean their facility. The company faced a serious challenge with their outdoor areas and

Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2024

Activ Foundation

The Client Activ Foundation is a not for profit organisation and one of WA’s biggest Disability Services providers. They run a range of professional/personalised services, that support more than 1200 customers and employ more than 1500 people. Established in 1951, Activ was formed by a group of families who wanted more for their children who lived with a disability and had become marginalised by society. Over time, the group grew to encompass community, employment, accommodation, training and more. Their Property Care branch of the organisation has a facility in Ashby, WA and provides facility and property management throughout the Perth

Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Santos Queensland

The Client Santos is a leading company in the production of gas. They have a very large facility in Roma, Queensland. The Challenge Santos has a vast array of warehouses that stores its mining requirements. The company needed a sweeper that would effectively pick up all the dust that was brought into their warehouses from forklift movement and swirling winds. The Result The company purchased a heavy duty, ASC Eureka M6 sweeper. The machine was installed by ASC’s Nathaniel Prasad.

Posted on Monday, March 18, 2024

Remondis Waste Transfer Station

The Client REMONDIS Australia has grown and diversified to become one of the largest waste and recycling companies in the country. Their Remondis Seven Hills operation is a waste disposal and reduction service, located in Powers Road, Seven Hills. The company collects and sorts all kinds of rubbish from the western suburbs. The Challenge Having used an ASC D200 for the past 16 years, Remondis had a need to replace its sweeper. The choice was whether to purchase a dedicated street sweeper, or a dedicated refuse sweeper. Having already purchased an ASC M8 in their Brisbase waste facility many years

Posted on Thursday, March 14, 2024

O’Brien Transport Services

The Client Established in 1948, O’Brien Transport Group is now in the third generation of a successful family transport business. Previously Graeme O’Brien Transport, O’Brien Transport Group has acquired and developed the necessary infrastructure to provide professional, effective local and interstate transport distribution. The Challenge O’Brien Transport has a very large transport facility in Albury , NSW. Mark O’Brien spoke to ASC’s Ken Pepyat, looking for a sweeper that could be road registered, to keep on top of their ongoing dust and dirt challenges. The sweeper would be used to clean dust and leaf issues along their roadways, at the

Posted on Saturday, February 10, 2024

Renex

The Client RENEX is Australia’s first permanently located contaminated soil treatment and resource recovery facility. It was specifically established to accept and treat contaminated soils and other industrial waste, that would otherwise have been destined for landfill disposal. The Challenge Renex operates out of a very large facility, in Melbourne’s outer suburb of Dandenong. The company receives deliveries of all kinds of soil that needs to be processed. The site is very dusty and has large mobile trucks and earthmoving machines moving soil to and from the site, resulting in spills that need to be swept up. ASC’s Ken Pepyat

Posted on Friday, January 5, 2024

STS Timber Wholesale

The Client STS Timber Wholesale Pty Ltd has grown rapidly to become one of the largest independent producers and distributors of treated and non-treated timber products in Australia. They operate three treatment plants sites, located in Woori Yallock. Their innovative treatment process allows for differing levels of preservation from weathering conditions and protection from attack by borers, termites and decay. The Challenge STS required a sweeper to sweep their extensive warehouse operations. Their yard roads are all gravel and the dust of this gravel quickly coats their warehousing and drying concrete floors. They required a heavy duty sweeper that was

Posted on Monday, November 27, 2023

WA Fibreglass Pools

The Client WA Fibreglass Pools manufacture Swimming Pools in Perth, to cope with the WA climate and conditions. They are based in Neerabup, a rural locality in Perth. The Challenge The company moved into a new facility. They required a sweeper to pick up dirt and fine dust that was accumulating around their large facility. The machine was required to sweep up and maintain the outer perimeter of their facility, to ensure it’s free of debris, as well as picking up fibreglass in their manufacturing plant. On occasions, the sweeper would be used to sweep up public roadways in the

Posted on Saturday, November 25, 2023

Recycal Tasmania

The Client Recycal is based in the Tasmanian suburb of Launceston. The company is a scrap metal recycling facility. It processes scrap metal, lead, stainless, copper, aluminium, brass & used batteries. The Challenge Recycal Tasmania were looking for a sweeper capable of maintaining their scrap yard free of dust and offcuts of metal. They were specifically looking for a sweeper that was proven to work in the metal recycling industry. They were after a heavy-duty sweeper that was capable of sweeping 8-hour shifts and designed to sweep very undulated surfaces. The company contacted ASC’s Luke Skrinjaric who assisted them with

Posted on Friday, November 24, 2023

Fenix Resources Geraldton WA

The Client Fenix Resources is a premier iron ore producer in Western Australia’s Mid-West, with the Iron Ridge Mine delivering high-grade ore since December 2020. They ship their iron ore from the Port of Geraldton. The Challenge Fenix Resources has a large footprint at the Port of Geraldton. Iron ore is shipped in vast quantities via truck and conveyor belt. The port has large holding sheds and an extensive array of road networks that need to be swept on a daily basis. The company sought to invest in a sweeper that was designed to sweep iron ore and be proven

Posted on Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Canberra

The Client The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) is the Australian Government agency responsible for supporting and investing in sport at all levels. The ASC was established in 1985. The AIS’s role is to increase involvement in sport and enable continued international sporting success through leadership and development of the sports sector, targeted financial support and the operation of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). The Facility is based in Canberra on a multi hectare site. The Challenge The AIS were looking to replace a sweeper that they had on their books for several years. The sweeper was required to sweep

Posted on Thursday, November 16, 2023

Veolia – Portland Aluminum Smelter

The Client VEOLIA AUSTRALIA is a large service provider across the Australian market, which employs 5,750 + employees and has a turnover in excess of $3 billion in revenue. The Challenge Veolia has a contract with Portland Aluminum Smelter, in Victoria’s Western Districts. The contract is the provision of facility maintenance. Part of that contract is to sweep the entire Portland Smelter Site, which is spread across some 30 acres of land. Veolia went to market looking for a heavy duty, fit for purpose, mining sweeper, that was rated to work in very hot and dusty conditions, while sweeping on

Posted on Monday, November 13, 2023

Eilbeck Cranes

The Client Eilbeck Cranes is a 100% Australian owned private company, with over 115 years of experience. Each crane at Eilbeck Cranes, is quality engineered in response to individual needs. Eilbeck’s built cranes are used by well-respected civil and industrial developers, not just local to Australia but also around the world. The Challenge The company had opened a new manufacturing branch, in the NSW Suburb of Moss Vale. The plant was very large, as the site covered almost 7 acres of concreted floor span. The company required a heavy duty sweeper to maintain their site. The material to be swept

Posted on Friday, November 10, 2023

Idemitsu Australia – Boggabri Coal

The Client Boggabri Coal Mine is an open-cut coal operation. The mine produces up to 7 million tonnes per annum of saleable coal. The mine supports a workforce of about 600 employees and contractors. The Challenge The mine has a very large workshop, that services their fleet of large earthmoving equipment. The workshop gets a large buildup of coal dust and mud, due to the vehicles entering and exiting the workshop. The challenge was set to find a suitable sweeper that was designed to work in the mining sector, provide low maintenance costs and designed to cope with heavy dust

Posted on Monday, November 6, 2023

Coles Perth Airport Delivery Centre

The Client Coles Supermarkets is a national, full-service supermarket retailer, operating more than 800 stores across Australia. Beginning as a variety store more than 100 years ago, Coles is part of Australia’s history. The Challenge Coles Perth DC had a requirement to procure a large capacity sweeper, to sweep clean their external grounds. The sweeper would be required to sweep the multi hectare site, ensuring it was clean of dust and debris. The Result An ASC M8 Disel was ordered.

Posted on Monday, October 16, 2023

Coles Edinburgh South Australia

The Client Coles is the largest established supermarket chain in Australia. The brand is well supported and serves millions of customers every day. The Challenge Coles has set up a new distribution centre in Edinburgh, South Australia. The site required a large capacity sweeper, that was capable of sweeping their multi hectare site. Coles went to market to look at what was available. The Result Coles South Australia ordered a large Capacity ASC Eureka M8 sweeper.

Posted on Monday, September 25, 2023

Bundaberg Sugar QLD

The Client Bundaberg Sugar is a company involved in all aspects of sugar manufacturing, including growing and milling the sugarcane and refining and marketing the sugar. The Challenge Bundaberg Sugar was looking to upgrade their housekeeping standard, with a view of minimising labour whilst cleaning their ever expanding Millaquin facility. The company had a competitive sweeper scrubber in use that proved unreliable and very costly to maintain. Bundaberg Sugar sought the expertise of ASC, to guide them on how best to maintain their facility efficiently. It was suggested that investing in an ASC M6 LPG sweeper would cut down 73%

Posted on Thursday, September 21, 2023

Coles Truganina Melbourne

The Client Coles is Australia’s largest Supermarket chain. The company recently built a massive, new Distribution Centre in Victoria’s Western Suburb of Truganina. The Challenge The task at hand was to invest in a reliable sweeper, that could effectively sweep up to 15 acres of hardstand concrete and be comfortable for their operators to use. The Result Coles purchased an ASC Eureka M8 for this site.

Posted on Thursday, September 21, 2023

Coles Laverton Victoria

The Client Coles is Australia’s most recognised supermarket name. The Challenge The Coles Laverton Site covers a very large area. There is a very large carpark, hardstand and unloading areas to sweep clean. The company required a large capacity street sweeper to cover these areas and sought the expertise of ASC to guide them on their selection. The Solution They invested in an ASC Eureka M8 Diesel sweeper, fitted with a cabin and air conditioner.

Posted on Wednesday, September 6, 2023

The Boat Works Gold Coast

The Client The Boat Works is a boatyard, superyacht yard and marina services company, servicing the Gold Coast and surrounding areas. Boasting the cleanest and greenest Australian owned premium Boatyard and Superyacht facility, the company was looking to add to its sweeper fleet and again, asked long term partner, ASC, for sweeper advice. The Challenge Having already purchased two ASC M6 sweepers in the past 15 years, The Boat Works inquired with ASC, looking for a single sweeper that could sweep clean their entire facility. Covering almost 19 acres, the Boat Works were debating the concept of whether to invest

Posted on Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Yancoal NSW Invests Again ASC M8

The Client Yancoal Australia is a leading coal mining company. Their NSW site is based in the Mount Thorley coal region of Warkworth, just outside Singleton. The company had previously purchased an ASC M8 diesel powered sweeper for their South Workshop. The Challenge Yancoal required an additional sweeper for their North Workshop. The machine would be sweeping a large maintenance facility that serviced mining dump tricks and bulldozers. The facility would be full of coal dust and dusty, powdery dirt. Yancoal required a heavy duty sweeper, designed to work in these brutal conditions and work without extensive downtime or maintenance

Posted on Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Hai Clean QLD Cleans Up With An ASC M8

The Client The Hai Clean is a professional company catering to all commercial and residential cleaning needs in the commercial, industrial, residential, builder and bond clean. Located at Adelaide Crescent, Ormeau, QLD they also specialise in contract sweeping and pressure wash cleaning. The Challenge Hai Clean had been using other branded sweepers in the past and were finding that they were having to sweep the same floor area 2-3 times to pick up fine dust. Ivan, being the Business Owner, was looking for a sweeper that would reduce labour time and increase productivity. He also wanted a sweeper with features

Posted on Tuesday, August 1, 2023

Mitolo Group Packing Area Cleaning Requirements

The Client Mitolo Group is one of the largest produce growers, wholesalers and distributors in South Australia. The Challenge Mitolo Group contacted ASC’s South Australia Manager, Luke Skrinjaric, after just commissioning a large, brand new packing and produce storage facility in Nildottie, SA. The company was seeking an efficient and reliable sweeper to help keep their packing areas, storage areas and large yard loading docks free of dust, soil and produce pilings. After using an ASC M6 large rider dust control sweeper successfully for many years at their main facility in Virginia, SA, they called Luke to discuss the availability

Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2023

Inghams White Sands SA

The Client Inghams is Australia’s largest integrated poultry producer. Inghams, is operating a greenfield feed mill at Murray Bridge, to supply its poultry production in South Australia. It includes grains, meal and product silos and warehousing space. The whole facility spreads at over 2,3 ha sites, at White Sands, SA. The Challenge The challenge was to find a sweeper that could keep production areas, loading areas and their yard parameter free of dust and pollutants. The sweeper would also be required to clean accidental feed spillage inside the warehouse and around the loading bays. The Solution The company chose the

Posted on Friday, June 30, 2023

Benetas Dalkeith Village Outdoor Challenge

The Client Benetas Dalkeith Gardens is an aged care and retirement village, located in Traralgon Victoria. The Challenge Ed from Benetas wanted to invest in a quiet sweeper, that would pick up leaves and debris around his site. It had to be easy to manoeuvre around the buildings, with minimal fuss and be easy to operate. The Result ASC’s Ken Pepyat demonstrated the ASC M3 sweeper for Darren, the garden Maintenance Manager. The machine was tested in many different parts of the Dalkeith Village. Darren could see the machine being a great asset for them. They decided to purchase the

Posted on Saturday, June 17, 2023

Coles Parkinson Large Capacity ASC Sweeper

The Client Coles Distribution Centre has just opened their second large Distribution facility at Parkinson, in Qld. The Challenge The challenge was to find a sweeper that had the capacity to sweep many acres of open concreted areas. After careful consideration, the company made the choice to invest in a high quality sweeper. The Result. Coles ordered an ASC Eureka M8 Diesel powered air conditioned cabin machine, for this site. ASC’s Scott Campbell was there to commission the machine.

Posted on Friday, June 16, 2023

Coles Distribution Centre Redbank QLD

The Client Coles has announced the opening of its first automated distribution centres in Redbank, QLD. The Challenge Coles procurement team went to the market, looking a sweeper that could maintain many acres of external hardstand areas. The selection process included many stakeholders of Coles. The Result Coles ordered the ASC Eureka M8 Street Sweeper for the Redbank Site. ASC’s Scott Campbell and Nathaniel Prasad were on hand to commission the new machine to site.

Posted on Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Wesfeeds (WA) George Western Foods

The Client George Western Foods owns locally based Wesfeeds. Their new 4.7ha site houses one of the largest animal feed producers in Australia. It’s based at Hope Valley. The Challenge The challenge was to find a sweeper that could sweep up grain throughout the site, without creating any dust discharge while sweeping. The company has very large internal roadways. Large trucks come to site to unload huge volumes of grain. The facility also has very large production areas where they receive grains, then manufacture chicken and pig pelleted food. Their biggest challenge is the capture of dust, grain, husk and

Posted on Monday, June 5, 2023

Fielders Multiple Warehouse Sweeping Requirements

The Client Fielders manufacture a comprehensive range of roll-formed steel products, that are supplied to commercial, industrial and domestic building markets. They have sites throughout South Australia, Western Australia, New South Wales and Victoria. Fielders’ operations have been servicing Australia’s residential, industrial and commercial construction industries, for over 115 years. The Challenge The company has a very large facility that includes two very large warehouse and manufacturing facilities. The premises had a need for daily sweeping of these warehouses. Sweeping up of airborne dust and steel residue was the main concern. ASC’s WA Manager, Ross Sheehan, recommended the heavy duty,

Posted on Sunday, June 4, 2023

Water Corp Northam – ASC M5 EB Cleaning Investment

The Client Water Corp is based in Western Australia’s Northern region of Northam. They are owned by the State Government and are accountable to the Minister for Water. The challenge The company started their journey with ASC, by purchasing a walk behind MEP sweeper 12 months ago. In the new year they were keen to build a business case for the larger, ASC M5 sweeper. Their endeavours were successful and the funds were raised to purchase a new ASC M5 EB sweeper. The site in Northam is responsible for the manufacturing and storage of steel pipe/flanges and other pieces, to

Posted on Saturday, June 3, 2023

The Australian Armour and Artillery Museum

The Client The Australian Armour and Artillery Museum is dedicated to the collection, preservation, restoration and display of Armoured Vehicles and Artillery, from the 1800’s to the present day. The collection includes armoured vehicles and artillery from both world wars, with a particular focus on WWII. The Challenge The company has a very large warehouse which houses its armoured vehicles. The floors get quite dusty and require frequent sweeping. The tanks are at times taken outside for public exhibition, which consequently brings a lot of dirt and dust into the facility. The challenge was to find a sweeper that could

Posted on Friday, June 2, 2023

Townsville Marine Logistics

The Client Founded in Townsville, North Queensland, TML provide efficient stevedoring services for most cargo types, including break bulk, bulk products and containers. The Challenge The company unloads cargo from ships, which includes livestock, grain and bulk cargo. The berths need frequent sweeping as each ship gets unloaded, to minimise any debris entering the ocean. They required a highly manoeuvrable, heavy duty sweeper that was designed to sweep uneven floor surfaces, as well as all kinds of debris without any dust discharge. The Result The company invested in an ASC Eureka M3 sweeper.

Posted on Thursday, June 1, 2023

Bay Timber NSW M6

The Client Beresfield based Bay Timber, are a Roof Trusses and Wall Frame company. They offer a range of products and services, including wall and prefab roof frames. The Challenge The company has a large site that requires daily sweeping. Assembling roof trusses is quite a dusty process, as it requires a lot of wood cutting. Mobile plant is constantly in use, which leaves tyre dust and debris on the floor. The company was looking to invest in a heavy duty, fit for purpose sweeper, that is designed to withstand a harsh working environment. A sweeper with the capacity to

Posted on Monday, May 22, 2023

Geelong Port ASC M8

The Client Geelong Port is Victoria’s second largest port, located within Victoria’s largest regional city, Geelong. Managing close to 12 million tonnes of cargo and 600 vessel visits per year, Geelong Port supports the agriculture, construction, energy and tourism sectors. Situated on Corio Bay, Geelong Port is located 75 kilometres south west of Melbourne in Geelong, Victoria. Operating over 90 hectares of land and comprising of 15 berths over two primary precincts, Corio Quay and Lascelles, Geelong Port provides land, infrastructure and services to facilitate trade for some of Victoria’s largest businesses. The Challenge Due to the variety of products

Posted on Saturday, May 20, 2023

Meyer Timber’s Multiple Warehouses Cleaning Challenge

The Client Meyer Timber is a private company, proud ownership of the Meyer Family. Meyer Timber has become one of the largest timber wholesale operations in Australia and continues to grow. The company had recently moved into their new warehouse facility in Luscombe, Queensland. The Challenge To deal with everyday timber and tyre dust. Meyer Timber wanted a heavy duty and proven reliable sweeper, to maintain the cleanliness of the warehouse. They had a lot of dust blowing into their warehouse from external construction work, in their surrounding area, as well as day to day dust generation. Meyer Timber needed

Posted on Monday, May 1, 2023

GrainCorp Port Kembla (Wollongong)

The Client Grain Corp is an Australian agribusiness and processing company. They store and handle agricultural commodities and manage a wide range of grains and pulses. The Challenge Grain Corp were looking to invest in an industrial grade sweeper, that offered a dust free sweeping solution. They were looking to sweep many materials on the perimeter of their site, ranging from thick, heavy grain, to the finest of powdery dust. The company needed to abide by strict environmental restrictions with airborne dust, as well as debris contaminating the south pacific ocean. The Result Graincorp liaised with ASC’s Scott Campbell, who

Posted on Monday, April 17, 2023

Sims Metal – Hume Canberra

The Client Sims Metal is a world leading, publicly listed, metal recycler, which encompass the buying, processing and selling of ferrous and non-ferrous recycled metals. The Challenge Sims Canberra required a robust, quality built, sweeping machine, that was designed to cover large areas and be capable of picking up heavy and bulky debris. The company was looking to replace their old ASC M6 sweeper, that had served the site well for the past 11 years. Rather than trade in their old ASC sweeper, the Sims Management Team had decided to transfer their 11-year-old ASC M6 sweeper, to their other site

Posted on Friday, April 7, 2023

Ajax Foundry Extreme Environment Challenge

The Client Ajax Foundry are producers of cast irons that perform under conditions of temperature and friction, in accordance with individual customers’ requirements. The Ajax Foundry is a family owned and operated company, with over 80 years experience in the foundry industry. The Challenge The company runs a site in the Sydney suburb of Silverwater. The site is very old and has undulated concrete throughout the facility. The floors are covered with thick cast sanding dust. Waste foundry sand (WFS) is a by-product from the production of both ferrous and non-ferrous metal castings. It is high quality silica sand. This

Posted on Monday, April 3, 2023

Yancoal Australia Hunter Valley NSW Large Capacity Requirement

The Client Yancoal Australia Ltd operates out of Mount Thorley Warkworth (MTW). It is an integrated operation of two open cut mines, located adjacent to each other, 15 kilometres south-west of Singleton in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales. They use a dragline truck and shovel method. Employees work in shifts to keep the mine operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week. After being washed and prepared for sale, the coal is loaded onto trains for transportation, 90 kilometres to the Port Waratah Coal Terminal in Newcastle. This site is also swept by ASC sweepers. The

Posted on Sunday, March 26, 2023

West Moreton Health – Environmental Maintenance Team Clean Up

The Client West Moreton Health provides health and wellbeing services to more than 320,000 people across the Somerset, Scenic Rim, Lockyer Valley and Ipswich communities. Its borders stretch to the north of Esk, west of Gatton, east of Ipswich and Springfield and south of Boonah. The Challenge West Moreton Health operates a very large Hospital in Ipswich, QLD. The hospital has a wide array of roadways and underground car parks to clean. Being located in the windy CBD of Ipswich, the hospital grounds can get very messy, quickly. Airborne paper, broken bottles, leaves and car tyre dust are the most

Posted on Friday, March 17, 2023

Comfresh Group – Virginia SA

The Client Comfresh is one of the largest South Australian Suppliers of fresh produce; growing and distributing produce to Retailers, Providores, Supermarkets, and Wholesalers nationally. The Challenge ASC’s SA branch office in Adelaide was approached by Comfresh site Manager, Mr. Jamie Dodds, to provide a sweeping solution for their new multi-million dollar cucumber and herb packing and processing plant, in Virginia, SA. The task of the sweeper was to ensure their plant, processing and storage areas were to be totally free of soil dust, rubber dust and other pollutants. The Solution: The ASC Eureka Mach 6 large capacity, Battery rider

Posted on Saturday, March 11, 2023

DSI Underground WA

The Client DSI Underground is Australia’s largest manufacturer and supplier of specialist strata reinforcement and support products, to the underground coal and metalliferous mining sectors. The Challenge DSI’s Kewdale facility in Perth, recently contacted ASC for a solution to sweeping their facility clean. Tyre dust, metal shaving and off cuts were all daily problems for the company’s staff to manage. Prior to the engagement of ASC, the company was using a contract sweeping service a few times a week, to maintain its site. The process, over time, proved futile, as the site’s OH & S standards were not being maintained,

Posted on Friday, February 24, 2023

Marley Transport Industrial ASC M6 Investment

Client introduction Marley Transport is located in the industrial suburb of Hope Valley, Perth. Marley Transport started in the late 1960’s with one truck. The business has grown to a fleet of over 70 trucks, carrying grain, lime, livestock, raw materials and finished animal feed. They also have intermediate warehouse facilities too. The Challenge Marley Transport has a large property. A large workshop to maintain the fleet, multiple open warehouses, large laydown/parking areas for vehicles and trailers. They needed a reliable sweeper. The existing sweeper was getting old, access to parts was getting hard and it was time to look

Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2023

Shalom College Bundaberg QLD

The Client Shalom College is an independent Catholic secondary school, located in Bundaberg Queensland, Australia. The college was established in 1984, by merging the Christian Brothers’ College for Boys and the Loyola College for Girls. The Challenge The College had an old sweeper that required replacing. The College’s maintenance crew went to market, to see what kind of sweepers were available on the market. There was a requirement for daily sweeping of walkways and playing fields. The College also run weekend market stalls that need sweeping, before and after the markets close. Being such a large school, the College has

Posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2023

REMONDIS Australia Rocklea QLD ASC M8 Purchase

The Client With over 1,100 employees and 39 business locations in Australia, Remondis has grown and diversified to become one of the largest waste and recycling companies in the country. The Challenge Remondis has been using ASC machines for many years, on multiple sites. Their Rocklea site had an ASC Eureka M6 Diesel sweeper for the past 8 years and were looking to upgrade to a much larger machine. The site required the capacity of a street sweeper, yet the key was to achieve great manoeuvrability, to allow the machine to work while dump trucks and front end loaders were

Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2023

Brennans Welding Wellington NSW

The Client Brennans Welding is a welding engineering shop, that has been catering to the mining industry since 1998. They specialise in underground mine VCD’s and equipment supply pods. Wellington, NSW, is 30 minutes from Dubbo. The Challenge Brennans Welding had previously purchased an ASC Eureka M2 for their Emerald Queensland site and required a sweeper for their NSW site. They had a similar situation to their QLD facility, with the build-up of dust causing disruptions to their production process. Too much labour was being diverted to sweeping, which was both inefficient and created dust clouds when manually sweeping. ASC’s

Posted on Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Liverpool Plains Shire Council

The Client Liverpool Plains Shire Council is located in the New England, North West region of New South Wales. They are based 45 minutes South of Tamworth The Liverpool Plains Shire local government area is home to a permanent resident population of approximately 7,870 and covers an area of 5,086 square kilometres. The Challenge As an existing user of ASC sweeping machines, the council asked ASC’s Scott Campbell, about a replacement machine for their aging 9 year old ASC footpath sweeper. The council’s main issue was finding a better solution than a conventional street suction sweeper, that was designed to

Posted on Sunday, February 5, 2023

Midwest Sweeping Productivity Challenge

The Client Midwest Sweeping Contractors are based in Geraldton, Western Australia. The company is well established and has a strong reputation of being reliably able to sweep any site clean, regardless of size. The Challenge The company recently went to market, looking for an alternative option to their existing sweeper supplier. They wanted a sweeper that offered reliability, was easy to service and be built in a manner that they could source both OEM and aftermarket parts easily. ASC’s Ross Sheehan suggested the ASC Eureka M8 sweeper. A machine that offered street sweeper productivity, with the added benefit of having

Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2023

Tampitt Forks Manufacturing Environment Cleaning Challenge

The Client Tampitt Forks are located in Tamworth, inland Northern NSW. They specialise in forklift repairs, as well as being a large Hyster Forklift Dealer. The Challenge Tampitt Forks hire forklift and cleaning machines to companies in the Hunter Valley and Tamworth region. Tampitt had a large customer near Quirindi, who needed machines to sweep dust, debris and also scrub spills, in the manufacturing environment. They were looking to invest in a low maintenance and reliable sweeper and scrubber. The Result They chose to invest in an ASC heavy duty Eureka M6 electric sweeper and an ASC Eureka E 100

Posted on Friday, January 27, 2023

Cement Australia Railton Tasmania Cement Dust Challenge

The Client Cement Australia’s Railton plant is the largest cement company in Tasmania and has been in operation, since 1923. The plant produces in excess of one million tonnes of cement per annum, the majority of which is transported to Victorian and New South Wales markets. The Challenge ASC’s Ken Pepyat was asked by the management of Railton, to recommend a sweeper designed for and capable of sweeping up copious amounts of cement dust. Railton cement had a competitive band of sweeper that blew a huge amount of dust while in operation and was extremely unreliable; to the point where

Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2023

Novus Precast Eradicates Cement Dust

The Client Novus Precast specialises in manufacturing a wide range of concrete products, including conventional precast, bespoke precast, prestressed and APTUS precast elements. Based in Toowoomba (QLD), they are a well-known and established business. The Challenge Novus Precast has a large concrete manufacturing operation and were looking to invest in a sweeper, to help eradicate the build-up of cement dust throughout their plant. The sweeper was required to maintain three sections of their plant. The debris included concrete chips, metal filings and a large amount of thick cement powder. The goal was to find a machine proven to work in

Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2022

Sydney’s Badgerys Creek Airport – Multiplex

The Client Global construction company, Multiplex, is the appointed developer of the new Western Sydney International Airport Terminal and Specialty Services. The company has plans to complete the project by 2026. The Challenge The company was looking to procure a sweeper that was proven to work in very heavy cement dust. Given the magnitude of the project, the sweeper was expected to keep the whole of the cemented areas of the airport terminal clean, whilst construction was taking place. Debris included cement, offcuts of steel and general debris, including plasterboard. The machine was expected to be used 24/7. ASC’s Scott

Posted on Monday, December 5, 2022

Boulia Shire Council’s Outback Dessert Sweeper ASC M8

The Client The Shire of Boulia is a local government area in Central West Queensland, bordering the Northern Territory. The township has a population of 485 and is a township that attracts people from all over the world. The Challenge The Boulia Council had been wanting a sweeper for many years. The township is based in the desert. The roads are full of gravel and red dust. The sweeper, when working, needs to pick up tonnes of rock and dirt, in order to keep the roads and gutters clean. The ASC Eureka M8 was the perfect choice for the council,

Posted on Friday, October 14, 2022

A-Civil Invests In An ASC M8 True Dust Free Sweeper

Client Introduction A-Civil is a company which specialises in civil contracting services, such as demolition, bulk, and detailed earthworks, asbestos removal, soil remediation, road works, land subdivision, shotcrete, minor concrete works, piling, anchoring and machinery hire. A-Civil use specialist plant and equipment together with highly qualified and experienced staff, which allows A-Civil to deliver reliable service to builders, developers, and government agencies. The Challenge The company’s construction sites needed sweeping, to eliminate rising risks from airborne dust. Historically, the company would hire road sweepers to clean various sites but this proved not only expensive for A-Civil but they found these

Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2022

Smart Resources Cost Effective ASC M8 Solution

The Client Smart Recycling and Smart Pallets operate from a 35-acre, family-run recycling depot in Dandenong South. The businesses are owned by Mr Ward Petherbridge. The company runs four businesses, that divert over 50,000 tonnes of waste from landfill, annually. The site transforms 95% of waste received into useful, cost-effective, environmentally friendly products and provides a net carbon benefit of 14,500 tonnes from timber recycling alone. The Challenge The company has an endless array of trucks entering the premises to drop waste off. Debris and dust are a constant battle. More and more of the yards are being concreted. The

Posted on Saturday, October 1, 2022

Goonyella Riverside Mine BHP Mitsubishi Alliance QLD

The Client Goonyella Riverside Mine is a large mine site in Queensland’s Bowen Basin. The mine is an open cut coal mine, located 30 kilometres north of Moranbah. Coal is exported on the Goonyella railway line to Hay Point, from where it’s sent to markets worldwide. The Goonyella Riverside mine is a part of BMA, the 50:50 joint venture between BHP and Mitsubishi Development. The Challenge The mine site required a sweeper that could sweep the site’s large roadways and workshop areas. The roadways had steep inclinations which were very dusty, with high concentrations of embedded coal dust and gravel.

Posted on Saturday, September 17, 2022

Dobe Farming Packing Sheds Cleaning Challenge

The Client Dobe Farming company is a large fruit and vegetable organisation based in Bowen, North Queensland. The Challenge The company has large packing sheds which require frequent sweeping. The build-up of farm dust and debris in the packaging sheds was quite challenging for the company and the group was looking to automate manual cleaning, with a high efficiency dust free sweeper. The Result The company chose the heavy-duty ASC Eureka Mach 5 sweeper as a means of reducing labour and eliminating their dust issues.

Posted on Friday, August 26, 2022

Remondis Celebrates 7 years With ASC

The Client Remondis is regarded as one of Australia’s leading waste collection companies. The company runs a series of water transfer companies around Australia. The Challenge Cleaning a waste transfer station is quite challenging. With millions of tonnes of waste that passes through these centres, there is a need to sweep clean the roadways and unloading areas. These must be swept, in order to prevent tyre punctures for incoming traffic and eliminate debris flying around the facility. With garbage trucks and private cars dumping a vast array of debris into the oversized dump pits, the company must ensure a dust

Posted on Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Wood Tech & Rogers Group Welcomes Their ASC M6

The Client The Wood Tech Group provides industrial machinery sales and service throughout Australia. They are based in Hemmant, Brisbane The Challenge The challenge was to find a reliable and strong machine that could clean inside their manufacturing area, as well as be able to sweep their adjoining large external carpark areas. They preferred a machine with minimal electronics and proven low maintenance. The Solution. After searching the market, they found that the ASC Eureka M6 was the only machine that met with their requirements of a simple drive train. The machine also met their build quality standards, as the

Posted on Saturday, June 11, 2022

SIMS Metal Takes On An ASC Heavy Duty M6

The Client Sims Limited is a world leading publicly listed metal recycler. Their operations encompass the buying, processing, and selling of ferrous and non-ferrous recycled metals. This branch is based in Nerang, Gold Coast- QLD. The Challenge Sims Metal Nerang needed to replace the old problematic sweeper, that they had been using at their site. Working in a scrap metal facility is quite challenging, as the materials size can vary from a 2 mm piece of tin to an oversized piece of steel. They chose an ASC Heavy Duty Mach 6 for this site as a replacement for their existing

Posted on Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Hitachi Welcomes The Cleaning Power Of The ASC M6

The Client Hitachi Construction Machinery Australia is a distributor of Hitachi excavators, wheel Loaders, rigid dump trucks and Bell articulated dump trucks based in Wacol, QLD The Challenge The challenge for the company, was to find a large ride-on sweeper to clean their busy concreted yard and workshop areas. Mining trucks can be very messy by leaving a lot of dirt and debris along their tracks and wheel arches, constantly requiring sweeping. The company had another brand of sweeper on this site that was not doing the job. The Solution. The proven mining sweeper model ASC Eureka M6 was chosen

Posted on Thursday, May 26, 2022

Semco St Mary’s NSW

The Client Semco Group is a full-service, heavy equipment sales and service organisation. They specialise in major brands like Takeuchi excavators and crawler loaders, Fiori mobile mixers and dumpers, Terex loader backhoes, CP Hammers, Toro mini loaders/trenchers, Faresin telehandlers and Engcon tilt rotators. The Challenge The company has a massive workshop and display area in the Sydney suburb of St Marys. A high percentage of its facility is concrete, with roadways and large heavy workshop areas. Trucks enter the facility hourly with deliveries of both heavy vehicles and parts, so dust and mud are a big issue on this site.

Posted on Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Semco Derrimut Mud & Dry Dust Challenges

The Client Semco is a full-service, heavy equipment sales and service organisation that is Nationally based. They sell both construction and agricultural equipment. The Challenge The company’s Melbourne facility required a sweeper that could sweep up mud and dry dust. ASC’s Ken Pepyat visited the company and recommended the ASC Heavy Duty M6 sweeper. The Solution. The company placed an order with Ken Pepyat for a ASC M6 Diesel sweeper, which was despatched from the local ASC Sunshine West warehouse.

Posted on Friday, April 15, 2022

The Haggarty Group Welcome ASC M6 LPG

The Client The HAGGARTY GROUP Qld is located in West Ipswich. The Haggarty Group Qld has been recycling ferrous and non-ferrous metals since 1949. Their activities include the collecting, buying, processing and the selling of all scrap metals into various markets. The Challenge Haggarty needed a heavy-duty machine that was able to clean & maintain their busy recycling yard. The area that required sweeping included rough concrete surfaces. The sweepers’ role was to clean sweep their carpark areas as well as their large indoor and outdoor recycling plant. The Solution. In order to keep their operating cost to a minimum,

Posted on Monday, April 11, 2022

Westgyp Building Supplies WA Warehouses and Carparks Cleaning Challenges

The Client Westgyp Building Supplies is a leading Perth Based supplier of building products to the residential & commercial construction industry. The Challenge Matt Hudston (Managing Director) contacted ASC’s Perth based Manager Ross Sheehan to discuss the purchase a sweeper. The company has large premises based in the Perth suburb of at Balcatta. The site attracts a lot of gypsum dust and tyre debris which needs to swept a few times a day to ensure a clean and dust free facility. The site cleaning includes the warehouse as well as their large external carpark. Matt Hudston mentioned to Ross Sheehan

Posted on Monday, April 4, 2022

Dardanup Bobcat Services Bunbury WA Large Capacity Sweeper Requirement

The Client Dardanup Bobcat Services is a specialist machinery and services supplier in the Bunbury area of WA. They operate both sweepers and industrial plant. The Challenge The company has a significant logistics contract with the Laminex Group to supply specialist services. As a long-term user of ASC sweepers John (Managing Director) from the Dardanup Group asked ASC’s Perth based Ross Sheehan for a recommendation to procure an additional ASC sweeper. It had to be a large capacity sweeper that would sweep the Laminex grounds their large production floors. Extremely fine timber dust was the main issue the plant had

Posted on Thursday, March 31, 2022

SCT Logistics Dust Challenges Solved

The Client SCT Logistics is an Australian interstate transport company operating rail and road haulage with facilities in all states. The Challenge SCT had a sweeper from another supplier that was not doing the job and was very maintenance intensive. They decided to upgrade to a product that would meet their needs. The company is based in Parkes NSW and is a large operation. They move freight from Sydney via road to Parkes then from Parkes to Perth via rail. It’s a very unique freight company. Dust is a constant challenge and sweeping is a necessary part of running their

Posted on Sunday, March 27, 2022

Orange Equipment Welcome The ASC M6

The Client Orange Equipment Hire is located in Pinkenba, QLD. They offer the largest fleet of Earthmoving, Attachments & Traffic Management equipment on the East Coast for hire. The Challenge The challenge was to find a quality built ex-fleet sweeping machine that could sweep large amounts of stones and dirt of the yard without creating dust while sweeping. The Solution. The company did their research and decided on the ASC Eureka M6 Diesel powered sweeper. It was the only machine that was proven in numerous other environments that could handle such a dry environment without blowing any dust for the

Posted on Thursday, March 24, 2022

Logan Hospital (QLD) Carpark Sweeper ASC M8

The Client Logan hospital is the major health centre servicing the Logan region in the state of Queensland. They provide a range of speciality services for children and adults. The hospital is located at the corner of Armstrong and Loganlea Roads in Meadowbrook, Queensland. The Challenge The hospitals challenge was to find a sweeper that could sweep paper, glass, tyre dust and general debris in their new large multistory carpark. Both the carpark and roadways have numerous speed humps scattered across the site to reduce mobile traffic speed. The Hospital was looking to invest in a trouble-free sweeper designed to

Posted on Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Patty’s Hire Warehouse Cleaning Challenges

Client Introduction Patti’s Hire is by far one of the most experienced event hire and marquee hire rental companies of its type in Australia. Patti’s Hire specialise in marquee hire, event hire, party hire, festivals, field days, exhibition hire. The Challenge Patti’s occupies a warehouse of 15,000sqm internally and 7’500sqm externally. The facility has ongoing incoming traffic entering the building which brings dirt and dust into the facility. As forklifts move the stock to different locations within the parameters of the building a lot of tyre residue ends up on the floor making it difficult site to maintain. They had

Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Dardanup Bobcat Services Bunbury WA Large Production Floors.

The Client Dardanup Bobcat Services is a specialist machinery and services supplier in the Bunbury area of WA. They operate both sweepers and industrial plant. The Challenge The company has a significant logistics contract with the Laminex Group to supply specialist services. As a long-term user of ASC sweepers John (Managing Director) from the Dardanup Group asked ASC’s Perth based Ross Sheehan for a recommendation to procure an additional ASC sweeper. It had to be a large capacity sweeper that would sweep the large production floors of Laminex. Extremely fine timber dust was the main issue the plant had to

Posted on Monday, March 21, 2022

Sims Metal Management ASC M6 Welshpool WA

The Client Sims Limited is a world leading publicly listed metal recycler. Their operations encompass the buying, processing and selling of ferrous and non-ferrous recycled metals. The Challenge Having had an old and problematic sweeper at their Perth Site the group required a replacement machine to maintain the companies’ environmental responsibilities. Sims Metal has had a long-lasting & fruitful relationship with ASC on the Eastern seaboard for the past 15 years and were looking for a quality solution to eliminate their sweeping challenges. They consulted many of their sites in NSW and decided on the ASC M6 Heavy Duty Smelter

Posted on Friday, March 18, 2022

Metro Cemeteries Board WA Upgrades & Reinvests With ASC

The Client Metro Cemeteries are the caretakers of Perth’s cemeteries. The Metropolitan Cemeteries Board manages and maintains seven cemetery and memorial garden sites around Perth. The Challenge The Board had been using 3 x ASC M3 sweepers for the past 7 years without any issues. As their scope of work increased, they were looking to upgrade to a larger sweeper to cover their entire grounds. ASC’s Ross Sheehan had been working with the Board for many years recommending ways they could save valuable labour time with larger machinery. Ross suggested the ASC M6 Diesel sweeper as a great alternative to

Posted on Monday, March 14, 2022

Autex Industries NZ Won Over By ASC M6

The Client Located in Yatala, QLD, Autex Global are designers and manufacturers of innovative acoustics and insulation products. The Challenge Autex just moved to QLD from New Zealand and wanted to invest in the best equipment available in the market to maintain a high standard of cleaning inside of the warehouse and their carpark. Autex was one of ASC first NZ customers in the early 1990’s purchasing their first push sweeper in their Avondale (Auckland) manufacturing branch so many years ago. The Solution. ASC Rafael Rodrigues consulted the Group from ASC’s base in Yatala Qld. Rafael showed the management the

Posted on Monday, March 7, 2022

Boyne Smelter (Rio Tinto ) Invests Again

The Client Boyne Smelters (Rio Tinto) is located on Boyne Island, Queensland, Australia and activities include manufacturing carbon anodes in the carbon plant, aluminium production (smelting) in reduction lines, and casting of molten metal into aluminium products. The Challenge The challenge was to find a machine that could sweep the large external grounds of the site. Having already run an existing ASC Eureka M8 sweeper for the past 18 months the choice was made easy as the company was happy with the Eureka product and its performance. The choice Boyne Smelter had to make was a choice was to either

Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Oceania Container Services Clean Up With a New ASC M6 Diesel

The Client Oceania Container Service is located in Pipe Road, Laverton North, VIC. The company is essentially a clearing hub for unloading and storing containers. The facility is the sole Melbourne site for Oceania in Melbourne. The Challenge Bob Ivanovski, (Site Manager of Oceania Container Services) went to market to source a heavy duty and reliable sweeper that was capable of sweeping a large container yard. Bob was having huge problems keeping the site’s dust control down to a minimum, which was compounded by small bits of rubbish blowing in to his yard from neighbouring sites. Bob sought the expertise

Posted on Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Austwide WA – Out With The Old & In With The New

Client introduction: Austwide Consumer Products are a large Australian owned company who have an enormous warehouse in Canning Vale, Perth. ACP were the first Australian company to use a fully picture online website for customers to have a visual on hundreds of products. The Challenge: ACP have two large warehouses, side by side, with a covered dispatch area in between. There are many forklifts operating at this site. Tyre dust and debris is a constant challenge. Their existing sweeper had aged and it was no longer easy to find parts to repair it. It was now parked up in the

Posted on Friday, December 17, 2021

The Mighty ASC M8 Arrives At Aurizon Port Services Townsville

The Client Aurizon Port Services is based in Townsville North Queensland. The company has a strong reputation as one of North Queensland’s most trusted providers of stevedoring, transport and warehousing solutions. Based at the Port of Townsville, Aurizon Port Services offers tailored end-to-end supply chain management services throughout North Queensland. The Challenge Running a Port faces many challenges. Swirling winds, dust and debris build up and constantly moving mobile plant 24 /7, leaves the grounds in need of hourly sweeping. The Port had an ongoing debris problem both sweeping large storage sheds, open concreted yard areas and roadways. The Solution

Posted on Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Simcoa Silicon Metal Company of Australia

Client introduction Simcoa is one of the largest and most modern operating silicon smelters in the world. It is the only silicon producing smelter in Australia, located at Kemerton, 160 km south of Perth, Western Australia. They are a long established West Australian company, producing silicon, microsilica, char fines, aggregates and dross. Silica is used in a vast number of everyday products like aluminium, silicones, Silicon chips, solar energy, and optical glass. The Challenge Simcoa operate a high energy, high heat smelter. There is a lot a slag and dust created in the process of creating silica products. The company

Posted on Saturday, November 13, 2021

Sims Metal Alexandria upgrades to 2021 ASC M6

The Client Sims Metal is a business division of Sims Limited. A world leading publicly listed metal recycler, their operations encompass the buying, processing and selling of ferrous and non-ferrous recycled metals. The Challenge After using the ASC M6 Diesel for almost 12 years, the Group decided to replace their old ASC M6 Diesel sweeper with a new one. Working in a scrap metal facility is quite challenging as the materials size can vary from a 2 mm piece of tin to an oversized piece of steel. ASC’s Scott Campbell worked with the group to assess their site sweeping needs

Posted on Thursday, November 11, 2021

RAAF Base Maintains It’s Roadways, Buildings & Airport Hangars With ASC

Client Introduction RAAF Base Edinburgh is a Defence super-base, one of only two in Australia. The RAAF Base Edinburgh is located on almost 900 hectares of land, 25 kilometres north of Adelaide. The facility is home to 3500 personnel from the Australian Army & Royal Australian Air Force. The Challenge The RAAF site wanted a sweeper that was heavy duty, easy to use and maintain and be capable of removing dust and debris from their hangars, aprons and roadways areas. The machine would also be used to remove FOD where the F18 hornets & other military aircraft would be parked

Posted on Sunday, October 31, 2021

South32 Dendrobium Mine Takes On The Mighty ASC M8

Client Introduction South32 Dendrobium Mine in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, is an existing underground mine, primarily producing metallurgical coal for steelmaking. They have been producing this high-quality metallurgical coal, for 85 years. This coal is shipped around Australia and across the world as well. South32 produce bauxite, alumina, aluminium, energy and metallurgical coal, manganese, nickel, silver, lead and zinc in Australia, Southern Africa and South America. The Challenge As a major player in the global mining market, South32 understands the sensitivities of working with coal dust. The mine is located within the Sydney metropolitan area. Part of

Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2021

Sims Metal Wagga Wagga Renews and Replaces Their 15 Year Old Sweeper

Client Introduction Sims Metal Operations buy and process end-of-life metal, electronics, and municipal materials, which are then sold as raw materials to steel mills and secondary smelters. The Challenge The Sims Wagga plant is located 7 hours south of Sydney. The Wagga plant is quite large, and like any scrap metal yard, it gets quite dusty. Hence it requires sweeping on a daily basis. ASC’s Scott Campbell was asked recently, to visit the plant and recommend a replacement for their 15 year old ASC sweeper. He recommended the Steel Grade ASC M6 heavy duty, industrial sweeper as the solution. The

Posted on Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Fisher & Paykel & ODN

Client Introduction Fisher & Paykel Appliances Holdings Ltd is a major appliance manufacturer, which is a subsidiary of Chinese multinational home appliance manufacturer, Haier. It is a multinational corporation with warehouses all over Australia. ODN Asia Pacific is a material handling supplier that supplies quality forklifts to the group. The Challenge Fisher & Paykel has a large distribution Centre in Eastern Creek, NSW. They already owned a smaller ASC M3 sweeper to clean their large 20,000 sq metre warehouse. Unfortunately, as the company grew from one small warehouse to a huge one, the capacity limits of the ASC Sweeper were

Posted on Friday, October 1, 2021

ASC Cleans Up Canberra Airport

The Client Canberra Airport, is an international airport situated in Majura, ACT. The Challenge Tarmacs are very difficult to clean. There is a constant challenge to ensure no FOD (Foreign Object Debris ) is swept up. FOD includes any object found in an inappropriate location that, as a result of being in that location, can damage equipment or injure personnel. FOD includes a wide range of material, including loose hardware, pavement fragments, catering supplies, building materials, rocks, sand, pieces of luggage, and even wildlife. FOD is found at terminal gates, cargo aprons, taxiways, runways, and run-up pads. The other seasonal

Posted on Monday, September 27, 2021

WA Kaolin Conquers Its Dust & Dirt

Client Introduction WA Kaolin’s wholly-owned Wickepin Kaolin Project is located in the farming district of Wickepin. It is 3 hours Southeast of Perth in Western Australia. Rio Tinto originally owned it. This world-class resource at Wickepin is one of the largest known remaining premium primary resources of kaolin globally. Kaolin is used in various applications across numerous industries, including paper and plasterboard, ceramics, fibreglass, paints and coatings, plastics, rubber, pharmaceuticals and medicine, cosmetics, concrete construction materials and agriculture. The Challenge WA Kaolin is ramping up its site and are in the process of constructing “The Big Shed”, as the locals

Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Riviera Australia Sails In With ASC M6

Client Introduction Riviera Australia Pty Ltd is one of the world’s premier luxury motor yacht builders based in the Gold Coast – QLD. The Challenge Riviera were looking for a wholesome cleaning solution to maintain their site. The site is very large and encompasses concrete roadways, workshops, and boat storage areas. They were already using a sweeper from a competitive brand but were having issues with it, ranging from the machine blowing dust to never-ending high-cost maintenance. Hence, they were now looking to invest in a low-hour ex-fleet ASC sweeper that would meet their budget restraints. The ASC M6 machine

Posted on Sunday, August 22, 2021

Fertpro Manufacturing Sweeping Challenge

Client Introduction Fertpro Manufacturing is a well-known Qld-based fertilizer manufacturing and custom blending company. They have a wide range of products that are widely used in the agriculture, horticulture, sports, turf & civil industries. They manufacture fertilizer powder, granular & liquid fertilizers, soil amendments, mineral trace elements, and organic fertilizer processing. The Challenge The company was looking for a heavy-duty sweeper capable of sweeping large amounts of fertilizer without creating a dust storm. For that matter, they were researching the market as they needed an adiesel-operated sweeper with good manoeuvrability as well as low running costs. The Result The company

Posted on Thursday, August 19, 2021

Zarraffa’s Coffee HQ Cleans Up with ASC M8

Client Introduction Zarraffa’s Coffee is a well-known and hugely successful national coffee house chain located primarily in Queensland, Australia. They also have franchises in Western Australia and New South Wales. The Challenge The company has established a massive new headquarter in Eagleby QLD. They have administration, blending, distribution, and market areas in this huge location. The entire building covers a gigantic floor span based on the M1 highway. The location also has a huge new carpark that has many speed bumps. They required a machine capable of cleaning large areas quickly with the ability to clean tyre dust, paper cups,

Posted on Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Arrow Transport Invests with ASC

Client Introduction Arrow Transport brings an array of transport and distribution options across a broad range of industry segments. They have fully licensed wash bays and quarantine facilities catering to the mining, agricultural and commercial sectors. They enable the quarantining of vehicles, trucks, plants and any type of equipment from importers. The Challenge Quarantine freight stations need state of the art equipment to operate efficiently. Moreover, high-quality cleaning is considered essential. Arrow Transport has locations beside the largest harbors in Australia. The high winds in the region bring rubbish, sea salt water and dust into their facilities, which make the

Posted on Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Serafin Ag Pro Expands With A ASC D100

Client Introduction Serafin Ag Pro is an agricultural superstore located in Griffith NSW, which sells new and used farm machinery, as well as spare parts. They also repair and service most make and models of farm machinery. They supply agricultural equipment and spare parts for tractors, headers, grape harvesters, broadacre sprayers, vineyard sprayers, horticultural sprayers, spreaders, mulchers, rotary hoes, seeders, discs, lawnmowers and UTVs. The Challenge Serafin is continuously expanding the company to service their customers. The company’s owner, Darryl Serafin, is building a new large facility in Griffith. This large country town is full of red dust and clay

Posted on Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Cassegrain Kalara Tea Tree Oil Cleans Up With ASC

Client Introduction Cassegrain Kalara Tea Tree Oil is a family-owned and runs the company. It is among the largest producers of 100% pure Australian tea tree oil in the world. It grows over 14 Million plants on an area of 360 hectares to produce one of the freshest and most natural tea tree oils available across the world. The Challenge Cassegrain had been facing the challenge of dealing with lots of dust since they started in 1997. They invested in many different sweepers to take up the challenge of containing the dust from the harvesting process. However, none of them

Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Neumann Steel Lengthens It’s ASC Relationship

Client Introduction Neumann Steel Currumbin, Gold Coast QLD, are the manufacturers and suppliers of certified concrete reinforcing steel products along with an extensive range of related accessories. Neumann Steel is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Neumann Group that has been recognized by the building industry from the beginning, particularly for its introduction of rib wire and rib mesh in the Australian market, a concept still used today. The Challenge Neumann Safety Manager, Mr. Filipe, took upon himself the responsibility of eliminating the steel dust build-up in the manufacturing and distribution areas of their large facility. The aim was to

Posted on Monday, July 12, 2021

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Cleans Ahead

Client Introduction Hellmann Logistics has developed into one of the world’s largest international logistics providers. It was founded in 1871 and specialized in high-performance products Airfreight, Sea freight, Road & Rail, and Contract Logistics. They are widely known and respected in the Australian logistics industry. The Challenge Hellman recently merged two of their Sydney Distribution Centers into one large mega center in Chullora, Sydney NSW. They found cleaning this huge facility and keeping it dust-free to be quite challenging. Hellman in Mascot had used ASC sweepers for the past 9 years and never had any downtime or support issues. However,

Posted on Friday, July 9, 2021

Zerella Fresh Adelaide Invests With ASC M6

Client Introduction Zerella Fresh is one of the leading suppliers and packers of potatoes, onions and carrots in Australia. They have been in the Potato, Carrot, Onion and Pumpkin business in South Australia since 1936. They grow, package and distribute across Australia. The Challenge The Zerella packaging facility in Virginia (SA) is a very large company covering a huge area. Truck and tractor deliveries are constant. Continuous deliveries of fresh produce come in from the fields to be packaged in their huge sheds. Farm dirt, tyre marks, water, and dust, are very common in packaging sheds. Managers of these packaging

Posted on Thursday, July 8, 2021

Sims Metal Minto NSW Invests With ASC Again

Client Introduction Sims Metal buys and processes scrap metal from businesses, other recyclers and the public. They have become the leading collector, processor and supplier of recycled metal in Australia. The Challenge Metal recycling plants are extremely hard to sweep as metal is dangerous and sharp. Site maintenance is a very complex job when it comes to the metal recycling businesses, while it is closely monitored as well. It involves shredding metal, separating ferrous and non-ferrous metals, plastic and paint removal, removing aluminium before the melting of all the metals. The large machinery used for this process leaves metal, dirt,

Posted on Wednesday, July 7, 2021

ASC M6 Shines At Civil Mart Precast Edinburgh Adelaide

Client Introduction Established in 1966 in South Australia, Cookes Precast Concrete has become one of the largest Australian Owned independent companies operating in the precast concrete industry. Cookes Precast Concrete is now also part of the Civilmart Group of companies consisting of Companies like BCP Precast, CM Concrete, Icon Septech, Toowoomba Tanks and MC Pipes. The Challenge Justen Ruben (Operations/Compliance Manager) of Civilmart SA contacted ASC’s Ken Pepyat and told him that he had a sweeping contract company visit his site once a fortnight to do his sweeping. He has a huge cement dust build-up and requires his facility to

Posted on Monday, July 5, 2021

Chernco Engineering Cowra NSW

Client Introduction Chernco Engineering, located in Cowra, NSW is a specialist manufacturing and fabrication company. It is a vertically integrated engineering company with wide-ranging capabilities entailing CNC Machining, including everything from large-scale fabrication to HD profile cutting and manual tasks in between. The Challenge Managing Director, Mr. Mark Rankin, was facing the challenge of large-scale winds from the outback’s red dust consistently blowing into his facility. Besides, the dust and debris created from plasma cutters, welders, galvanizing kettles, painting facilities and CNC machines were also challenging to manage daily. When metal and shavings and water were added to these, Mark

Posted on Friday, July 2, 2021

Remondis’ Waste Qld celebrates 4 years with ASC

Client Introduction REMONDIS is one of the world’s largest recycling service providers. They also have many water companies. With over 30,000 employees and around 900 business locations on 4 continents, the group serves more than 30 million people through thousands of companies. The Challenge Remondis surveyed the market around four years ago, looking for the best cleaning equipment brand. They needed an efficient cleaning solution for two of their largest waste transfer stations in Brisbane. They tested many machines available in the market and found the Heavy Duty ASC Eureka M6 to be the best fit for their facilities. They

Posted on Wednesday, June 9, 2021

James Hardie invest in multiple ASC Machines

Client Introduction James Hardie Australia has a plant located in Sydney’s suburb of Rosehill (NSW). The company is a global building materials company and the largest global manufacturer of fiber cement products. Their NSW facility recently took delivery of three ASC Cement approved floor cleaners. The Problem James Hardie had a problem with airborne cement dust. The company was looking to achieve a five-star safety rating in housekeeping. Their priority was to eliminate airborne dust and make a marked improvement in their overall cleaning standards. Previously, James Hardie had subcontracted an external company to sweep their facility. Their contractors were

Posted on Saturday, June 5, 2021

NRMA Darlington Beach Holiday Resort

Client Introduction Darlington Beach Resort is one of the largest holiday resorts in the country. This resort is nestled on a 6km pristine beachfront, just 25 minutes north of Coffs Harbour (NSW). The park spans over 110 magnificent acres inviting you to enjoy a fabulous range of activities for all ages. The Challenge Darlington Beach Resort is 110 acres. It has kilometers of roadways that require hours of cleaning daily to clear the leaves, branches, sand and rocks. The company's maintenance team used blowers around 3-4 hours a day to keep the facility clean. Unfortunately, using blowers resulted in their

Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Mandalay Resort WA Reinvests With ASC

Client Introduction Established in 1964, Busselton Holiday Resort has been voted one of the best in Australia. The Johnson family are a hands-on family, with many of the family working within Mandalay Holiday Resort and Tourist Park in the South West of Western Australia. It is a very special place just two and a half hours south of Perth. The Challenge The Resort contacted Ross Sheehan as they wanted to replace their 20-year-old ASC sweeper. The sweeper had performed well over the years, and now they wanted to upgrade with another long-lasting machine. The resort had a lot of asphalt

Posted on Friday, May 7, 2021

ASC M6 Drives Into Nowra Toyota

Client Introduction Nowra Toyota is a large Motor Car dealership based in the NSW area of Nowra. The company is owned by Motor Identity, Mr. Ian Henry. They have an extensive display of motor vehicles as well as stock extensive spare parts. They also run massive warehouses that undertake motor repair and servicing as well as motor trimming. The Challenge Dealer Principal Ian Henry contacted ASC recently and inquired for a heavy-duty sweeper that could maintain their huge 9-acre Nowra site, which consisted of workshops and roadways. Ian takes pride in a clean facility and hence was looking for a

Posted on Wednesday, May 5, 2021

CEA Sydney Invest With An ASC Machine

Client Introduction CEA is the leading distributor for world-renowned capital equipment brands, including JCB agricultural and construction equipment, Atlas Copco, Ditch Witch, Dynapac and Komptech. The Challenge CEA has a very large facility in Sydney west. This facility is the home to multiple agricultural and earthmoving machines. Moreover, it also undertakes both pre-delivery on new machinery and conducts services on multiple machines. The facility is required to be swept every day to pick up nuts, bolts, oily rags and embedded dust, which is brought into the facility by the trucks and general maintenance. The facility management recently went to the

Posted on Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Col Smith Victoria Cleans Up With ASC M3

Client Introduction Col Smith Sand and Soil is one of the largest independent Building and landscape suppliers in Melbourne. The Challenge Col Smith contacted ASC’s Ken Pepyat, recently, regarding the challenge they were facing at their highest site. They were receiving complaints from the residents around their facility about dust and stones being left on the road and driveway in front of their site. They had already purchased a forklift mounted sweeper attachment from another supplier; however, it proved incapable and didn’t keep these areas clean. So, they decided to purchase a dedicated vacuum sweeper that would actually work

Posted on Sunday, May 2, 2021

Hobson Engineering Dust and Debris Removal Solved

Client Introduction Hobson Engineering was established in 1935. It is 100% an Australian-owned company as well as one of the leading distributors of Hex bolts and nuts, screws, all thread, stainless fasteners and hardware in Australia. They distribute to the commercial, construction, mining, manufacturing and petrochemical industries. The Challenge Hobson Engineering recently moved into a brand new facility located in Direk, South Australia. They are the loyal ASC equipment users for many years, and hence the brand is well known to them. They called ASC to procure a new sweeper for the new facility to help assist with the general

Posted on Monday, April 19, 2021

Visa Global Logistics Welcome Their ASC Eureka M6

Client Introduction Mondiale VGL delivers fully integrated solutions, including forwarding, clearance, warehouse, distribution, and value-added services. They have become one of the largest privately-owned international freight forwarding companies in Australia. In 2021, VISA Global Logistics merged with Mondiale Freight Services. The Challenge Mondiale has a very large distribution Centre in Sydney’s freight hub of Banks meadow. Their facility is very large, with continuous truck and forklifts movement throughout the day. The depot suffers from all the normal pollutants, including pollution, diesel, and aviation sediment, as well as tire dust and general debris that blows into the facility from surrounding warehouses.

Posted on Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Allied Forklifts WA

Client introduction Allied Forklifts are a well-established forklift supplier in the northern industrial suburbs of Perth. Allied Forklifts is a Western Australian company founded by Wayne Adams in August 1996.The company has grown to be one of the largest privately owned forklift companies in Perth. Their major lines include Heli and Genie. The Challenge Sean Hutcheon (Allied Forklifts) was working with a large customer in the engineering industry for the supply of forklift. This company had another brand of floor sweeper that was giving them headaches, mainly engine issues. Sean contacted WA Area Manager Ross Sheehan to see what sweeper

Posted on Monday, March 1, 2021

Sims Metal adds new ASC Eureka M8 to its fleet

Client Introduction Sims Metal Management has grown to be the largest scrap metal and electronics recycler in the world, with over 6000 employees in 230 locations across the globe. The work done at Sims Metal Management comprises a large network of processing facilities to source recyclable ferrous and non-ferrous metals. The Problem Sims Metal Newcastle (NSW) has a large scrap yard that has trucks entering and dropping off scrap metal at all hours of the day. The site is extremely busy and very dusty due to a lot of traffic movement. Scrap metal offcuts are constantly dropped on the ground

Posted on Sunday, February 21, 2021

Classiest Cleaners Qld Clean Up With ASC Eureka

Client Introduction The Classiest Cleaners are a Brisbane-based commercial cleaning company. The Challenge The Classiest Cleaners were faced with the challenge of keeping their facility clean. They were particularly worried about the time they needed to clean scrub the tiles and wanted an efficient solution. Besides, they were also having trouble keeping their large carpark clean. The Solution Jason Brown (Managing Director) contacted ASC’s Rafael Rodrigues and asked for a solution. He then purchased a rider Eureka E83 floor scrubber to clean the tiles at the front of the towers. He also bought an ASC Eureka M6 sweeper to clean

Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2021

Sims Metal celebrates 9 years service with ASC M6

Client Introduction Sims Metal Management Ltd is the leading metals and electronics recycling company in the world. The company specialises in recycling ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals, post-consumer electronic goods, and municipal waste. The Problem Sweeping a metal recycling yard is as difficult and challenging as it gets as a lot of scrap metal is dropped on the ground while metal is being recycled. This crap has to be swept on an hourly basis in order for the mobile plant to operate and reduce the probability of punctured tyres. These metals vary in length and weight. Moreover, the dust build-up issue

Posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Terrazzo Australian Marble chooses ASC

Client Introduction Terrazzo Australian Marble is a family-owned company that has been a part of the terrazzo industry for over 40 years. They manufacture precast elements at their factory in western Sydney. The Challenge Drilling, cutting and sanding Terrazzo is a very dusty process. The leftovers of the Terrazzo get airborne and land on machinery, finished product, opens storage areas and roadways. Terrazzo Australian Marble has a very large facility that recently used a forklift attachment to keep their facility clean. However, the method was very inefficient because it generated more dust than it swept. Their directors contacted ASC and

Posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2021

AAT Port Kembla Sweeps up with new ASC M6

Client Introduction Australian Amalgamated Terminals Pty. Ltd. (AAT) operates terminals with facilities for importing and exporting motor vehicles and general cargo at its various facilities. They offer facilities and access to stevedores holding licenses for its terminals. They also provide approved Australian customs systems and procedures for stevedores and their contracted shipping lines and information technology for cargo loading. Recently, they invested in a new ASC Eureka M6 Diesel sweeper to keep their Port Kembla facility in NSW clean. The Challenge Cleaning as well as maintaining a port is a tough job as ships are loaded and unloaded 24/7. Roadways

Posted on Thursday, December 3, 2020

Advance Packing Take On The ASC M6

Client Introduction Advance Packing & Marketing Services (APMS) is the largest packing facility for avocadoes in the South West of WA. They are located in the Shire of Manjimup and have been operating for 12 years. Expanding their production every year, they just added to their large footprint a new undercover loading shed to handle the volume of avocadoes. The Challenge APMS’ Zoe Taylor made contact with ASC Area Manager Ross Sheehan after Ross called in when delivering a sweeping machine to another grower in the region. APMS had used sweeping machines previously, but they found them ineffective as they

Posted on Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Border Force Takes On The ASC M6

Client Introduction Border Force (Formerly Australian Customs) patrols Australia’s air and seaports. They have specialist facilities around Australia, which examine inbound cargo. The Challenge The Border Force Facility in Adelaide, South Australia, recently started exploring the market in order to upgrade their sweeper. Their directive was to get a large capacity sweeper capable of sweeping their 8,000 Square Metre facility. They needed the sweeper to efficiently eliminate the issue of airborne dust that built up in their facility. The Solution Border Force South Australia chose the new ASC Eureka M6 Electric sweeper. The sweeper has a new generation drive system

Posted on Tuesday, November 3, 2020

McKay United Cranes Celebrates With Dust & Debris Free

Client Introduction McKay United Group is among the most esteemed crane hire companies in Australia. It consists of Williamstown, Eastside and Elliott’s Crane Hire. The Challenge McKay United have a very large depot in the Western Suburb of Laverton, North of Melbourne. Their storage shed floors had a very thick dust build-up from cranes and trucks coming in and out of an adjoining gravel driveway.McKay’s was using a dust blower for cleaning purposes prior to contacting ASC for a suitable solution to their dust build-up challenge as the blower wasn’t working properly for many years. The Solution Lauren McKay of

Posted on Monday, October 19, 2020

Impact Community Services QLD. & ASC M6 Sweeper

Bundaberg’s Community Impact Services recently took invested in an ASC Eureka M6 Heavy Duty sweeper. The sweeper has been bought by the Material Recovery Facility, which is owned by Bundaberg Regional Council but managed by IMPACT Community Services. The Problem Cleaning and maintaining a waste transfer station is a difficult job. There are plastic bottles, resin, metal shavings, dust, and general debris scattered all over the sorting areas that need to be swept to keep the facility clean. The Solution IMPACT recently contacted ASC’s Rafael Rodrigues for an efficient solution for eliminating their cleaning issues as well as the labor-intensive

Posted on Monday, October 12, 2020

Economy Waste Eliminates Dust & Debris with the ASC Eureka M6

Client Introduction. Economy Waste is a full-service waste management company based on the NSW Central Coast town of Gosford. They provide skip bins hire and rubbish removal services for the Central Coast NSW region and have been established well over 25 years. The Problem Economy Waste recently contacted ASC’s Scott Campbell to discuss ways that they could improve their cleaning regime. Economy Waste Gosford had a problem that faces all waste management companies, maintain dust and debris levels. Running a waste centre is a tough business with nonstop cars and trucks entering site. The material that is transported into the

Posted on Thursday, October 1, 2020

Boyne Smelter Qld Welcomes a ASC Alumina M8 Sweeper

Boyne Smelters Limited (BSL) operation is located at Boyne Island in Central Queensland. It is Australia’s second-largest aluminium smelter. The company manufactures carbon anodes in the carbon plant, aluminium production (smelting) in its reduction lines, and casting of molten metal into aluminium. The Problem Boyne Smelter is a massive facility. They have three pot rooms and expanded concrete aprons that need to be swept on an hourly basis. The management of Boyne Smelter was looking for a replacement for their sweeper in the market. They contacted ASC as they are an approved Rio Tinto supplier. They requested demonstrations of both

Posted on Saturday, September 12, 2020

Tomkins Construction (Qld) and ASC M6

Introduction Tomkins is a highly respected family-owned and operated construction company in business for over 70 years now. They design and construct a wide variety of residential, commercial, industrial, and retail projects. Tomkins Construction has a long and close association with ASC as its preferred supplier of industrial sweepers and scrubbers. The Solution Tomkins is a responsible company that cares about its people and hence ensures low dust emission throughout its sites. They use the best sweeping and scrubbing equipment to maintain their sites using their specialised labour. They also own a fleet of specialised trucks and trailers that are

Posted on Friday, September 11, 2020

Exodas (Qld) Invest in a ASC M6

Exodas Pty Ltd is a leading Australian Transport company that specialises in a variety of transport & logistics services. They run a variety of trucks including food vehicles, Single, B-Double + Road Trains. They have extensive warehouse operations based around Australia and are highly regarded in the Qld transport segment. The problem. Exodas Yatala (Qld) facility looked to replace an old sweeper recently and consulted ASC’s Rafael Rodrigues as to what would be the best model for a terminal that works 24 hours per day and can cope with very tough and dusty conditions. The Solution. ASC’s Rafael Rodrigues recommended

Posted on Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Stratco Qld and ASC M5

Client Introduction Stratco is a household name in Australia with a trading history of over 70 years in the building and home renovation markets. Stratco has become one of the largest producers and marketers of quality building and home improvement products in Australia. The Challenge Stratco has a large manufacturing facility in Yatala (QLD). They required a large rider on a sweeper capable of sweeping dust and debris from their factory floor. They researched the market and looked into the available options. They liked the ASC products the best and chose to see the ASC’sQld facility. Stratco’s senior management chose

Posted on Monday, August 3, 2020

QE Contracting (WA) East Perth

Client Introduction QE Contracting is a rural family-run business which is located three hours east of Perth in Kellerberrin. Quinten and Erin (Owners) are contractors to CBH. They are responsible for cleaning and repairing the tarpaulins used to cover the wheat after harvest and prior to being freighted to the ports for export. The Challenge QE Contracting works in a huge disused wheat silo. Inside the silo, they receive dozens of large tarps daily. Their job is to check for holes, rips and to repair them when possible. These returned tarps had been out in the weather for several months

Posted on Friday, June 19, 2020

Clarks Logan City (QLD) invest with ASC

Clarks Logan City Bus Service is one of south-east Queensland’s fastest-growing bus companies with 127 buses and 186 staff providing urban public transport services to the local community. The Problem Clarks Logan Buses has a large Transport Depot in Loganlea, halfway between the Gold Coast and Brisbane. The company parks its fleet of buses at this depot, which also runs a large workshop facility. Running such a large depot with acres of the concrete span has certain environmental challenges. The buses drag into the facility a lot of road grime and debris from the road. They faced the problem of

Posted on Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Austral Bricks Takes delivery of new ASC M6 Sweeper

Austral Bricks is a major Australian Brick manufacturers owned by Brickworks. The Challenge Producing a brick is a very dusty process. Firstly, clay must go through many processes to be manufactured into a brisk base before being Kiln dried. The process is very involved with mobile equipment constantly moving material like clay, sand, lime, ash and gypsum. These materials frequently spill on the factory floors when earthmoving trucks and forklifts move the materials from one location of the factory to the next. Dust builds up quickly due to spillages and normal movement of raw material. These need to be swept

Posted on Sunday, December 8, 2019

Bridgestone (WA) invests in a Heavy Duty ASC M6 sweeper

Client introduction Bridgestone Mining Solutions (Pilbara Region) contacted ASC’s Western Australian office, as they required a reliable sweeper solution for their large Port Hedland warehouse. They use huge earthmoving, Off-road, loader/dozer, grader, and other industrial tyres for stocking their mining products in their warehouse. The Challenge Bridgestone’s new Port Hedland warehouse was completed in 2017. The warehouse area is approximately 5500 m2with a 2000 m2 apron area. The heavy traffic required the warehouse to be cleaned daily, and their staff used large brooms for keeping it clean. However, the dust for a challenge for them, and they needed to get

Posted on Thursday, October 10, 2019

ASC’s Jason Frendo finds a dust solution for Sydney’s STS Logistics

STS is a well-established Sydney-based logistics company that is a specialist in freight forwarding and customs clearance. The company has a comprehensive network of agencies and branch offices in New Zealand, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Taiwan. STS recently enhanced its reputation by investing in a Heavy Duty ASC dust-free Eureka M6 LPG sweeper in their new $20 million Sydney facility. The Challenge STS Logistics was faced with a huge issue due to swirling external debris, forklift tyre black dust, and incoming truck dust that would spread over their facility daily. The management sought after sweeper suppliers in the market

Posted on Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Magnetic Island Takes Delivery Of An EX-Fleet ASC M6 Diesel Sweeper

The Challenge Townsville Council had recently made inquiries to invest in a highly maneuverable sweeper that could be used on Magnetics Island. Magnetic Island is an island 8 kilometers offshore from the city of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. This 52 km² mountainous island in Cleveland Bay has effectively become a suburb of Townsville. Their challenge was that they had a tight budget and they needed a machine that was compact, easy to use, service and swept well without creating dust. The Solution Townsville Council elected to invest in a Ex Fleet ASC M6 Diesel sweeper. The machine proved more than capable

Posted on Tuesday, May 28, 2019

ASC’s Machine Quality Amazes CIC Canberra’s Employees

City Industrial Cleaning (CIC Canberra) is Canberra’s largest commercial and industrial facilities maintenance company. They specializes in industrial and commercial cleanups as well as maintenance facility services. They employ hundreds of cleaners in the ACT area and the company only invest in premium equipment. The Challenge CIC Canberra is commissioned by Canberra’s largest developers like GEOCON to maintain their building sites while construction takes place. This is normally from the time the first bit of concrete gets poured to the time the project is finished and handed over to the client. While building massive Hi Rise apartments and industrial complex’s

Posted on Sunday, March 17, 2019

Civilex Took Possession Of An Ex-Fleet ASC Mach 6 To Keep Silicosis At Bay

Civilex is a leading Melbourne-based civil construction company that specialises in large civil projects throughout Victoria. Their services include earthworks, road works, car parks, drainage works, landscaping, concrete paving and crushed rock/asphalt pavements. Recently they took possession of an EX Fleet ASC Mach 6 sweeper for Newport facility. Using the ASC Mach 6 has freed a lot of time manually sweeping their facility and made the whole facility dust free. Cement dust (Silicosis) is being targeted by Workcover Victoria as well as the EPA and this dust once airborne is can be dangerous to employees. Silicosis is a form of

Posted on Monday, February 25, 2019

ASC Recently Installed A Dulevo 120 To PMP Print, Sydney’s Largest Print Media Company

Media Company Logistics & Distribution ASC recently installed ASC Dulevo 120 to PMP Print, Sydney’s largest print media company. The ASC Dulevo 120 is used to maintain the massive 10+-acre site that operates nonstop. The debris that the new Dulevo 120 picks up includes tire dust from the heavy truck and forklift traffic, paper dust as well as a huge quantity of off-cut paper that rolls out of cutting machines. The company never closes, and hence Dulevo 120 is used by multiple operators for cleaning the production areas as well as maintaining the roadways. CNG (Compressed natural gas) is used

Posted on Monday, January 7, 2019

ASC M5 Cleans A Huge Surface Area Of Bevchain’s Facility In 4 Hours

Bevchain is one of Australia’s leading Alcohol and beverage distributors employing some 700 staff with over 200 vehicles in 6 states of Australia. Bevchain provides a national tailored supply chain solution for the beverage industry across Australia with a ‘best-in-class’ warehouse and distribution practice. Their local Newcastle Distribution Centre recently took delivery of a ASC Eureka M5 sweeper to eliminate tyre dust created by mobile forklifts and inbound trucks from settling on the stock and in the process making improving air quality in the warehose. Seen here is a battery electric Eureka M5 sweeper that is designed to run for

Posted on Monday, November 12, 2018

Environment Policies Are Met By Nicheliving Using ASC M6 Sweeper To Keep Road ways Clean

Nicheliving is Perth’s largest affordable home and land developer. With a property portfolio in excess of $400 million, they are a well-established and trusted Western Australian company. They recently purchased a new fully optioned ASC Eureka M6 from our Western Australian facility. The new ASC Eureka M6 is used to keep the roadways clean while construction takes place on major projects. WA is a very sandy place and strict and enforceable environmental rules dictate that all developers keep roadways clean during residential and commercial construction. Ross Sheehan, ASC’s WA manager recently installed and went through onsite maintenance training with Nichelivings staff.

Posted on Monday, November 5, 2018

ASC M6 Managed To Clean The Fine Concrete Dust From XL Precast’s Entire Plant

XL Precast is a very large and successful pre-cast manufacturer for the building Industry. They recently moved into their new large Yennora (Sydney) facility and required the help of a sweeper company that specializes in the collection of very fine concrete dust. After an initial survey was completed, it was advised that the ASC heavy duty Eureka M6 was the best machine for their needs given that they: 1.Needed a machine they could use constantly 2. Had very fine dust to deal with 3. Needed a machine with the ability to perform tight turns due to volume of mobile traffic on

Posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Universal Cotton Supplier, Olam Cotton Lowers its Material Handling Costs with an Investment in the ASC M6

Olam Cotton, a worldwide supplier of cotton to the textile markets, has purchased an ASC M6 Sweeper to keep their massive Dalby (Qld) facility clean. As local growers, all the cotton collected from their farm needs to be packed in bales prior to being exported around the world. Olam Cotton has a massive warehouse where these cotton bales are stored and packed. The process of storing and packing cotton is a very dusty one. There is a lot of dust that finds its way into the warehouse. This includes farm soil, tyre dust from trucks and forklifts as well as

Posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Ingham’s, Australia’s Leading Integrated Poultry Producer, has Added the ASC Eureka M6 to its Fleet

Ingham’s, Australia’s leading integrated poultry producer has added to its fleet of ASC sweepers by investing in another ASC Eureka M6 for its new $275 Feed Mill located in Murray Bridge, on Adelaide’s outskirts. This is a state of the art, hi tech plant and the ASC Eureka M6 is used both inside and outside to sweep up all the fine dust that is generated from producing chicken feed. The ASC sweeper was commissioned by ASC (SA) Sales Manager Ken Pepyat to very happy staff members.

Posted on Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Investing in ASC M6 Sweeper Helped Spot on Marine (NT) Decrease Their Cleaning Time by 93%

Spot on Marine is a boat lifting and hard stand storage facility based in Darwin, Northern Territory. Spot on Marine (NT) provide services to the local and international boating community. Their services include aluminium and steel fabricating, water and abrasive blasting, travel lift and soda blasting. They also offer use of a new Roodberg, a 60 ton boat hauling trailer for catamarans and all boats to 60 tons no matter how wide. Their owner, Michael Onn recently invested in a ASC Heavy Duty Mach 6 sweeper to maintain the hard stand areas that they have. Having such a big concrete hardstand

Posted on Tuesday, August 28, 2018

CDM Logistics Gets Another Sweeper for its Queensland Warehouse ASC Eureka M6 At CDM Logistic’s Facility 1

CDM Logistics is a consortium of four regional carriers providing logistics and warehousing facilities across Australia. They include the large and very familiar carriers: 1. Ablett’s Transport P/L 2. Greenfreight (owned by the Green family) 3. Wickham Freight Lines 4. Thompsons Transport P/L. The company was established in December 1995 to bring together in a structured manner, the resources, abilities and experiences of regional transport operators. Collectively, they offer Australian companies a national transport service with individual customer service from a regional carrier. CDM has many large warehouse operations around Australia. Given the volume of freight that is moved on

Posted on Monday, August 13, 2018

Materials In The Raw Trusted ASC to Make Their Yards Dust Free & Keep Environmental & OHS Policies In Check

Materials In The Raw are a Sydney Landscaping supply specialists. Established at Casula in 1988 as a bulk materials distributor reselling sand, soil, gravel and mulches, Material In The Raw has grown through acquisition of other similar businesses and the opening of new outlets in strategic locations. They sell bricks, blocks, sand, aggregate, pebbles, soil, pavers, retaining walls, wall cladding, mulch, decorative screens, vertical gardens, garden edging, cement bagged product and tools to assist with improving outdoor areas. They recently took possession of an ASC M6 sweeper for their large Sydney DC centre. The yard gets very dusty and the ASC Eureka

Posted on Monday, August 13, 2018

Furnware Dorset Trust ASC Eureka M5 Sweeper to Keep Their Warehouse Clean

Furnware Dorset designs cabinetry, kitchen and furniture products around human form, movement and needs, to create truly organic living spaces perfect for everyday. They work with soulful architects and inspiring interior designers on residential and commercial projects. They also deliver a large collection of components to cabinet makers, joiners, furniture manufacturers and shop fitters. Seen here is a new ASC Eureka M5 battery electric sweeper in use at their large Prestons (NSW) Distribution centre. ASC Sales Manager Jason Frendo delivered the cleaning machine and inducted all operators on the use of the machine. The ASC sweeper ensures that all Furnware Dorset

Posted on Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Buckeridge Group of Companies (WA) Trusts ASC M6 to Clean Their Busy Plant That Runs 6 Days A Week.

BGC is the largest plaster and cement sheet manufacturer in Western Australia. The company is also a very large employer in WA and is a strong symbol of quality. Recently, their fiber cement production facility replaced their old ASC sweeper with a new ASC Eureka M6 diesel operated fully optioned machine. The ASC M6 is used to clean the whole plant, which runs 6 days per week. It can take as long as 8 hours to clean, but the ASC M6 is more than perfect for the job. It easily picks up cement and tyre dust on open concrete and

Posted on Monday, July 30, 2018

Hutchinson Builders Experience the Multi-purpose Uses of the ASC Eureka M6

Hutchinson Builders, a large Australian construction company, recently took possession of a heavy-duty ASC M6 sweeper for one of their Brisbane CBD project developments. The ASC M6 pictured here is used to sweep the roads. The machine picks up cement dust up to 5 cm high as well as rocks. By sweeping up this construction material, it eliminates the build-up of swirling dust from blowing around the worksite and makes OH&S work practices much easier to manage. The introduction of the ASC M6 sweeper has delivered continued compliance to EPA dust control targets to which Hutchinson’s Builders strictly adhere. Additionally,

Posted on Sunday, February 4, 2018

Cameron Interstate Becomes a Happy Client of ASC

Established in 1975, Cameron Interstate is a leading Australian transport company that specializes in freight services in the industrial and retail sectors. The company was in the market to purchase an industrial sweeper, and after evaluating their options, decided that the ASC Eureka M6 sweeper was the best machine to meet their specific needs. Cameron Interstate Transport selected the ASC Eureka M6 because it dwarfed all other competitors in terms of running cost. The transport industry works off very tight margins, so their decision to choose the ASC Eureka M6 was driven by the whole life costs of the machine

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