Tennant wins Business Innovation of the Year Award

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Tennant Company announced that its breakthrough ec-H2O™ technology has won the 2009 European Business Award for the Business Innovation of the Year, according to a press release.

Tennant was chosen for the honor out of more than 7,000 applications from various companies, the release stated.

The Business Innovation of the Year competition is designed as a way for companies to benchmark their success against other top performing companies and aims to foster, inspire and encourage others to emulate the winners' success, the release noted.

Karel Hujiser, international vice president of Tennant, said: "We are very pleased with this independent recognition of our ec-H2O technology. It strengthens our belief that developing more environmental cleaning solutions is the right way to go for Tennant Company, also — and perhaps especially — in these challenging economic times. Our customers benefit from the cost-savings and efficiency increase while at the same time they can preserve natural resources."

ec-H2O technology converts plain tap water into a powerful cleaning agent without any added chemicals, the release added.