Tennant Company
Creating a Cleaner, Safer World One Steward at a Time

For more than 135 years, Tennant Company, a leader in designing, manufacturing and marketing solutions in non-residential floor care, has had a core value system rooted in the word “stewardship.” This word defines the company’s commitment to – and responsible caretaking of – its many stakeholders, including its employees, customers, investors and its communities.

While Tennant takes great pride in the role it and its employees play in being stewards to these four key stakeholders, it is tremendously proud of the effort it has taken in support of environmental stewardship.

“Our vision at Tennant Company is to create a cleaner, safer world,” said Chris Killingstad, Tennant Company CEO. “At a more tangible level, this means we want to create clean, safe, healthier places for people to live, work and play. By ensuring our products meet strict standards for environmental preference, and improve both the quality of indoor environments and reduce the impact on outdoor environments, we are positively contributing to a world that others can enjoy for generations to come.”

Committed to its vision of creating a cleaner, safer world, Tennant Company supports environmental stewardship and sustainability by developing products that consume fewer natural resources and chemicals and, therefore, dispense less into the waste stream. Within the past year, the Company has advanced its own commitment to the environment by establishing five environmental standards for future Tennant Company products to meet: water conservation, decreased detergent usage, increased safety, improved air quality and reduced noise.

The company is working diligently to ensure these environmental standards translate into product attributes that support this vision. The work is paying off as evidenced by four recent product introductions, including the Tennant T5 and Nobles SpeedScrub 24-32 automatic scrubbers with FaST™, and the Tennant R14 and Nobles Strive Rider dual technology carpet cleaners with ReadySpace®. FaST and ReadySpace technologies are well recognized not only at Tennant Company but throughout the commercial cleaning industry for meeting the company’s five standards.

FaST helps facilities conserve natural resources by using 70 per cent less water, which reduces both water consumption and wastewater. FaST also helps reduce facilities’ dependency on high quantities of detergents because it requires 90 per cent less detergent and 80 per cent less packaging. In addition, NFSI-certified FaST increases facilities’ safety because it not only cleans existing soil but removes old detergent residues to increase traction 21 per cent and, thereby, reduce the risk of slips and falls.

ReadySpace helps facilities conserve natural resources by using 80 per cent less water than traditional extraction, which reduces both water consumption and wastewater. ReadySpace also allows carpeted spaces to re-open sooner after cleaning because it leaves behind up to 90 per cent less water than traditional extraction, thereby eliminating extended dry times. Plus, by leaving floor drier sooner, ReadySpace increases a facility’s safety by reducing the risk of slips and falls when transitioning from just-cleaned carpet to hard floor surfaces. 

But this is just the beginning. Consider the following about various Tennant Company cleaning solutions:

• The internal combustion rider machines have dropped emissions by more than 90 per cent since 2000;
• FaST-PAK® packaging eliminates chemical handling;
• ReadySpace engineering uses less water yet allows more frequent cleaning of carpeted areas thus reducing the potential for allergens and mould;
• Eco-Advantage coatings are said to be the safest and most VOC-compliant – using less solvent for less evaporation and potential contamination; and
• More than 20 products support points toward Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB) certification.

Marketed under the Tennant® and Nobles® brands, Tennant Company products include equipment for maintaining surfaces in industrial, commercial and outdoor environments; and coating for protecting, repairing and upgrading concrete floors. Tennant’s global field service network is said to be the most extensive in the industry. The company has manufacturing operations in Minneapolis, Minn.; Holland, Mich.; Uden, The Netherlands; Northampton, U.K.; and Shanghai, China, and sells products directly in 15 countries and through distributors in over 80 countries.

For more information, contact Tennant Company at www.tennantco.com.