ec-H2O™ Technology Extended to Rider Scrubbers and Scrubber-Sweepers

Tennant Company announces that its breakthrough ec-H2O™ technology is now available on the Company’s largest industrial rider scrubbers and scrubber-sweepers. ec-H2O converts plain tap water into a powerful cleaning agent without any added chemicals.Tennant Company’s ec-H2O technology was originally introduced in late 2007 on the Tennant T3, T5 and 5680/5700 and Nobles Speed Scrub? walk-behind automatic scrubbers. Throughout 2009, Tennant Company extended ec-H2O technology to the Tennant T7 Micro-Rider, T15 Mid-Sized Scrubber, 7300 Mid-Sized Battery-Powered Scrubber, 7100 Micro-Rider Scrubber, and 8300 Battery-Powered Scrubber-Sweeper as well as the Nobles Speed Scrub Rider. With the extension of ec-H2O to the Tennant T20 Rider Scrubber and M20 and M30 Rider Scrubber-Sweepers, commercial customers in retail, hospitality, education and healthcare as well as industrial customers in manufacturing, warehousing, aviation, and food and beverage can reap the performance, value and safety benefits of chemical-free cleaning. Customers of Tennant’s rider scrubbers and scrubber-sweepers can enjoy additional benefits, including significantly higher productivity and chemical cost savings as well as a faster return-on-investment with the addition of ec-H2O technology on these larger machines.“We are very proud to offer our customers a complete portfolio of scrubbers and scrubber-sweepers that allows them to maintain their facilities with the most environmentally sound and fiscally responsible cleaning technology available,” said Chris Killingstad, president and CEO with Tennant Company. ec-H2O technology, developed by Tennant researchers and engineers and named by R&D Magazine as one of the most technologically significant developments in 2008, helps to meet the ever-growing need for sustainable cleaning. ec-H2O technology delivers proven cleaning results without the negative environmental and health concerns associated with producing, packaging, transporting, using and disposing of traditional cleaning chemicals. The technology begins as water and ends as water, so it can be handled and disposed of easily and safely; it uses 70 percent less water than traditional cleaning methods, which increases scrub time up to three times per tank; it leaves behind no slippery detergent residue on the floor; and it releases no used detergent discharge into water systems. Eliminating the need for chemical additives enhances worker safety and reduces costs for purchasing and disposal of chemicals.