Tennant Wins European Business Award

Tennant Company, a leader in designing, manufacturing, and marketing solutions that help create a cleaner, safer world, has won the 2009 European Business Award for the Business Innovation of the Year with its ec-H2O™ technology.

ec-H2O electrically converts tap water into a cleaning agent without any added chemicals.

The European Business Awards is an independent awards program designed to recognize and promote excellence, best practice, and innovation in the European business community, in line with the broad aims of the European Union and business representative groups across the member states.

During the gala presentation event in Rome on April 8, Karel Huijser, vice president International, received the award on behalf of Tennant Company.

Minneapolis-based Tennant Co. produces equipment for maintaining surfaces in industrial, commercial, and outdoor environments; and specialty surface coatings for protecting, repairing, and upgrading concrete floors.