Tennant Company T12 Compact Rider Scrubber Wins 2013 GOOD DESIGN Award
March 17 2014 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Tennant Company (NYSE: TNC), a world leader in designing,
manufacturing and marketing solutions that help create a cleaner,
safer, healthier world, has been honored with a 2013 GOOD DESIGN™
Award given for the Industrial Design excellence of its T12 compact
rider scrubber. GOOD DESIGN remains the oldest and most recognized
program for design excellence worldwide and is organized annually
by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design in
cooperation with the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design
and Urban Studies. The T12 was introduced in 2013 and also received
the ISSA Visitors’ Choice Innovation Award in November of the same
year.
John Ickes Senior Principal Industrial
Designer (Photo: Tennant Company)
According to John Ickes, Sr. Principal Industrial Designer for
Tennant Company, the T12 design was the result of an effort to
think outside of traditional cleaning machine design. “The T12
design emerged from a challenge put forth by our CEO, Chris
Killingstad, to start with a clean sheet of paper and think beyond
any boundaries. Taking on the challenge and leaving nothing on the
table is how good design is born and how Tennant continues to
create innovative products that attempt to exceed expectations of
our customers.”
“We are incredibly proud of our GOOD DESIGN award and appreciate
being honored alongside well known design powerhouses like BMW and
Apple®. We strive to build products that match world-class
aesthetics with the performance and user experience our customers
demand of a Tennant product. Additionally, we view each new project
as a challenge to go beyond what has been done before and continue
to seek new ways to surprise and delight our customer. More than
just aesthetics, good design begins with empathy for our customers
and the challenges they face in their daily cleaning efforts. At
the end of the day, our products only have one chance to make a
good first impression, and we feel that leveraging good design is a
key differentiator in the marketplace,” Ickes added.
About the T12 Rider
Scrubber
The T12 meets a wide variety of market and application needs
through:
- Performance and productivity -
delivers a high performance level of cleaning; is highly
maneuverable, powerful and can reach tight spaces with its smaller,
compact footprint and tight turning radius, resulting in reduced
cleaning time.
- Environmental health & safety
- risk of slip-and-fall accidents is also reduced with the
Tennant squeegee and powerful vacuum system that deliver a
virtually dry floor. The T12 operates quietly with a low dBA level
to allow for cleaning any time, especially in noise-sensitive
areas.
- Sustainability - when equipped
with ec-H2O™ technology, the T12 can scrub up to three times longer
with a single tank of water and use up to 70% less water than
conventional floor scrubbing methods.
For 2013, the Museum received submissions from several thousand
of the world’s leading manufacturers and industrial and graphic
design firms from around the world representing the most important
and critical mass of influential corporations worldwide in the
design industry from over 48 countries. All awards and winners are
posted on The Chicago Athenaeum’s website at chi-athenaeum.org.
About The GOOD DESIGN
AwardsFounded in Chicago in 1950, GOOD DESIGN remains
the oldest and the world's most recognized program for design
excellence worldwide. The GOOD DESIGN™ Awards, conferred annually
by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The
European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies,
bestow international recognition upon the world’s most prominent
designers and manufacturers for advancing new, visionary and
innovative product concepts, invention and originality, and for
stretching the envelope beyond what is considered basic product and
consumer design. All awards and winners are posted on The Chicago
Athenaeum's website at chi-athenaeum.org.
About Tennant
CompanyMinneapolis-based Tennant Company (TNC) is a
world leader in designing, manufacturing and marketing solutions
that help create a cleaner, safer, healthier world. Its products
include equipment for maintaining surfaces in industrial,
commercial and outdoor environments; chemical-free and other
sustainable cleaning technologies; and coatings for protecting,
repairing and upgrading surfaces. Tennant's global field service
network is the most extensive in the industry. Tennant has
manufacturing operations in Minneapolis, Minn.; Holland, Mich.;
Louisville, Ky.; Uden, The Netherlands; the United Kingdom; São
Paulo, Brazil; and Shanghai, China; and sells products directly in
15 countries and through distributors in more than 80 countries.
For more information, visit www.tennantco.com.
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