Tennant Company Appoints Jeffrey C. Moorefield as Senior Vice President, Global Operations
March 30 2015 - 5:00PM
Business Wire
Tennant Company (NYSE: TNC), a world leader in designing,
manufacturing and marketing solutions that help create a cleaner,
safer, healthier world, today announces the hiring of Jeffrey C.
Moorefield as Senior Vice President of Global Operations, replacing
Don Westman who will retire on June 2, 2015, after nine years with
the company.
Mr. Moorefield comes to Tennant from Minneapolis-based Pentair,
Inc., where his most recent position was Global VP of
Operations-Technical Solutions. Previously, he held the same title
for Pentair’s Filtration and Process business and Water
Purification business. In total, Mr. Moorefield spent roughly 10
years with Pentair with a short two-year break to lead operations
for a technical start-up company. In addition to these positions,
Mr. Moorefield earned extensive experience in leadership roles with
Emerson Electric Company from 1987 to 2001, after starting his
career as a Design Engineer at Kentucky-based Smith & Proffit
Machine & Engineering. He holds a degree in Industrial
Technology from Western Kentucky University.
“Jeffrey is an ideal Operations leader for Tennant Company at
this stage of our company’s evolution,” according to Chris
Killingstad, President and CEO of the 145-year-old company. “He is
well-rounded in all aspects of operations having most recently led
operations to support 18 global manufacturing locations with 9,000+
finished goods SKU’s, serving a broad set of commercial and
industrial markets, and accounting for $1.8 billion in annual
sales. We look to Jeffrey and his team to play a key role in
achieving our growth and profitability goals.”
Mr. Moorefield’s appointment is effective as of April 20, 2015.
His office will be located at Tennant Company world headquarters in
Golden Valley, Minn.
Company
ProfileMinneapolis-based Tennant Company (NYSE: TNC) is
a world leader in designing, manufacturing and marketing solutions
that empower customers to achieve quality cleaning performance,
significantly reduce their environmental impact and 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.
Tennant CompanyInvestor Contact:Tom Paulson, 763-540-1204Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerorMedia Contact:Kathryn
Lovik, 763-540-1212Global Communications Director
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