Companies confident that partnership will meet critical market
needs and speed adoption of transformative technology
Activeion Cleaning Solutions, LLC, and Tennant Company (NYSE: TNC) today
announced they have entered into a technology partnership where
Activeion is the exclusive licensee of Tennant’s patent-pending ec-H2O
(electrically-converted water) for handheld spray applications. ec-H2O
is a technology that transforms water into a powerful cleaner.
Activeion’s first product under the license is the Activeion Pro: a
portable, user-friendly sprayer that provides an on-demand cleaning
solution for professional cleaners. Effective on a range of surfaces
from glass and stainless, to wood and carpet, the initial target markets
for Activeion Pro are education, retail, hospitality, and health care.
It is currently available for commercial users to purchase at www.activeion.com.
“Tennant Company is an innovation leader in the cleaning industry and we
look forward to extending Tennant’s breakthrough ec-H2O technology into
new markets and applications,” says Activeion CEO Jim Wiese. “We are
working together to expand and improve this technology under our
partnership.”
The partnership broadens the market availability and expansion of
Tennant’s award-winning cleaning technology. “Our aim is for the ec-H2O
platform to become a significant part of our business,” said President
and CEO Chris Killingstad. “Through this alliance with Activeion,
complementary products are added to the suite of ec-H2O solutions,
thereby making this revolutionary cleaning technology available to more
customers and complementing Tennant’s core cleaning products such as
automated scrubbers. Broader availability will increase awareness of the
significant safety, cost efficiency, cleaning efficacy and environmental
benefits of this technology.”
The 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 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.
“ec-H2O is a category-changing advancement for the cleaning industry,”
says Killingstad.
