Tennant Company and i-team Global to market cleaning equipment for
small spaces
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
i-team Global, a Future Cleaning Technologies (FCT) company
headquartered in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and Tennant Company of
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. (through its Dutch subsidiary Tennant
Netherland Holding B.V.), recently formed i-team North America B.V., a
joint venture that will operate as the distributor of the i-mop,
a heavy-duty scrubber that combines the cleaning performance of an
autoscrubber with the agility of a flat mop, in North America. i-team
North America will begin selling and servicing the i-mop starting April
3, 2017.
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According to Tennant Company President and CEO Chris Killingstad, “This
partnership will enable Tennant, directly and through its key
distribution partners, to provide cleaning solutions for small spaces in
which conventional automatic cleaning equipment doesn’t fit, as well as
critical spaces such as quick serve restaurants and convenience stores
that are not cleaned adequately by traditional mop and bucket methods.”
Frank van de Ven, CEO of i-team Global, stated, “We welcome Tennant as
our newest partner and member of our worldwide family. With Tennant’s
unparalleled reputation, customer relationships and service network, our
i-team systems will be aggressively introduced to and efficiently
supported in the North American market.”
Simultaneously, Creative Products International (CPI) of Holland,
Michigan, which has been distributing the i-mop in North America until
now, will become part of the i-team Global group and will continue to
focus on their core competence of innovative microfiber systems with
brands such as CPI, e-series and i-fiber.
About Tennant Company
Minneapolis-based
Tennant Company (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; detergent-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,
MN; Holland, MI; Louisville, KY; Chicago, IL; Uden, The Netherlands; 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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About i-team Global
i-team
Global, a Future Cleaning Technologies (FCT) company, is headquartered
in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. i-team is a global family of innovative
cleaning sales and distribution partners that are dedicated to
delivering intelligent, convenient and quality cleaning machines,
products and utilities to the industry. i-team is an award-winning
company and most recently received an ISSA Innovation Award at the
ISSA/INTERCLEAN show in Chicago in October 2016. The company has a team
of partners and co-partners in over 50 countries.
About Creative Products International
Creative
Products International (CPI) is focused on selling innovative microfiber
cleaning systems under the CPI, e-series and i-fiber brand names.
Innovation has been a major part of the success of CPI, which
continually designs and brings new products and systems to the cleaning
industry. CPI is considered the industry leader in microfiber
technology. It is located in Holland, Michigan, U.S.A., and does
business internationally.
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