Tennant Company (NYSE: TNC), a world leader in designing, manufacturing
and marketing solutions that help create a cleaner, safer, healthier
world, has been awarded a group purchasing agreement with Premier,
Inc., for floor care products and services. Effective March 1,
2014, the new agreement allows Premier members, at their discretion, to
take advantage of pre-negotiated terms on Tennant floor care products
and services including commercial and industrial cleaning equipment,
parts and service. Tennant
Company products include equipment designed for the maintenance
of indoor and outdoor surfaces, as well as TennantTrue®
financing solutions, equipment parts, and repair and maintenance
service. Product brands include Tennant®, Nobles®,
Green Machines™, Orbio® and Alfa™.
“We value our partnership with Premier and are pleased to be awarded
another three-year contract. Our partnership over the last six years has
been one of collaboration with focused efforts to offer Premier members
preferred access to products and services that will help them improve
the quality of their care,” said John Lund, Vice President, North
American Sales at Tennant Company. “This agreement enables Premier
members to have affordable access to the Tennant-engineered cleaning
solutions that fit their healthcare facility’s needs either directly
through Tennant or through our authorized distributor network. This
continued partnership is beneficial as our mutual goal is to provide
clean, healthy and aesthetically pleasing environments for the patients,
visitors and staff of healthcare facilities,” added Lund.
Tennant Company provides cleaning equipment and innovative cleaning
technologies, such as the award-winning ec-H2O™ chemical-free cleaning;
Orbio® Multi-Surface Cleaning Solution, generated on-site
with the Orbio 5000-Sc; ReadySpace® Rapid-Drying Cleaning
Technology for carpet cleaning; and IRIS™ remote information technology
for select industrial cleaning equipment. Tennant products offer
healthcare facilities a comprehensive cleaning portfolio to clean
procedure rooms, patient rooms, loading docks, parking ramps and common
areas such as the cafeteria.
About Premier, Inc.
Premier,
Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC) is a leading healthcare improvement company, uniting
an alliance of more than 2,900 U.S. hospitals and nearly 100,000 other
providers to transform healthcare. With integrated data and analytics,
collaboratives, supply chain solutions, and advisory and other services,
Premier enables better care and outcomes at a lower cost. Premier, a
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, plays a critical role
in the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, collaborating with members
to co-develop long-term innovations that reinvent and improve the way
care is delivered to patients nationwide. Headquartered in Charlotte,
N.C., Premier is passionate about transforming American healthcare.
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blog for more information about the company.
About Tennant Company
Minneapolis-based
Tennant Company (NYSE: 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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