{"id":15772,"date":"2012-03-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio-based.eu\/news\/index.php?startid=20120321-03n"},"modified":"2012-03-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-20T22:00:00","slug":"tennant-company-introduces-plant-based-sustainable-urethane-coatings-to-protect-and-add-durability-to-floors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/tennant-company-introduces-plant-based-sustainable-urethane-coatings-to-protect-and-add-durability-to-floors\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennant Company Introduces Plant-Based, Sustainable Urethane Coatings to Protect and Add Durability to Floors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Tennant Company (NYSE: TNC), a world leader in designing, manufacturing and marketing solutions that help create a cleaner, safer, healthier world, today announces its Eco-ITS\u2122 bio-based urethane coatings to provide sustainable floor solutions made with 50% fewer petroleum-based chemicals, reduced odor and 21 g\/L VOCs (clear), 23-46 g\/L VOCs (color). Using a 95 percent plant-based BiOH\u00ae polyol, supplied under an exclusive agreement with Cargill, Tennant\u2019s Eco-ITS\u2122 protects floors and offers a sustainable coating application that improves productivity and minimizes shutdowns. Eco-ITS\u2122 is available in gloss, satin and several color choices to create professional-looking appearances in manufacturing, industrial, warehousing and other facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Tennant\u2019s Eco-ITS\u2122 offers:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Durability \u2013 Offers similar protection and performance as Tennant\u2019s WearGuard\u2122 technology, which has millions of square feet of coatings applied worldwide<\/li>\n<li>Sustainability \u2013 In clear formation, an environmentally friendly solution using up to 50% plant-based renewable technology<\/li>\n<li>Low VOCs \u2013 Can be used even in geographies that require low VOCs\u201421 g\/L VOCs (clear), 23-46 g\/L VOCs (color)<\/li>\n<li>LEED\u00ae Credit Availability \u2013 Potential LEED Green Building Certification Program credits for Indoor Environmental Quality and Materials and Resources<\/li>\n<li>Professional Appearance \u2013 Available in gloss, satin and several colors to complement your image and transform your floor <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re committed to creating products that not only help our customers create cleaner facilities, but also help meet their sustainability goals,\u201d says Mickey Gubman, Director of Coating Technologies for Tennant Company. &#8220;Our coatings offer superior durability while utilizing renewable resources. We believe facility managers and sustainability managers will benefit from the use of a bio-based polyol in our Eco-ITS\u2122 gloss and satin urethane coatings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>About Tennant Company<\/b><br \/>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 floors. Tennant&#8217;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; S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil; and Shanghai, China; and sells products directly in 15 countries and through distributors in more than 80 countries. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennantco.com\/\" >www.tennantco.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>Tennant Company (NYSE: TNC), a world leader in designing, manufacturing and marketing solutions that help create a cleaner, safer, healthier world, today announces its Eco-ITS&trade;<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[],"supplier":[3288],"class_list":["post-15772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","supplier-tennant-company"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15772\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15772"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=15772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}