Interim injunction granted

Tennant has announced that the Regional Court in Cologne, Germany, has granted Tennant an interim injunction against Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG.

The court's decision, effective immediately, means that Kärcher is no longer allowed to state that Tennant has weakened its ec- H2O advertising claims, and Kärcher must immediately remove all such statements from the internet. If future violations to the court's decision occur, Kärcher could be forced to pay a fine of up to €250,000 (approximately $327,000 US) to the German state.

"We are pleased with the court's actions to halt the spread of disparaging statements by a competitor," comments Chris Killingstad, Tennant Company's president and chief executive officer. " We stand behind our ec- H2O technology and the many benefits that ec-H2O provides."