At T ennant Company our vision is to lead the global industr y in sustainable cleaning innovation that empowers our customers to create a cleaner safer and healthier world Our steadfastness to industr yleading innovation is the essence of our business and increasingly our commitment to sustainability is inextricably linked to ever ything we dofrom new product development to community investment This year s Corporate Sustainability Report takes stock of the progress we made in 2012 Y ou will learn about some of our innovative new products like the T12 Compact Rider Scrubber The T12 is our frst product designed from the ground up using modular components The T12 modular design represents the realization of a strategic decision in 2010 to take a new direction in our product development process By working CEO LETTER Chris Killingstad President and Chief Executive Offcer T ennant Company CHALLENGING THE ST A TUS QUO 4