Baker Instrument builds on strength of product

The little company that could – and did – aptly describes the steady growth of Baker Instrument Co. in Fort Collins.

Relatively small but boasting gargantuan international customers, Baker has infused Fort Collins with a stimulating economic tingle over the past 10 years. The company makes high-voltage testers that are used to test the reliability of generators and electric motors.

“Basically, we make instruments for testing the reliability and quality of the windings,´ said president David Schump, who has been with the privately-held company since 1976. The windings are the coils of wire in which is generated the magnetic field that turns…