News: Fermenta shuts down local lab

FORT COLLINS – Somber and cynical moods prevail these days at Fermenta Animal Health Co., a research and development laboratory for theveterinary medical field.

The lab, functioning since 1986, is part of the fallout from the acquisition of the Sweden-based firm by German giant Boehringer Ingelheim.

“It’s a typical large company acquiring a smaller one to improve product line,´ said Dave Heimbichner, facility manager at the Fort Collins lab. “We’rea satellite facility. It came as no surprise.”

Still, a dark atmosphere reigns among the remaining employees, who know their days with Fermenta are numbered.

Fermenta’s U.S.-operations were headquartered in Kansas…