Hach tests global waters for expansion

LOVELAND — Hach Co. is as close to many Northern Colorado residents as the water they drink: Fort Collins alone employs 20 Hach turbidity meters to test drinking-water clarity.

But Loveland-based Hach’s reach with its water-quality testing equipment and chemistry ex-tends much further than neighbor Fort Collins. Hach products are marketed worldwide, and that global reach is likely to expand.

With 70 percent of Hach’s business in manufacturing and marketing clean-water applications for municipal and industrial customers still in North America, there’s room to expand.

Guy Schiller, human resources manager for Hach, looks for that percentage to shift as the company…