August 19, 2016

Agilent could lead parade to I-25

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Trust me. More such announcements will come.

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced Aug. 10 that it would build a new pharmaceutical manufacturing and laboratory facility not in Boulder, Longmont, Loveland, Fort Collins or Denver, but in … Frederick.

Agilent’s Nucleic Acids Solutions Division currently employs 175 people at a Boulder facility, but space constraints prompted the company to explore other options for expansion. That led the company to Frederick, a former coal-mining town adjacent to Firestone and Dacono that previously was best-known for an eclectic mix of manufacturing and warehouse operations.

The company will build on 20 acres northwest of…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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