Hach Co. cutting ribbon Wednesday on R&D plant in Loveland

LOVELAND — Company founder Kathryn “Kitty” Hach-Darrow is expected to be on hand Wednesday when Hach Co., a designer and manufacturer of high-tech water-testing equipment, will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new $25 million, 90,000-square-foot research and development plant in Loveland.

The invitation-only event will feature speakers including Hach, Kevin Klau, president of Hach; Tom Joyce, CEO of Danaher Corp.; Tim Kretzschar of Swinerton Builders and U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, if his schedule doesn’t change. There also will be tours of the building at 5600 Lindbergh Drive.

The new building will house an advanced R&D workspace, including testing and research labs.

The building, named Pikes Peak, joins Longs Peak and Torreys Peak buildings, making it a three-building campus with more than 300,000 square feet. Hach has 750 employees at the campus and will move 50 employees there who have been working off-site.

Hach, founded by Cliff and Kitty Hach in 1947, has propelled innovation in water-quality analysis. It develops water-testing instrumentation, chemistry and software with the goal of making water analysis faster, simpler, greener and more informative.

Hach provides water-testing solutions for a variety of municipal and industrial applications. More recently, the company began integrating sensors with a software-based analytics platform and operational tools. These solutions provide improved insight into water-treatment operations, the company said in a prepared statement.

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