LightDeck sets aggressive timeline for Longmont expansion

LONGMONT — LightDeck Diagnostics, a Boulder-based diagnostic-testing company, plans to be up and running in its new Longmont manufacturing facility by this time next year. 

The company is planning to launch a $37.5 million, 200-worker operation at 1844 Nelson Road, a 65,000-square-foot leased building that was formerly home to a division of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE).

“A lot of [the decision to expand into Longmont] is driven by speed,” LightDeck CEO Nick Traggis told BizWest. “… The current state of the facility and the support we’re getting from the city allows us to move more quickly than in other buildings…