Hach Co., aims to open 86,000-square-foot expansion in 2017

LOVELAND — Officials for Loveland-based Hach Co. on Thursday confirmed reports that the company is moving forward with an 86,000-square-foot expansion project at its existing campus near the Fort Collins-Loveland airport.

The company — which makes instruments, software and reagents used to test water quality for a variety of industries — plans to break ground this spring and open the new research-and-development building in late 2017.

Hach officials did not respond to a request for comment Thursday. But they had previously pegged the cost of the project at $25 million, including $4 million in new equipment.

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The new building will add to a Hach campus that already includes more than 200,000 square feet of space spread out among two buildings used for manufacturing, research and development, marketing, technical support, customer service and other business functions. It will house multiple testing and development laboratories, according to a press release.

Hach employs 750 people on its Loveland campus, plus another 50 at a leased space in Fort Collins. In November 2014, the Colorado Economic Development Commission approved the company for $2 million in job-growth incentives if Hach staffed its new facility with at least 204 people. Thursday’s announcement did not specify how many new jobs might be created by the new facility, but noted that the “expansion will offer additional space to support Hach’s near-term and anticipated future growth.”

“Hach has a great history of innovation, and this investment will ensure we continue to develop state of the art new products, attract great talent and maintain our commitment to customers,” Hach president Kevin Klau said in the release.

In addition to the state incentives, the city of Loveland and Larimer County committed $1 million in incentives.

Hach, which moved to Loveland in 1978, was acquired by Danaher Corp., in 1999.