Hach Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Danaher Corporation, a Fortune 500 corporation.
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15 Facts About Hach Company
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Hach Company has an additional facility in Ames, Iowa, for manufacturing and packaging Hach Company's chemical reagents and test kits.
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Hach Company was founded in 1947, in Ames, Iowa, by Clifford and Kathryn Hach.
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In 1970, Hach Company was manufacturing and marketing a line of instruments designed to determine specific water impurities.
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Hach Company was manufacturing and selling more than 100 different portable water test kits for laboratory and field use.
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Hach Company focused on converting complex analysis into simplified procedures that were reliable and verifiable.
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In 1977, Clifford Hach Company took the position of chairman and chief executive officer, and Kathryn Hach Company became president and chief operating officer the following year.
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In 1978, Hach Company moved its instrument division and its corporate headquarters to Loveland, Colorado.
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In 1985, Clifford Hach was chairman; Kathryn Hach was vice-chairman; and Stelios Papadopoulos was president of the company, which had grown to 580 employees.
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Analytical instruments continue to be manufactured in Loveland, Colorado, where Hach Company has its corporate headquarters, research, development, and engineering operations, Technical Training Center, and plastic component manufacturing operation.
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In 1998, Hach Company expanded its portable testing capabilities with the acquisition of Environmental Test Systems Inc, in Elkhart, Indiana .
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In 2002, Hach Company formed a separate research and development division, Hach Company Homeland Security Technologies.
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In 2007, Hach Company created TNTplus, vials that contain premeasured reagent, and allow sample reaction and reading in a closed container.
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In 2009, Hach purchased the information management company OPS Systems and the assets of WaterEye Corporation.
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In 2014, Hach purchased the Irish-based water analysis company Biotector Ltd.
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