Loveland, CO 10/23/17—Water analysis firm Hach, a Danaher company, has acquired Belgium-based AppliTek for an undisclosed amount. AppliTek designs and manufactures wet chemical and biological online analyzers. Parameters measured include nutrients, hardness, alkalinity, toxicity, ATP, TOC and others. “We are excited to add this respected leader in wet chemistry analysis to the Hach family,” commented Hach President Kevin Klau. “AppliTek analyzers complement our existing portfolio and provide us a scalable platform from which we can drive future growth.” 

Regarding the purchase, Barry Lyon, vice president of Marketing for Hach, told IBO, “AppliTek is well known for leveraging wet chemistry and application expertise in both industrial and municipal water treatment to help customers monitor their water and make process decisions. Many customers know AppliTek for the EnviroLyzer Series, which has monitoring applications in waste water, boiler feed water, surface water and drinking water.” The EnviroLyzer provides online, colorimeter-based measurements of a single parameter. “AppliTek is also well known for system integration division designs—it engineers and constructs online monitoring systems, from liquid analysis systems to complex gas monitoring shelters often utilized in heavy industrial sites.”  

AppliTek’s instruments employ potentiometry, luminometry, IR spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and respirometry for process analysis. AppliTek is expected to grow sales 200%–300% this year, according to its website.