Water & Wastewater Asia November/December 2020

THE NEWS 11
Hach acquires Arachem’s Water Quality business,
expands training centre in Malaysia
HACH COMPANY, a subsidiary of Danaher
Corporation based in Loveland, Colorado, USA,
has recently acquired the Environment, Process
and Service divisions of Arachem, a specialised
supplier of laboratory and online analysers for
water and wastewater based in Malaysia. The
acquisition expands Hach’s direct presence in
Malaysia, while strengthening their ability to
ensure water quality across Asia.
The business, which will be called Hach
Malaysia, will offer water quality expertise,
support and service. Hach Malaysia will also
house a robust technical training centre that
will serve customers and associates across
the Asia-Pacific region. Hach Malaysia will
support growth initiatives for businesses
across Danaher’s Water Quality Platform
including Trojan Technologies, OTT Hydromet
and SeaBird Scientific. Hach Malaysia further
increases the analytics and treatment
capabilities of these businesses and their
expertise to solve tough water challenges
that impact health and infrastructure around
the world.
“This acquisition is an important moment
in our global growth and water leadership
because it gives us added
training capabilities in the
Asian region, which means
more people who are
equipped to tackle tough
improvement guides growth
while keeping operations
and decisions smart,
innovative and anchored to
the voice of customers.
water issues,” said Sahil
Sansi, general manager of
Hach Malaysia.
“We’ve built a trusted
partnership with Arachem
over the past several years,
“This acquisition allows us
to deepen our presence in a
fast-growing region where
the issue of water quality
Hach’s acquisition of the
Environment, Process and
so we are looking forward to
strengthening and building
on that collaboration.
Malaysia is one of the
Service divisions of Arachem
will only continue to gain
sees the company expanding
leading geographies for
significance. Arachem has its presence in Malaysia, while Hach within the Asian
strengthening their ability to
an exceptionally talented
ensure water quality across Asia
team and has built a strong
region, with Arachem
being one of Hach’s
reputation and customer relationships,
which gives us the foundation to provide
top distributors globally,” said Hermes
Gonzalez, president of Hach.
deep expertise through technical support
and exceptional customer service.”
“Strong market dynamics in South East
Asia make it the right time to deepen our
GROWTH STRATEGY
Hach and Danaher have a strong track
record of integrating acquisitions,
improving businesses, expanding
innovation and offering new products
direct presence in the region in terms of
selling to customers, enhancing service
capability and building a strong technical
training centre. Arachem is the ideal
partner to achieve these goals.”
to customers. A focus on continuous
November / December 2020 • waterwastewaterasia.com