McHENRY – Coulter Companies Inc. of Peoria acquired the assets of McHenry Analytical Water Laboratory through subsidiary PDC Laboratories Inc.
The acquisition was effective as of Monday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The combined laboratories will represent a full-service environmental testing firm that specializes in drinking water, wastewater, groundwater, soil and waste characterization services, along with sampling collection, and courier and project management services.
PDC Labs plans to use existing staff and operate out of the McHenry Analytical office at 4314 W. Crystal Lake Road, Unit A.
“We believe the association with PDC Laboratories is a good fit for our employees and customers,” McHenry Analytical President Michael Tryon said in a news release.
Tryon is a former Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives. He represented the 66th Congressional District from 2013 to 2017.
To help with the transition, Elaine Kaufmann, a 19-year employee with PDC Labs, will serve as a laboratory manager for the location.
“I want to thank Mike Tryon and Preston Rea, the owners of McHenry Analytical, for the opportunity to build upon the legacy they started in 1986 in providing quality and dependable environmental testing services to the northern Illinois market,” Coulter Companies president Royal Coulter said in the release.
Coulter Companies is a family-owned, Illinois-based environmental services company that has been in business since 1928. PDC Labs has been a subsidiary of the company since 1981 and now will employ more than 115 scientists, technicians and support staff with the recent acquisition.
PDC Labs has provided environmental testing services to McHenry Analytical for more than 17 years, and McHenry Analytical has served McHenry, Lake, Boone, Winnebago, Ogle, DeKalb, Kane, DuPage and northern Cook County for more than 30 years.
For information, call PDC Labs vice president and chief operating officer Chris Coulter at 309-688-0760 or PDC Labs vice president of operations John LaPayne at 309-683-1750.