HARDY DIAGNOSTICS HEALTHCARE
We are committed to producing and distributing the finest products for the detection of microorganisms, as we collaborate with our laboratory partners to diagnose and prevent disease.” This is the uncompromising mission of Hardy Diagnostics, whose medical devices have been helping people to live healthier lives for more than 40 years. 106 | North America Outlook issue 09
With microbiology products used all over the world to diagnose and prevent disease, it is the dedication and skill of Hardy Diagnostics’ 450 members of staff, which includes microbiologists, medical technologists, engineers, and biochemists, that has resulted in the fully employee-owned company’s remarkable success. “We are 100 percent owned by the employees that work here. This is called an Employee Stock Ownership
Plan (ESOP), whereby all employees are granted shares in the company each year at no cost,” opens Jay Hardy, President of Hardy Diagnostics. Jay Hardy comes from a long line of entrepreneurs and business owners. His father, Pat, was an innovative pharmacist for 50 years and was one of the first to implement the drive-up window, mail order prescriptions, and computerized labels on prescription bottles in his drug store.
