Haas Automation

In 1983 Gene Haas founded HAAS Automation Inc. to manufacture economical and reliable machine tools. The company entered the machine tool industry with the first-ever fully automatic, programmable collet indexer, a device used to position parts for machining with very high accuracy. The HAAS 5C collet indexer was a huge success, and during the next four years, the company expanded its product line to include a wide selection of fully programmable rotary tables, rotary indexers and machine tool accessories.

In 1987, HAAS Automation moved in a substantially different direction with the development and production of its first vertical machining centre, a machine designed to perform such machining operations as milling, drilling, tapping and boring. This machine, the VF-1 (Very First One!) was introduced at a cost competitive with machine tools from offshore manufacturers. Today, HAAS manufactures four major product lines: vertical machining centres , horizontal machining centres, CNC lathes and rotary tables.

Employing close to a 1000 people, the company continues on a substantial growth pattern. The company’s 820,000-square-foot facility in Oxnard, California, is the largest, most modern machine tool manufacturing operation in the United States.

To date, HAAS Automation has sold more than 45,000 rotary tables and 50,000 CNC machines throughout the world. The company currently ships more CNC machines per month than any other U.S. manufacturer.