It’s been 13 years since I visited Haas Automation’s headquarters in California. it was a pretty unforgettable experience – I’d just taken over as Editor of PES and I’d literally never seen a factory this big before! Whether you’re a Haas machine user or not, it’s truly phenomenal how Gene Haas has built this colossal empire from his original product – a rotary indexer (in 1983 I believe). This video takes a look at the Demo Room at Oxnard which is home to Haas’ first ever machine, the VF-1 VMC. According to the video – it still runs today. This machine was launched in 1988 in time for IMTS that year. The objective behind the whole thing was to build and sell a CNC machine tool for less than $50,000. It succeeded with absolutely bucketloads sold over the years; in fact recently Haas was presented with an award for the sale of its 200,000th machine. Haas Automation www.haas.co.uk Dave Tudor Author Dave Tudor Editorial Director Tags Haas Automation Share This Article Tweet Share Share Share Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter Related Articles Haas EC-400 horizontal machining centre overviewed Putting the metal to the pedal How Haas manufactures its 5-axis UMC machine Most recent Articles CE certification for COVID-19 visor made by industry collective Output stabilises in UK manufacturing industry, CBI survey shows Made in Derby: Bombardier confirms €2.4bn monorail deal Share This Article Tweet Share Share Share Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter
