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News Release from: Haas Automation
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 26 May 2006
US machine tool builder company claims
is largest
The largest machine tool manufacturer in the world, Haas Automation designs and builds a full range of metal-cutting machine tools including CNC machining centres, lathes and rotary tables.
The largest machine tool manufacturer in the world, Haas Automation designs and builds a full range of metal-cutting machine tools including CNC machining centres, lathes and rotary tables Haas machine tools and rotary products are built to deliver higher accuracy, repeatability and durability than any other machine tools on the market
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 17 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Haas Automation has become the UK's principal distributor of US built Haas CNC vertical and horizontal machining centres, CNC turning centres and CNC rotary tables and indexing units.
Since late 1991, when the company imported the very first Haas VF-1 into the UK, Haas Automation has installed more than 2800 Haas machine units and has won official recognition from California, USA-based Haas Automation as the most successful international Haas distributor.
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Haas Automation has over 50 employees in Britain, 18 of which are Haas factory trained technicians based around the country to ensure rapid response times.
The company's engineering hub is its Midlands Technical Centre.
Considerable resources have been invested in a purpose built service centre, a high-tech training facility, where our Operator, Programmer and Maintenance Training courses are held, and an extensive applications engineering department to further enforce our pledge to provide the industry's best customer support.
It is here that all our engineering activities are co-ordinated, any rebuilds, retrofits and turnkey projects can be undertaken in the fully equipped surroundings.
The centre is ideally situated close to the M1, in Whetstone, near Leicester.
Our sales, marketing and administration headquarters are based in Norwich, Norfolk.
Using HMS (Haas Management System - a custom written software package) our Norwich office provides the co-ordination and support that ensures all our customers receive seamless, high quality service before, during and after an installation.
Headed by one of the most experienced management and engineering teams in the machine tool industry, the company has rapidly gained a reputation for engineering excellence and the ability to provide additional technical services such as preventive maintenance programs, operator training and turnkey projects.
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