Haas Automation

Haas Automation, Inc. is a machine tools company from United States headquartered in Oxnard, California, which designs and manufactures precision machine tools, accessories specifically, most of computer numerical control (machine tools operated by abstract programmed commands and stored on the storage medium), such as vertical machining centers and horizontal machining centers, metal lathe, turntable and index head. Most of the production and manufacturing process is done at Oxnard as the company's main facility. Haas is one of the largest machine tools makers in the world by total volume of units sold.

History
Gene Haas founded Haas Automation in 1983. in 1987, Haas Automation began developing the first vertical machining center (VMC), the VF-1, a machine designed to perform operations such as milling, drilling, tapping, and drilling. The first VF-1 prototype was completed in 1988, and was introduced at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS '88) in Chicago, Illinois.
 * 1983: Haas Automation, Inc. was founded in Sun Valley, Los Angeles, California.
 * 1991: Haas moves to a larger facility in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California.
 * 1997: Haas moves to an area of 86 acres (0.348 km²) in Oxnard, California.

Sales
Products are distributed worldwide through a network of local, independently owned, factory outlets that provide sales, service, and application support for Haas machine tools. Introduced in 1999, the first outlet opened in Torrance, California, which was later applied to a worldwide network of companies, and extended to Europe.