- Haas Automation
Founded in 1983, Haas Automation is one of the largest
machine tool builders in the world. Haas Automation manufacturesCNC vertical and horizontal machining centers, CNC lathes, rotary tables and 5C indexers. Haas Automation headquarters are inOxnard, California . Haas Automation has sales outlets all over the world but all corporate offices and all manufacturing are in Oxnard, California.The problem of finding the largest such builder in the world is complicated by the definition of machine. Haas Automation builds metal cutting CNC (computerized numerical control) machines. This is also complicated by the growth of China recently where a large number of machines are built but not exported or reported. Some numbers that are accepted by the industry are:Unreferencedsection|date=July 2008Number of metal cutting machines built in 2006:World: 310,000Japan: 77,000 (25%)China: 75,000 (24%)Taiwan: 44,000 (14%)Germany: 20,000 (6%)USA: 19,000 (6%)
Unreferencedsection|date=July 2008The largest builders of machines in 2006 by company:Shenyang Machine Tool Group China: 15,000Haas Automation USA: 12,600Mazak Japan: 9,500Mori Seiki Japan: 8,500Doosan Korea: 8,500Fanuc Japan: 7,500Okuma Japan: 7,500
External links
* [http://www.haascnc.com Official site]
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