Haas Automation Reports Record Sales
They sold more than 13,500
machine tools in 2017, an increase of nearly 30 percent over the previous year.
Posted: February 8, 2018
Haas Automation, Inc. (Oxnard, CA) reports that their annual sales exceeded 13,500
units for the first time in company history in 2017 – an increase of nearly 30 percent over
2016 – making it their best sales year ever. “It was an incredible year,” says Scott Gasich, the vice president of sales and marketing at Haas Automation. “We performed strongly on all continents, with substantial growth in all markets – especially international markets, which accounted for 55 percent of our sales. Most notably, we enjoyed 41 percent sales increase in mainland Europe, with more than 3,500 new CNC machine tools sold last year. And we expect another record year in 2018, partly because we will be launching new equipment and major updates to our existing machines.”
In 2018, they have plans for a UMC-1000 5-axis universal machining center with larger travels, major updates to their turning center line, including an all-new control, a renewed EC-400 horizontal machining center with pallet system, a new 5-axis gantry mill for large parts, a few new tilting 2-axis rotary tables, updates to their Drill/Tap/Mill Series machines, and new sidemount tool changers with up to 100 tools on selected machines.
“With these innovations,” adds Gasich, “we aim to sell more than 15,500 machines in 2018. We are targeting continued growth in all markets and expect to increase our export percentage to 60 percent. Our production facility in Oxnard is currently building at a rate to produce more than 15,000 machines this year, and we will continue increasing this output throughout 2018 to meet the growing demands for our products.” Their machines are built in their 1 million sq ft manufacturing plant in Southern California.
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