Haas grows fast in Asia

Five Haas Factory Outlets (HFOs) are in operation currently in China, with locations in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenyang, Qingdao and Chongqing. An additional seven HFOs are scheduled to open throughout the country by year’s end. This latest move comes just three years after the company first opened its Asian operations in the city’s Free Trade Zone. In that time, Haas’ business in China has increased dramatically, and the company has out-grown its original location. As well as providing vital additional office space, the new building incorporates a 625 m sq showroom, allowing some 20 Haas machines to be exhibited and demonstrated simultaneously. Also part of the facility is a 3,000 m sq warehouse for maintaining a stock of 200 new machines, allowing delivery to almost anywhere in China within five days of receiving an order. There's also a 560 m sq comprehensive spare parts warehouse run by factory-certified support personnel, which will provide same-day dispatch for more than 90 per cent of requisitions, and dispatch 100 per cent of requisitions within 24 hours. The new facility also includes a modern, fully equipped training area, with three classrooms and a 144-square-meter Technical Education Center, where Haas personnel will instruct HFO service engineers and customers from all over the China. “Since establishing Haas Asia, we’ve exceeded our annual sales targets in all of the key China markets. In the past year alone, we’ve experienced a sales increase of more than 30 per cent," says Haas Asia managing director Fischer Mou. "This is in line with the growth Haas has enjoyed in other markets around the world, and reflects the universal appeal of low-cost, high-quality CNC machines.”